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The first draft of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors'', dated June 16, 1986. The basic plot is the same as the final movie, but the similarities pretty much end there.
Several elements of this script made their way into later installments of the series.
* One of Freddy's lines ("You can check into this dream, Kirsten, but you can't check out!") is similar to his PreMortemOneLiner before killing Debbie in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster''.
* Freddy's victims show up in Nancy's nightmares, pleading for her help. Something similar happens in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild''.
* The concept of an infant Freddy was revisited in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild''.
* Phil'ip's original death, where Freddie places him in the path of a speeding vehicle, was reused in one of the ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' comics.
You can find the full script [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060106045432/http://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/Files/nightmare3cravenscript.pdf here]].
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!!This script provides examples of:
* AgeLift:
** Taryn is 15 in the script, but 17 in the final.
** Joey is 19 in the script, but 16 in the final.
** Phillip is 13 in the script, but 16 in the final.
* AlphaBitch: Sally, one of Kirsten's classmates.
---> '''Sally:''' Your hair looks ''so'' good.
---> '''Kirsten:''' Thanks.
---> '''Sally:''' Did, uh, did they have a beauty shop in the nuthouse?
* AndIMustScream: The ultimate fate of anyone killed by Freddie.
---> '''John:''' If you can't kill him, there'll be no death for you. You'll be chased forever in a dream that doesn't end. That's what hell is.
* AssShove: Freddie kills [[spoiler: Kincaid]] by shoving his arm so far up his ass that his bladed glove emerges from [[spoiler: Kincaid's]] mouth.
---> '''Freddie:''' Your asshole belongs to me, [[spoiler: Kincaid]]!
* BadassNormal: Nancy isn't a Dream Warrior, but is still strong enough to lead the others.
* BeastWithAHumanFace: When Nancy and Kirsten visit Freddie's house, they get attacked by a dog with Freddie's head.
* BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts: At the beginning of the script, Nancy encounters a female hitchhiker, who she invites into her car. Unfortunately, this turns out to be a nightmare.
---> '''Nancy:''' You must be really hot. How can you stand on that asphalt without shoes?
---> '''Hitcher:''' ''[silence]''
---> '''Nancy:''' What's your name?
---> '''Hitcher:''' ''[silence]''
---> '''Nancy:''' Where you going?
---> '''Hitcher:''' Down.
---> '''Nancy:''' Down where?
---> '''Hitcher:''' Down where he fucks you.
---> ''[Nancy's tire explodes, causing her car to roll into a field]''
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Nancy]] dies, but continues to visit Neil in his dreams.
* BloodierAndGorier:
** Freddie still kills Jennifer by shoving her head into a TV screen, but the script describes her head being smashed to pieces upon impact, unlike the bloodless death she gets in the final.
** [[spoiler: Taryn]] gets chewed up to the point of resembling ground beef, rather than dying of a heroin overdose like in the final.
** [[spoiler: Joey]] gets stretched out until he's torn to pieces.
** [[spoiler: Laredo (Will)]] is reduced to a bloody mist, rather than simply getting stabbed in the heart like in the final.
** [[spoiler: Kirsten's mother]] is disemboweled by Freddie, who proceeds to eat her entrails.
** The less said about [[spoiler: Kincaid's]] death, the better.
* BodyHorror: Near the end, [[spoiler: Taryn]] encounters what she thinks is her grandmother... until her "grandmother's" chest splits open into a giant mouth, revealing what the script refers to as "rib-teeth" and a "heart tongue".
* BungledSuicide: According to Neil, all of the hospitalized teenagers attempted to commit suicide, but failed. It's later revealed that none of them tried to kill themselves, with their injuries being the result of Freddie's attacks.
* CountryMatters:
** After Nancy escapes Freddie's house:
---> '''Freddie:''' Cunt! I'll get you -- asleep or awake! I'll shit on your corpse!
** Later, when Nancy and Kirsten are fighting Freddie.
---> '''Freddie:''' C'mere, cunts.
