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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
All Critics (24) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (14) | DVD (9)
Episodic treatment is punched up by an imaginative series of special effects.
Mr. 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.
The film hangs reasonably well together, not least because of good performances from all concerned.
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.
I was actually deathly afraid of Freddy in the first movie, and now having seen the sequel that fear is waning. First of all, his power comes from the fact that he can kill us in our dreams. If he were to get a real body, he would be just a normal serial killer, and therefore not the scary monster he is supposed to be.
December 27, 2011Super Reviewer
It's a testament to the original's greatness, that this pile of feces didn't stop the entire franchise dead in it's tracks. I've seen a lot of shitty sequels to horror movies, but the second installment of "...Elm Street" might be the worst. The whole story is an idiotic departure from the original, made worse by the
September 26, 2011Super Reviewer
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