A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

R

Released Nov 1, 1985

1h 25m

Horror

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Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton) moves with his family into the home of the lone survivor from a series of attacks by dream-stalking monster Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). There, Jesse is bedeviled by nightmares and inexplicably violent impulses. It turns out Freddy needs a host body to carry out his gruesome vendetta against the youth of Springwood, Ohio. While Freddy gains influence, Jesse and his girlfriend, Lisa (Kim Myers), race against the clock trying to figure out what's going on.

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Critics Consensus

An intriguing subtext of repressed sexuality gives Freddy's Revenge some texture, but the Nightmare loses its edge in a sequel that lacks convincing performances or memorable scares.

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Jason Bailey

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The sequel is clunky, sluggish, poorly cast, not funny, and worst of all, not scary. And it all but dispenses with what made the first film scary to begin with.

May 3, 2016

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

Possibly the lamest of all the sequels, although Five and Six later set the bar particularly low.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 5, 2010

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Variety Staff

Variety

Episodic treatment is punched up by an imaginative series of special effects.

Mar 26, 2009

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

It basically chucks out the rules established in the first film and seemingly makes things up as it goes along.

Rated: 1.5/4

Oct 20, 2024

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Cody Dericks

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The ridiculousness of the dialogue and Patton’s shrieking performance make this a perverse camp classic.

Oct 27, 2022

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Cody Leach

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A significant drop in quality. The goofiness of the script and some baffling visuals makes this a strange experience. As a confusing contrast, the portrayal of Freddy is perhaps the darkest in the series.

Rated: 2.75/5

Aug 20, 2022

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Sondra J S

This Movie is The Gayest Movie Of Horror It Weird with the Long Tongue Not my Favorite but it’s Ok 5/10

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/25

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Alexander S

A very clunky sequel that distanced itself from the first film, Freddy’s Revenge attempts to introduce a fresh nightmare for Freddy to terrorize only to turn itself into a chaotic circus. While horror fans may find some enjoyment in Freddy’s general terror and kills, the overall experience is lacking. Grading: C-

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/28/25

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James B

This film is very ambitious and gives Freddy an ability you will never see him do again. The characters are nothing special and Freddy isn't really scary.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/24/25

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Jerod S

Freddy isn't really scary in this one, not nearly as weird as the pigs and other strange effects.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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Justin T

This has a great opening with proper fantasy nightmare imagery and at times it is really funny and at other times it is a total fever dream like the exploding bird. It is less intelligent, more literal and less creative interpretation of a nightmare. The core concept of Freddy killing in your dreams and it being real is lost to a less creative Freddy possessing someone and killing in the real world. There are still fantasy elements with the possession. If it had been the first in the franchise then it probably would have been the last. The dialogue quality isn’t great again, probably better than the previous film though. For a short movie it can be a bit slow, thankfully there are some entertaining scenes especially the party massacre. Defeating Freddy didn’t really make sense unlike how he was defeated in the first film, they both have an equally pointless surprise ‘climax’. At least it’s better than Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985).

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/13/25

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Emil P

The first one was much better, this was boring.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/28/24

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Jack Sholder

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Mark Patton

Jesse Walsh

Kim Myers

Lisa Webber

Robert Rusler

Ron Grady

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Synopsis

Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton) moves with his family into the home of the lone survivor from a series of attacks by dream-stalking monster Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). There, Jesse is bedeviled by nightmares and inexplicably violent impulses. It turns out Freddy needs a host body to carry out his gruesome vendetta against the youth of Springwood, Ohio. While Freddy gains influence, Jesse and his girlfriend, Lisa (Kim Myers), race against the clock trying to figure out what's going on.

Director: Jack Sholder
Producer: Robert Shaye
Screenwriter: Wes Craven
Distributor: New Line Cinema, Image Entertainment Inc., Media Home Entertainment
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 1, 1985, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $29.9M
Runtime: 1h 25m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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