* CreepyChild:
** The jump-roping children, as usual.
** Later, Freddie disguises himself as [[spoiler: Laredo's]] younger brother, who drowned because [[spoiler: Laredo]] wasn't paying attention to him.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Courtesy of Freddie.
---> '''Freddie:''' I'll shit on your corpse!
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Joey, Kirsten's mother, Kincaid, and Dr. Maddalena (Dr. Simms)]] die in this draft, but survive in the final.
* DeathByChildbirth: The fate of Freddie's mother.
* DefeatByModesty: After falling asleep in class, Kirsten gets revenge on [[AlphaBitch Sally]] by tearing her clothes off in a dream, causing the same thing to happen in the real world.
* DirtyOldMan: Freddie has shades of this, referring to Kirsten as a "juicy little bitch".
* DrippingDisturbance: After having sex with Neil, Nancy is called out of bed by the sound of a leaky faucet, which turns out to be dripping blood.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Freddy's name is spelled "Freddie" in this script. Oddly, the "Freddy" spelling is still used in the IronicNurseryTune.
* EatenAlive:
** Freddie, disguised as Neil, attempts to do this to Nancy.
** Later, Freddie kills [[spoiler: Taryn]] in this manner.
* ElongatingArmGag: Freddie stretches his arm across the room to punch Neil in the face.
* EnfantTerrible: In Freddie's house, Nancy encounters an infant version of Freddie, who quickly transforms into his usual self. Later, Kirsten fights and kills the infant Freddie.
---> '''Freddie:''' Oh, mamaaaaa!
* EvilElevator: During Nancy's first nightmare, Freddie traps Nancy in an elevator and tries to kill her.
* EyeScream:
** Nancy's first nightmare ends with her father cutting off his eyelids.
** Later, Freddie (disguised as [[spoiler: Joey's]] high school crush) uses his tongue to rip [[spoiler: Joey's]] eyes out.
* FantasyKeepsake: After clawing at Freddie's face in a nightmare, Nancy wakes up with pieces of burnt flesh under her fingernails.
* FetusTerrible: The first scene of the script is an infant Freddie tearing his way out of a pregnant woman's belly.
* ForScience: Neil's justification for risking his life by entering the dream world.
---> '''Nancy:''' Neil, you shouldn't ''be'' here! It's dangerous -- and I've got work that's gotta be done ''now''!
---> '''Neil:''' Are you kidding? I'm physically inside a reality I've been trying to penetrate clinically for years. Do you think I'd miss this chance?
* GroinAttack: Laredo gives Freddie a well-deserved kick in the nuts.
* GuttedLikeAFish: How Freddie kills [[spoiler: Kirsten's mother]].
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: After getting killed by Freddie, [[spoiler: Kincaid]] is split in half by a PortalCut.
* HauntedHouse: Freddie's house, which is the only place where Freddie can attack people when they're awake. As the script puts it:
---> Freddie seems to be a part of the house... he IS the house.
* {{Hellevator}}: At one point in her first nightmare, Nancy enters an elevator in Freddie's house, which plummets through a hellish landscape.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Kirsten kills Freddie with his own blades.
* ImAHumanitarian: Freddie, as [[spoiler: Taryn, Kirsten's mother, and Dr. Maddalena]] find out.
* IronicNurseryTune:
** As usual, the "One, two, Freddy's coming for you" rhyme makes an appearance.
** There's also this, courtesy of Joey.
---> '''Joey:''' Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my balls to keep, if should I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my eyes to take...
* KillItWithFire:
** The only way to stop Freddie is by setting him on fire (again), then burning his house down.
** [[spoiler: Nancy's father]] ends up burning to death.
* ManOnFire: [[spoiler: At the end, Nancy's father runs back to the hospital engulfed in flames.]]
* NeverSuicide: All of the supposedly suicidal teenagers were actually attacked or killed by Freddie.
* OffWithHisHead: Freddie kills [[spoiler: Dr. Maddalena]] by biting her head off.
