Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Freddy Props Sell For Insane Price at Auction

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Two stop-motion animation props used in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors have sold for an insane price at an auction. When Wes Craven’s original A Nightmare on Elm Street released in 1984, Craven and New Line Cinema had no idea how big the franchise would become. Just a year after the original hit theaters, Freddy’s Revenge was released in 1985, followed by Dream Warriors in 1986. While the original Nightmare on Elm Street is often considered the best quality film in the franchise, and arguably one of the most unique horror movies of the ‘80s, Dream Warriors is often considered the fan favorite. 

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 certainly started to make Freddy Krueger more comedic, but Dream Warriors was still extremely dark. It is also credited as having some of the best kills in the franchise. Phillip (Bradley Gregg) had one of the most graphic deaths, which started with one of the character's hand-made marionettes transforming into Freddy before growing to a full-sized person. Freddy then uses Phillip's tendons as marionette strings and forces him to jump from the top of the hospital. The beginning of the scene was created using stop-motion animation, as was Lt. Thompson and Neil Gordon's fight with Freddy's skeleton. 

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35 years after A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors hit theaters, some of the props have been auctioned off by Propstore Auction. The screen-used Freddy skeleton from effects artist Doug Beswick was estimated to sell for $15,000-$20,000 and after four bids, sold for $16,000. The skeleton prop came attached to a wooden base with a shovel as well as additional hand and spine molds. Marionette Freddy Krueger