Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

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Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

Released Feb 27, 2020

1h 39m

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LGBTQ+

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Actor Mark Patton shares his story of being a closeted gay man while starring in "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge," a film that he began to suspect had homoerotic subtext.

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Critics Consensus

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street compassionately draws on an actor's personal journey to offer a compelling and illuminating reexamination of the franchise's first sequel.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

Fascinating film... Very, very interesting stuff.

Feb 29, 2020

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Michael Ordoña

Los Angeles Times

Perhaps the slickly made documentary overstates the cultural impact of a little-seen and widely disliked film. However, it earns points for scraping at the surface of something rarely discussed in film fandom - homosexuality in horror.

Feb 27, 2020

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Dan Callahan

TheWrap

There are interviews with academics and drag queens and fans of the horror genre, and this gives the movie a wide-ranging perspective that helps us better understand the moving personal story at its core.

Feb 26, 2020

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

As for the documentary itself, it’s probably more instructive for those who haven’t read a zillion thinkpieces about "Nightmare 2" as “the first gay horror film” ("Nosferatu" begs to differ).

Rated: B

Aug 24, 2022

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

This is a different and essential kind of documentary.

Sep 10, 2021

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C.H. Newell

Father Son Holy Gore

The doc expertly examines the initially negative reception to the first Elm Street sequel's queerness, plus how that affected Mark Patton as a gay man and an actor.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 7, 2021

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Melissa L

Great documentary about Mark Patton, the star of Nightmare On Elm Street 2. I recommend it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/24

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Jay H

Heartbreaking and moving.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/24

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PridePosterStudios

Freddy Kreuger is an ally

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/21/24

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Alexander T

An eye-opening, touching, and perfectly produced documentary that not only focuses on an underrated film in a wildly popular franchise, but an underrated actor named Mark Patton that was bullied out of the spotlight too soon. It's time to give Mark his spotlight back.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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martin f

I was surprised by the lack of Nightmare on Elm Street content which were also the best parts of the movie, that and the guests sharing how horror influenced their life as queers. The documentary feels time to time very close to turn into a vanity project but it balances it by being also genuine. It takes the important role to talk about the HIV tragedy that touched the gay community during the 80's but, despite some links with the 80's horror genre, it feels a little derivative maybe because it took too much time making you feel like you are watching a completely different documentary.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Brad P

Mark Patton Sets the Record Straight in ‘Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street'

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/06/23

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Roman Chimienti

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Tyler Jensen

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Cecil Baldwin

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Mark Patton

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Robert Englund

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Synopsis

Actor Mark Patton shares his story of being a closeted gay man while starring in "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge," a film that he began to suspect had homoerotic subtext.

Director: Roman Chimienti, Tyler Jensen
Producer: Roman Chimienti, Mark Patton
Production Co: The End Productions
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 27, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 3, 2020
Runtime: 1h 39m

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