* PeoplePuppets: Freddie kills Philip by controlling his body and walking him into the path of a speeding ambulance.
* PortalCut: Happens to [[spoiler: Kincaid]] shortly after he's killed by Freddie.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Several from Freddie.
** Before killing Jennifer by shoving her head into a TV screen:
---> '''Freddie:''' We've got a wonderful show for you tonight, Jennifer! 'Lights Out'!
** Before killing [[spoiler: Taryn]] by [[EatenAlive eating her]].
---> '''Freddie:''' The only problem with you, [[spoiler: Taryn]], is sometimes you're hard to stomach!
** Before killing [[spoiler: Laredo]] with a post hole digger (which is shaped like a giant screw).
---> '''Freddie:''' Screw you!
* RaceLift: Taryn is black in the script.
* RealityWarper: Freddie as usual, but Kirsten also has the ability to affect the real world through dreams.
* SelfMutilationDemonstration:
** In Kirsten's Catholic school nightmare, Freddie carves a cross into his flesh to scare her.
** After entering the dream world for the first time, Neil slices off a finger and reattaches it.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: Freddie disguises himself as [[spoiler: Laredo's]] younger brother, who drowned because [[spoiler: Laredo]] wasn't paying attention to him. [[spoiler: Laredo]] doesn't fall for it.
---> '''"Toby":''' Hi, [[spoiler: Laredo]]! Don't you recognize me? I'm Toby. I'm your brother.
---> [[spoiler: '''Laredo:''']] You're not my brother! You're not real!
---> '''"Toby":''' I was swimming in the pool. Mommy told you to watch me. But you had to talk on the phone.
---> [[spoiler: '''Laredo:''']] No! It was a wrong number, I couldn't have been on for more than a second!
---> '''"Toby":''' A second was all I needed to die, [[spoiler: Laredo]].
---> ''["Toby" approaches [[spoiler: Laredo]]]''
---> '''"Toby":''' [[spoiler: Laredo]], save me! If you'll just hold me, I'll be all right. It's a second chance -- for both of us!
---> ''[[[spoiler: Laredo]] kicks "Toby" in the groin, causing him to transform back into Freddie]''
* ShapeShifterShowdown: Freddie and [[spoiler: Laredo]] face off in this manner. Freddie wins.
* ShoutOut:
** At one point, Kincaid refers to Freddie as "Creator/DrSeuss".
** Later, Kirsten says that she feels like the Film/BrideOfFrankenstein.
** Freddie's line as he emerges from the TV in Jennifer's nightmare is a reference to either ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson'' or ''Film/TheShining''.
---> '''Freddie:''' Heeeerrrrreee'sss Freddie!
** Joey and Kincaid compare their fight against Freddie to ''Film/HighNoon'' and ''Film/SevenSamurai'' respectively.
* SinisterScrapingSound:
** In one of Nancy's nightmares, the sound of Freddie's claw is recreated by shower curtain hooks scraping along the curtain rod.
** [[spoiler: In the final scene, the sound of Freddie's claw is used to indicate that Freddie is NotQuiteDead.]]
* SirSwearsALot: Freddie and Kincaid.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: Philip is a sleepwalker.
* SuddenNameChange: Several characters have different names than they do in the final.
** Freddy's name is spelled "Freddie", except in the IronicNurseryTune.
** Kristen is named Kirsten.
** Will is named Laredo.
** Phillip's name is spelled "Philip", though the final spelling is used a few times.
** Neil Goldman is named Neil Guinness.
** Elizabeth Simms is named Shirley Maddalena.
** Nancy's father is named John instead of Donald.
** Kirsten's mother is named Alice instead of Elaine.
* TapOnTheHead: Freddie knocks Neil out with a punch to the face.
* ThisIsADrill: Freddie kills [[spoiler: Laredo]] with a post hole digger.
* ThisIsNotAFloor: During her second trip to Freddie's house, Nancy ends up falling through a floor that turns out to be water.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Not only is Freddie able to do this, but it's also [[spoiler: Laredo's]] dream power.
