A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

New Line Cinema | Release Date: November 1, 1985

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Rcavey92212Mar 16, 2020

Growing up I was all about the final girls. So this chapter in my favorite franchise wasn't at the top of my list. But as I grew up, realized I was gay and started to hear about the films in your face subtext. This became one of my favoriteGrowing up I was all about the final girls. So this chapter in my favorite franchise wasn't at the top of my list. But as I grew up, realized I was gay and started to hear about the films in your face subtext. This became one of my favorite entries. Centering around Jesse played by a cute, likable Mark Patton who moves into Nancy's house. Before he knows it our favorite charasmatic villain starts haunting him in hopes of possessing him so he can be reborn into the real world. The film is flooded with the queer goods but in addition to all that it's actually a really unique genre film. Robert Englund is truly fantastic as Freddy he's darker, sexual, perverted and disturbing. The performances are pretty solid all around. Also impressive is Kim Myers as Tina our final girl next to our final boy. She's vulnerable, relatable and strong. Although the director still denies his homoerotic intentions. I mean the guy has a scene in a gay s&m bar and let's not even talk about when the coach is killed. Really it's quite obvious but the film is really creepy, fun and entertaining and has aged really well. It's more complex and relevant now than ever.

Budget: $3m
Domestic Box Office: $30m
Worldwide Box Office: $30m

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Josephgamers65Jun 15, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Freddy's Revenge we are introduced to Jesse he starts to have bad dreams, Nightmares and he is trying to figure out who is doing it while Lisa is trying to help Jesse through it and Jesse won't let her so she had to go to the power plant to figure it out which she does The good is Jesse and Lisa I thought there were good as what they were given for the second installment of the franchise the whole Pool scene in this movie was good liked that a lot Freddy Krueger in the first act is playing around with Jesse was funny like that the mixed is Ron as a character was used decently in the whole movie I thought he was the main character in the first act but he was not the bad is Ken Walsh and Cheryl Walsh they don't do much they don't believe anything was going all which was different from the first because the first they were worried about what was going on and the Coach was just annoying spying on the kids and just bullying other kids the thing I don't like is the ending it drags a little bit and freddy has to stay in a body was not a good idea to me but all round second installment in the franchise was good not too many issues all round I give A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Freddy's Revenge an B-… Expand

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robertoiglesiasApr 26, 2018

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 might be strange, but it can be interesting and scary.

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babygorgeousOct 14, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i enjoyed this flick because the acting was great and Freddy was still terrifying… Expand

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