Passes the Bechdel test

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Name: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Released: 1987

1987. Directed by Chuck Russell, written by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner and Frank Darabont.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
11 women characters. 9 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 16 scenes out of 110.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

Poster for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

The film

Picking up where the original Nightmare left off, a group of children at a local hospital face Freddy Krueger. One of them is Kristen. Working with a doctor assigned to the case, the kids realize their special abilities within the nightmare world. When Freddy captures one of them, they lead a rescue attempt into Krueger's domain, in hopes of putting his spirit to rest once and for all.

Released: 27 Feb 1987
Genres: Fantasy, Horror
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.7 / 10
Metascore: 49 / 100
Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Neil 140 lines, man
Nancy 139 lines, woman
Kristen 70 lines, woman
Kincaid 33 lines, man
Will 31 lines, man
Taryn 30 lines, woman
Max 29 lines, man
Thompson 26 lines, man
Simms 25 lines, woman
Elaine 22 lines, woman

Full cast, 28 people

Patricia Arquette as Kristen Parker
Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger
Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson
Craig Wasson as Neil Gordon
Ken Sagoes as Kincaid
Rodney Eastman as Joey
Jennifer Rubin as Taryn
Bradley Gregg as Phillip
Ira Heiden as Will
Laurence Fishburne as Max
Penelope Sudrow as Jennifer
John Saxon as Thompson
Priscilla Pointer as Dr. Elizabeth Simms
Clayton Landey as Lorenzo
Brooke Bundy as Elaine Parker
Kristen Clayton as Little Girl
Sally Piper as Nurse #1
Rozlyn Sorrell as Nurse #2
Nan Martin as Nun
Stacey Alden as Marcie
Dick Cavett as Dick Cavett
Zsa Zsa Gabor as Zsa Zsa Gabor
Michael Rougas as Priest in Church
Jack Shea as Priest in Cemetery
Paul Kent as Dr. Carver
Mary Brown as Neurosurgeon
Melanie Doctors as Girl in Cemetery
Donna Durham as Girl in Crowd

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 110

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	19	1
4 to 6	3	0
7 to 9	11	25
10 to 12	13	21
13 to 15	17	3
16 to 18	0	0
19 to 21	1	0
22 to 24	6	1
25 to 27	11	3
28 to 30	30	38
31 to 33	0	2
34 to 36	0	2
37 to 39	12	16
40 to 42	19	16
43 to 45	14	9
46 to 48	33	30
49 to 51	13	11
52 to 54	13	12
55 to 57	7	8
58 to 60	7	5
61 to 63	13	8
64 to 66	2	1
67 to 69	4	7
70 to 72	2	0
73 to 75	9	11
76 to 78	0	6
79 to 81	8	4
82 to 84	2	5
85 to 87	24	7
88 to 90	13	21
91 to 93	0	7
94 to 96	5	9
97 to 99	7	7
100 to 102	0	1
103 to 105	3	3
106 to 108	5	5
109 to 110	0	0

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

KRISTEN: Five, six, grab your crucifix... seven, eight, better stay up late... nine, ten, never...never... NANCY: Never sleep again. NANCY: Who taught you that rhyme?

NANCY: Mrs. Parker, was Kristen acting different? Did you notice anything strange before she made the attempt? ELAINE: Kristen specializes in strangeness. I've spent thousands on psychiatirists. NANCY: Did she always have nightmares? ELAINE: They've gotten worse since I took away her credit cards.

NANCY: You pulled me in somehow, didn't you? KRISTEN: I -- I think so! NANCY: Then get us back out! NANCY: NOW, KRISTEN! DO IT NOW!

NANCY: I used to live in this house. KRISTEN: But...it's just a house I've dreamed about. I dream about it all the time. Thank you for what you did last night.

SIMMS: And you won't make any progress until you can recognize your dreams for what they are. NANCY: And what are they? SIMMS: The by-product of guilt. Psychological scars steaming from moral conflicts and overt sexuality.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 52 are women's.

326 lines from women, 305 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

11 women and 12 men in the cast. 9 women and 13 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 643. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 13 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 50% of the words (2,712), men 50% (2,663). Women have 52% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 10% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Chuck Russell (man)
Written by: Chuck Russell (man), Wes Craven (man), Frank Darabont (man), Bruce Wagner (man)
Story by: Wes Craven (man), Bruce Wagner (man)
Produced by: Robert Shaye (man)
Shot by: Roy H. Wagner (man)
Edited by: Terry Stokes (man), Chuck Weiss (gender not listed)
Music by: Angelo Badalamenti (man)
Costumes by: Camile Morris (woman)
Cast by: Annette Benson (woman)