Several elements of this script made their way into later installments of the series.
* One of Freddy's lines ("You can check into this dream, Kirsten, but you can't check out!") is similar to his PreMortemOneLiner before killing Debbie in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster''.
* Freddy's victims show up in Nancy's nightmares, pleading for her help. Something similar happens in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild''.
* The concept of an infant Freddy was revisited in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild''.
* Phil'ip's original death, where Freddie places him in the path of a speeding vehicle, was reused in one of the ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' comics.
You can find the full script [[https://web.archive.org/web/20060106045432/http://nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com/Files/nightmare3cravenscript.pdf here]].
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!!This script provides examples of:
* AgeLift:
** Taryn is 15 in the script, but 17 in the final.
** Joey is 19 in the script, but 16 in the final.
** Phillip is 13 in the script, but 16 in the final.
* AlphaBitch: Sally, one of Kirsten's classmates.
---> '''Sally:''' Your hair looks ''so'' good.
---> '''Kirsten:''' Thanks.
---> '''Sally:''' Did, uh, did they have a beauty shop in the nuthouse?
* AndIMustScream: The ultimate fate of anyone killed by Freddie.
---> '''John:''' If you can't kill him, there'll be no death for you. You'll be chased forever in a dream that doesn't end. That's what hell is.
* AssShove: Freddie kills [[spoiler: Kincaid]] by shoving his arm so far up his ass that his bladed glove emerges from [[spoiler: Kincaid's]] mouth.
---> '''Freddie:''' Your asshole belongs to me, [[spoiler: Kincaid]]!
* BadassNormal: Nancy isn't a Dream Warrior, but is still strong enough to lead the others.
* BeastWithAHumanFace: When Nancy and Kirsten visit Freddie's house, they get attacked by a dog with Freddie's head.
* BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts: At the beginning of the script, Nancy encounters a female hitchhiker, who she invites into her car. Unfortunately, this turns out to be a nightmare.
---> '''Nancy:''' You must be really hot. How can you stand on that asphalt without shoes?
---> '''Hitcher:''' ''[silence]''
---> '''Nancy:''' What's your name?
---> '''Hitcher:''' ''[silence]''
---> '''Nancy:''' Where you going?
---> '''Hitcher:''' Down.
---> '''Nancy:''' Down where?
---> '''Hitcher:''' Down where he fucks you.
---> ''[Nancy's tire explodes, causing her car to roll into a field]''
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Nancy]] dies, but continues to visit Neil in his dreams.
* BloodierAndGorier:
** Freddie still kills Jennifer by shoving her head into a TV screen, but the script describes her head being smashed to pieces upon impact, unlike the bloodless death she gets in the final.
** [[spoiler: Taryn]] gets chewed up to the point of resembling ground beef, rather than dying of a heroin overdose like in the final.
** [[spoiler: Joey]] gets stretched out until he's torn to pieces.
** [[spoiler: Laredo (Will)]] is reduced to a bloody mist, rather than simply getting stabbed in the heart like in the final.
** [[spoiler: Kirsten's mother]] is disemboweled by Freddie, who proceeds to eat her entrails.
** The less said about [[spoiler: Kincaid's]] death, the better.
* BodyHorror: Near the end, [[spoiler: Taryn]] encounters what she thinks is her grandmother... until her "grandmother's" chest splits open into a giant mouth, revealing what the script refers to as "rib-teeth" and a "heart tongue".
* BungledSuicide: According to Neil, all of the hospitalized teenagers attempted to commit suicide, but failed. It's later revealed that none of them tried to kill themselves, with their injuries being the result of Freddie's attacks.
* CountryMatters:
** After Nancy escapes Freddie's house:
---> '''Freddie:''' Cunt! I'll get you -- asleep or awake! I'll shit on your corpse!
** Later, when Nancy and Kirsten are fighting Freddie.
---> '''Freddie:''' C'mere, cunts.
