2. ‘Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors’ (1987)

and Russell’s friend and creative partner Frank Darabont.
The resulting film, rich in both metaphoric and visceral power, taking elements from every draft and combining it into an elegant, enthusiastically told powerhouse. It’s telling that the film was so rich that the remaining installments would always look back to this film for stylistic tics and narrative details. Welcome to prime time, bitch.