A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

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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

Flavorwire

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

Cody Leach (YouTube)

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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Deontae D

A sequel from the 1984 a nightmare on elm Street, A family living in Nancy house, Freddy take over a guy body, I can tell they find anyway to bring Freddy Krueger back, This one isn't that great like the first one.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/29/24

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Omar G

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), rating 6/10 stars. Kim Myers as Lisa Webber was like Nancy Thompson, in this sequel they reversed the roles the male was the protagonist with respect to the first film. Extras from the school are recognizable from watching the movie so many times, like a girl with a white ribbon in her hair. I think it was in an interview or something that I read about Freddy emerging from Jesse Walsh symbolizing his fear of homosexuality. Things that were not from the lore established by Wes Craven like the Possession the manifestation of Freddy in the real world attacking twenty-somethings playing teenagers. Halloween Ends (2022) stole the trope of a new replacement for the main villain. The protagonist Jesse Walsh had a good life a funny father Clu Gulager as Ken Walsh, a good mother Hope Lange, Ron Grady was a good friend and a girl lost for he, Lisa Webber. You are old when you see sexy over 40s like Melinda O. Fee. Great music by Christopher Young before Hellraiser (1987). Great quotes from the movie "You've Got the Body, I've Got the Brain" and "You are all my children now" Or "Jesse Come back here, Jesse!"

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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Rowan C

I think there was a lot of great thought put into this film, but I don't think it was nearly as good as the first film. I liked the dark moments of the film, and I liked the main protagonist which was Jesse. The film felt like it was rushed, even though there was a great idea behind the movie. I don't think this movie is bad, I just think that it wasn't executed properly and maybe that is because it was released one year after the original. When you compare this film to the other ones in the franchise, it did not live up to the expectations of the viewers.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/23/24

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John W

The worst film in the elm st series and probably one ill never see again.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Lucas t

The worst one of the entire franchise, even the Reboot is better.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/19/24

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Charles C

Surprisingly a lot worse than the first one.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/17/24

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Jack Sholder

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Mark Patton

Jesse Walsh

Kim Myers

Lisa Webber

Robert Rusler

Ron Grady

Clu Gulager

Ken Walsh

Hope Lange

Cheryl Walsh

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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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