* CreepyChild:
** The jump-roping children, as usual.
** Later, Freddie disguises himself as [[spoiler: Laredo's]] younger brother, who drowned because [[spoiler: Laredo]] wasn't paying attention to him.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Courtesy of Freddie.
---> '''Freddie:''' I'll shit on your corpse!
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Joey, Kirsten's mother, Kincaid, and Dr. Maddalena (Dr. Simms)]] die in this draft, but survive in the final.
* DeathByChildbirth: The fate of Freddie's mother.
* DefeatByModesty: After falling asleep in class, Kirsten gets revenge on [[AlphaBitch Sally]] by tearing her clothes off in a dream, causing the same thing to happen in the real world.
* DirtyOldMan: Freddie has shades of this, referring to Kirsten as a "juicy little bitch".
* DrippingDisturbance: After having sex with Neil, Nancy is called out of bed by the sound of a leaky faucet, which turns out to be dripping blood.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Freddy's name is spelled "Freddie" in this script. Oddly, the "Freddy" spelling is still used in the IronicNurseryTune.
* EatenAlive:
** Freddie, disguised as Neil, attempts to do this to Nancy.
** Later, Freddie kills [[spoiler: Taryn]] in this manner.
* ElongatingArmGag: Freddie stretches his arm across the room to punch Neil in the face.
* EnfantTerrible: In Freddie's house, Nancy encounters an infant version of Freddie, who quickly transforms into his usual self. Later, Kirsten fights and kills the infant Freddie.
---> '''Freddie:''' Oh, mamaaaaa!
* EvilElevator: During Nancy's first nightmare, Freddie traps Nancy in an elevator and tries to kill her.
* EyeScream:
** Nancy's first nightmare ends with her father cutting off his eyelids.
** Later, Freddie (disguised as [[spoiler: Joey's]] high school crush) uses his tongue to rip [[spoiler: Joey's]] eyes out.
* FantasyKeepsake: After clawing at Freddie's face in a nightmare, Nancy wakes up with pieces of burnt flesh under her fingernails.
* FetusTerrible: The first scene of the script is an infant Freddie tearing his way out of a pregnant woman's belly.
* ForScience: Neil's justification for risking his life by entering the dream world.
---> '''Nancy:''' Neil, you shouldn't ''be'' here! It's dangerous -- and I've got work that's gotta be done ''now''!
---> '''Neil:''' Are you kidding? I'm physically inside a reality I've been trying to penetrate clinically for years. Do you think I'd miss this chance?
* GroinAttack: Laredo gives Freddie a well-deserved kick in the nuts.
* GuttedLikeAFish: How Freddie kills [[spoiler: Kirsten's mother]].
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: After getting killed by Freddie, [[spoiler: Kincaid]] is split in half by a PortalCut.
* HauntedHouse: Freddie's house, which is the only place where Freddie can attack people when they're awake. As the script puts it:
---> Freddie seems to be a part of the house... he IS the house.
* {{Hellevator}}: At one point in her first nightmare, Nancy enters an elevator in Freddie's house, which plummets through a hellish landscape.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Kirsten kills Freddie with his own blades.
* ImAHumanitarian: Freddie, as [[spoiler: Taryn, Kirsten's mother, and Dr. Maddalena]] find out.
* IronicNurseryTune:
** As usual, the "One, two, Freddy's coming for you" rhyme makes an appearance.
** There's also this, courtesy of Joey.
---> '''Joey:''' Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my balls to keep, if should I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my eyes to take...
* KillItWithFire:
** The only way to stop Freddie is by setting him on fire (again), then burning his house down.
** [[spoiler: Nancy's father]] ends up burning to death.
* ManOnFire: [[spoiler: At the end, Nancy's father runs back to the hospital engulfed in flames.]]
* NeverSuicide: All of the supposedly suicidal teenagers were actually attacked or killed by Freddie.
* OffWithHisHead: Freddie kills [[spoiler: Dr. Maddalena]] by biting her head off.
* PeoplePuppets: Freddie kills Philip by controlling his body and walking him into the path of a speeding ambulance.
