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The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is 1987's A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

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Nathan Rabin
Sep 05, 2025
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If nothing else, Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors deserves to be seen because it is the only film where Dick Cavett transforms into a knife-gloved, child-murdering serial killer.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors finds Heather Langenkamp’s plucky Final Girl Nancy working as a psychiatrist at a mental ward filled with troubled teenager…

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