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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) -- A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him to continue his murdering in the real world.
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) -- A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him to continue his murdering in the real world.

Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Jack Sholder
Writers:
David Chaskin (written by) and
Wes Craven (characters)
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Release Date:
1 November 1985 (USA) more
Tagline:
The first name in terror returns... more
Plot:
A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him to continue his murdering in the real world. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Flawed Sequel that doesn't respect the original but comes in it's own way. more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 (USA) (closing credits title)
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
Nightmare series creator Wes Craven refused to work on this film because he never wanted or intended A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) to become an ongoing franchise (and even wanted the first film to have a happy ending), and also because he didn't like the idea of Freddy manipulating the protagonist into committing the murders. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the kids are reading the diary about Freddy Krueger, the pages that they are "reading" from are all blank. more
Quotes:
Jesse Walsh: [Jessy is afraid and wants to sleep at Grady's house] Something is trying to get inside of me.
Ron Grady: Yeah it's female and it's waiting for you in the kabana, and you want to sleep with me.
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Soundtrack:
Touch Me (All Night Long) more

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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Flawed Sequel that doesn't respect the original but comes in it's own way., 5 January 2006
8/10
Author: Lucien Lessard from Canada

Five years later, When a sensitive teenager named Jesse (Mark Patton) is now living in the house. Where Nancy Thompson (Played by Heather Langenkamp in the original) used to live in Elm Street. Jesse is living with his parents (Clu Gulager & Hope Lange) and his sister (Christie Clark). When his new friend (Kim Myers) finds a diary of Nancy's hidden in his room, where Nancy used to be in. Jesse and his new friend are finding out horrible, terrible secrets from her past and the long-dead murderer, who used to kill kids in the neighborhood and now in their dreams! Now Jesse is now dreaming about a man by the name of Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), who does always tries to contact him and make him do things that he wouldn't do. Since Freddy wanted to use his body to control him and being in the real world, where he could kill again.

Directed by Jack Sholder (Wishmaster 2:Evil Never Dies, Alone in the Dark, The Hidden) made a worthy if different follow up to the original. But the film betrays between the world of reality and dreams, which doesn't really pull it off towards the end and almost losing the imaginative premise of the first film. Still, it has some scary moments and Englund as the film's villain is menacing and frightening.

DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer (also in Pan & Scan) and an strong digitally remastered-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD has the original theatrical trailer, Jump to a Nightmare opinion and Cast & Crew information. The "Elm Street" Series DVD Box Set on the eighth disc, the DVD has interviews with the cast and crew of this second film. This Sequel has some unusual moments, since this film has some homosexual overtones in the story. This was also a bigger Box Office hit than the original. Some might call this the Worst of the "Elm Street" films but it's not (depending on the fans or those you have seen this ambitious sequel). Look closely for Englund as the Bus Driver (Without the Freddy Make-Up) in the opening scene. Marshall Bell, who is best known for "Starship Troopers" and "Total Recall" has a small role as a nasty Gym teacher with a secret. Watch for Co-Chairman and Co-CEO:Robert Shaye (The film's producer) as a S&M bartender. (*** ½/*****).

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Freddy looked the best in this one JoeSavage
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