* PortalCut: Happens to [[spoiler: Kincaid]] shortly after he's killed by Freddie.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Several from Freddie.
** Before killing Jennifer by shoving her head into a TV screen:
---> '''Freddie:''' We've got a wonderful show for you tonight, Jennifer! 'Lights Out'!
** Before killing [[spoiler: Taryn]] by [[EatenAlive eating her]].
---> '''Freddie:''' The only problem with you, [[spoiler: Taryn]], is sometimes you're hard to stomach!
** Before killing [[spoiler: Laredo]] with a post hole digger (which is shaped like a giant screw).
---> '''Freddie:''' Screw you!
* RaceLift: Taryn is black in the script.
* RealityWarper: Freddie as usual, but Kirsten also has the ability to affect the real world through dreams.
* SelfMutilationDemonstration:
** In Kirsten's Catholic school nightmare, Freddie carves a cross into his flesh to scare her.
** After entering the dream world for the first time, Neil slices off a finger and reattaches it.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: Freddie disguises himself as [[spoiler: Laredo's]] younger brother, who drowned because [[spoiler: Laredo]] wasn't paying attention to him. [[spoiler: Laredo]] doesn't fall for it.
---> '''"Toby":''' Hi, [[spoiler: Laredo]]! Don't you recognize me? I'm Toby. I'm your brother.
---> [[spoiler: '''Laredo:''']] You're not my brother! You're not real!
---> '''"Toby":''' I was swimming in the pool. Mommy told you to watch me. But you had to talk on the phone.
---> [[spoiler: '''Laredo:''']] No! It was a wrong number, I couldn't have been on for more than a second!
---> '''"Toby":''' A second was all I needed to die, [[spoiler: Laredo]].
---> ''["Toby" approaches [[spoiler: Laredo]]]''
---> '''"Toby":''' [[spoiler: Laredo]], save me! If you'll just hold me, I'll be all right. It's a second chance -- for both of us!
---> ''[[[spoiler: Laredo]] kicks "Toby" in the groin, causing him to transform back into Freddie]''
* ShapeShifterShowdown: Freddie and [[spoiler: Laredo]] face off in this manner. Freddie wins.
* ShoutOut:
** At one point, Kincaid refers to Freddie as "Creator/DrSeuss".
** Later, Kirsten says that she feels like the Film/BrideOfFrankenstein.
** Freddie's line as he emerges from the TV in Jennifer's nightmare is a reference to either ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson'' or ''Film/TheShining''.
---> '''Freddie:''' Heeeerrrrreee'sss Freddie!
** Joey and Kincaid compare their fight against Freddie to ''Film/HighNoon'' and ''Film/SevenSamurai'' respectively.
* SinisterScrapingSound:
** In one of Nancy's nightmares, the sound of Freddie's claw is recreated by shower curtain hooks scraping along the curtain rod.
** [[spoiler: In the final scene, the sound of Freddie's claw is used to indicate that Freddie is NotQuiteDead.]]
* SirSwearsALot: Freddie and Kincaid.
* {{Sleepwalking}}: Philip is a sleepwalker.
* SuddenNameChange: Several characters have different names than they do in the final.
** Freddy's name is spelled "Freddie", except in the IronicNurseryTune.
** Kristen is named Kirsten.
** Will is named Laredo.
** Phillip's name is spelled "Philip", though the final spelling is used a few times.
** Neil Goldman is named Neil Guinness.
** Elizabeth Simms is named Shirley Maddalena.
** Nancy's father is named John instead of Donald.
** Kirsten's mother is named Alice instead of Elaine.
* TapOnTheHead: Freddie knocks Neil out with a punch to the face.
* ThisIsADrill: Freddie kills [[spoiler: Laredo]] with a post hole digger.
* ThisIsNotAFloor: During her second trip to Freddie's house, Nancy ends up falling through a floor that turns out to be water.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Not only is Freddie able to do this, but it's also [[spoiler: Laredo's]] dream power.
