A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

R

Released Nov 1, 1985

1h 25m

Horror

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43%

Tomatometer

30 Reviews

33%

Audience Score

250,000+ Ratings

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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Cody Dericks

them.

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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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

The queer subtext is arguably the most interesting part of the film, but it's undone by a heteronormative and anticlimactic finale.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 30, 2020

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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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Alec B

I'm not entirely convinced of the "queer subtext" reading, mostly because everyone involved with the movie seems to be all over the place regarding its legitimacy (cagey and/or denying for decades and now maybe too willing to embrace it). That said there were a lot of choices made here that make this analysis impossible to totally ignore. Ultimately the movie just isn't very good but it is sort of interesting to talk about as long as we don't go overboard.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/09/24

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chris h

At times it has feel of original.Other times it feels lost.not a great outing.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/25/24

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christian a

Nothing like the first one but certainly had its cool moments. Queervision ahead of its time that noone caught but if you watch it again the suttle hints are there. The creepy music definitly set the tone of the movie. but its stands alone in the franchise. cool, grusome but different.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/22/24

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Lloyd S

Total garbage and stupid. Some parts made me laugh.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/03/24

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Jack Sholder

Director

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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