A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 14
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 0
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Several years after the events of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Jesse Walsh and his family moved into the home of Nancy Thompson, the only survivor of supernatural killer Freddie's reign of terror. Haunted by dreams of the disfigured child-killer, the lonely Jesse has trouble sleeping, falls asleep often in school and quarrels with his picture-perfect family. Lisa, his prospective girlfriend, discovers Nancy's diary in Jesse's closet, and slowly he learns of his predecessor's ordeal. When his
Nov 1, 1985 Wide
Sep 12, 2000
Media Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Mark Patton
Jesse Walsh -
Kim Myers
Lisa Webber -
Robert Rusler
Ron Grady -
Clu Gulager
Mr. Walsh -
Hope Lange
Mrs. Walsh -
Marshall Bell
Coach Schneider -
Robert Englund
Freddy Krueger -
Allison Barron
Girl on Bus -
Edward Blackoff
Biology Teacher -
Christie Clark
Angela -
Steve Eastin
Policeman -
Melinda O. Fee
Mrs. Webber -
Tom McFadden
Mr. Webber -
Kerry Remsen
Girlfriend -
Sydney Walsh
Kerry -
Lyman Ward
Mr. Grady -
Jo Ann Willette
Girl on Bus -
Brian Wimmer
Do-Gooder -
Hart Sprager
Teacher
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All Critics (24) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (14) | DVD (9)
Episodic treatment is punched up by an imaginative series of special effects.
The film hangs reasonably well together, not least because of good performances from all concerned.
Top CriticMr. Patton and Miss Myers make likable teen-age heroes, and Mr. Englund actually turns Freddy into a welcome presence.
...a weak retread of its marginally superior predecessor...
An uneven, tedious, and sloppy sequel with plot holes, lapses in logic and horrible performances...
Possibly the lamest of all the sequels, although Five and Six later set the bar particularly low.
Much better than expected.
As is the prevalent case with most sequels, the film is inferior to its predecessor. It is still very, very good, however, more so than most viewers give it credit for.
Very weird, homoerotic flick, but very entertaining in a 80s kindofaway
Although Jesse and Lisa are granted some much-needed time to get it on, he and the film would appear in unison in that they're still waiting to come out of the closet.
The second film of the series departs from the storyline dramatically, leaving the impression that it doesn't fit into the series.
I must give credit where it's due: this is pretty unique in its stupidity.
A work of high camp, even if Freddy himself is often reduced to an annoying nocturnal emission that will inevitably ruin a pool party.
Freddy's nails are a little blunt here
Kim Myers is an engaging heroine, but otherwise this is little more than a repeat of the original (it even takes place in the same house), just with less originality.
Maybe the weakest entry in the popular series of movies.
The darkest of the Elm Street series. Gets cheesy, but is still fun ... if you're stoned.
The worst of the Nightmares. Don't bother turning on to this Elm Street.
The acting, so as to give it a label, is extremely non existent.
The script is very shallow, with blood and gore to satisfy the audience, and very little dialogue, which, if there had been more, would have helped the script develop appropriately.
Audience Reviews for A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge
Time waits for no man and director Jack Sholder, director of such classics asâ¦The Garden Party?, wastes no time in throwing us head first into the action of our young protagonistâ(TM)s dreamscapes. From there, he is jerked awake and we finally get the first shirtless shot of our sweaty dream hunk Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton). Within five minutes, the audience is treated to a scene of Jesse getting in his first tiff with a classmate. The altercation is less of a fight and more of an awkward tussle in which Jesse conveniently has his pants pulled down half way, his jock strap hanging loosely from his chalky buttocks. While these sensual first minutes might tempt one to throw their Samsung DVD player through their third story window, it is important that the viewer keep the faith.
If so, they will be treated not only to a wide variety of sexually charged moments between men, but also dialogue that leaps right off the page and forces its way into your earholes. Almost all of it involving things being shoved up someoneâ(TM)s butt or getting their rocks off. Also they can witness one of the most âfrighteningâ? scenes to ever involve a demented parakeet. The cherry on top of his homoerotic sundae is a scene involving balls of all shapes and sizes being rocketed at a manâ(TM)s face moments before he is stripped and whipped.
While iâ(TM)m not surprised Mark Patton did not have a successful career post-Freddy, I truly wonder what he is doing now. I assume it has something to do with adult entertainment as everything Jesse does in the film oozes with sexuality. His screams have a subtle tinge of eroticism in them and even the shots of him having a nightmare come off as a mildly abusive wet dream.
Unfortunately, I am only scratching the big gay surface here. I could sit and detail all of the things that make this movie horrendously awesome, but you truly need to experience it for yourself.
Super Reviewer
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- Freddy Krueger: You are all my children now.
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- Ron Grady: (seeing Jesse becoming possessed by Freddy Krueger) Hey man? What the fu*k's wrong with you dude?!
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- Angela: (jump roping in slow motion) One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five, six, grab your crucifix. Seven, eight, gonna stay up late. Nine, ten, never sleep again.
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- Freddy Krueger: You are all my children now!
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- Kerry: So, you going to Lisa's house tomorrow night?
- Ron Grady: Nope, can't. I'm grounded.
- Kerry: Home come?
- Ron Grady: I threw my grandmother down a flight of stairs.
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- Jesse Walsh: I'm scared, Grady.
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For me, Freddie at the pool party was the killer here, it did not work. Film also loses its way frequently and does not make sense.