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Film #12 of 40

"Welcome to prime time, bitch!"

The third installment in the series is an awesome time. A wild ride. Not particularly scary, Freddy hardly feels menacing, but the film still strikes a great balance between creepy and comical throughout. At times silly and weird as hell. The creativity in this series is a joy to watch, the special effects and the scares and kills are constantly inventive and nightmarish, the cast is stellar, and the soundtrack is pretty cool. A good representation of the vivid sense of creativity and camp during the 80's.

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Film #11 of 40

"I think you're seriously losing it, bro"

What saves this sequel from being bad is a few good, gory scenes and some cool nightmares, imaginative practical effects, bold gay undertones (though a bit dated approach) considering the big anticipation around this sequel, and our protagonist's surprisingly poignant slow, mental breakdown. The whole final sequence is just bad though. I feel this could have been something great, but unfortunately it is "only" quite decent, 80's campy fun entertainment.

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Film #10 of 40

What an intriguing and Hitchcock-level suspenseful horror-thriller. I personally found it a bit lacking in atmosphere and a bit lacking in tight pacing, but its nevertheless a joy to lean back and let the plot with the interesting mystery slowly unfold and keep me guessing up till the very end. It goes from thriller to horror in the last 10 minutes or so, which is where the real cinematic magic happens, and it is just pure nail-biting, dreadful stuff. Wish it ended a bit differently though. Overall, this french classic surely holds up.