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    Nightmare on Elm Street 3, A: Dream Warriors
    Genre:Horror

    Reviewed In Issue 22 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Larry Fishburne, Priscilla Pointer, Craig Wasson, John Saxon, Dick Cavett, Zsa Zsa Gabor & Robert Englund

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 3.5
    Sound Rating: 3
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    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): Elite Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): EE3563
    (MPAA Rating): R
    (Retail Price): $39.95
    (Running Time In Minutes): 96
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): No
    (Theatrical Release): 1987
    (LD Release Date): 10/9/96
    (THX® Digitally Mastered):

    Credits Information
    (Director): Chuck Russell
    (Screenplay/Written By): Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Chuck Russell & Frank Darabont
    (Story): NA
    (Music): Angelo Badalamenti
    (Director Of Photography):
    (Production Designer): Mick Strawn & C.J. Strawn
    (Visual Effects): Dreamquest Images
    (Costume Designer): Camile Schroeder
    (Editor): Terry Stokes & Chuck Weiss
    (Supervising Sound Editors): R.J. Palmer
    (Re-Recording Mixers):
    (Executive Producers): Wes Craven & Steven Diener
    (Co-Producers): Sara Risher
    (Producers): Robert Shaye

    DVD Picture Information
    (Principal Photography): Academy Standard Flat
    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1
    (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 1.82:1

    DVD Sound Information
    (DVD Soundtrack): Mono Sound
    (Theatrical Sound): Optical Mono
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    (Remastered Dolby Digital):
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    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is considered by many to be the best of the sequels. Here, Freddy delights in haunting the dreams of his psychiatric hospital-bound victims. Each of the discs in the A Nightmare On Elm Street Collection offers cast and crew biographies and Jump To A Nightmare buttons. The first and last movies (A Nightmare On Elm Street and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare) in the set also offer audio commentary by Mr. Craven himself. Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare adds a Jump To The 3-D Sequence button (glasses included in the box). See Special Features for the extras included on the separate disc in this box set and consult the DVD-ROM Review for specifics on those features.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The matted 1.82:1 picture exhibits generally good color fidelity and natural fleshtones, but is inconsistent in sharpness and detail, with slight noise and artifacts apparent.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The soundtrack’s score provides subtle surround while effects are aggressive, but the dialogue is quite strident and unnatural.
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    (Directionalized Dialogue):
    Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality:
    Superb Music Score Recording Quality:
    Superb Special Visual Effects Quality:
    Superb Color Fidelity:
    Superb Cinematography:
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