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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.
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Director:
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
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1 nomination more
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Post Halloween Special Part 3: Freddy Krueger vs Me
 (From HeyUGuys. 3 November 2009, 12:29 PM, PST)

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underrated follow up more (267 total)

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Also Known As:
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (Australia)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 (USA) (closing credits title)
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87 min
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Brad Pitt, John Stamos and Christian Slater all auditioned for the role of Jesse. more
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Continuity: In the opening scene text on the school bus varies between SCHOOLBUS and SCHOOL BUS. more
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Biology Teacher: If you want to play with animals, Mr. Walsh, join the circus. more
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Featured in Stephen King's World of Horror (1986) (TV) more
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On The Air Tonight more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
underrated follow up, 2 February 2008
7/10
Author: acidburn-10 from United Kingdom

Plot = 5 years after the events of the first movie, a new teen and his family move into the same house where the events occurred and before long Jesse starts getting haunted by Freddy but this time Freddy wants something else other than blood.

I've rated this movie before and gave it a five and a pretty bad review but after viewing this movie a few more times I actually quite enjoyed it, OK it's not the best in the franchise, but it's still good and that's why I deleted my old review and started afresh. This sequel stands on its own, following its own rules without ignoring the original. This flick is basically a haunted house/possession flick with lots of weird stuff going on. Its not particularly scary but it is very spooky. The film also delivers in the gross out department, the scene where Freddy comes out of Jesse's chest is plain old fun times for the whole family. This sequel has many homosexual undertones. I mean the coach gets his ass whipped with a towel by Freddy (kinky bastard), Jesse ventures in a gay SNM bar, Jesse gets down with Lisa but then abruptly leaves her hanging to go sleep at Brady's house. This whole film could be a metaphor for a kid coming to grasp with his gay penchant. Jesse keeps on saying there's something inside of him that wants to come out…maybe Freddy equals his pansy side. Lots of people had problems with the gay stuff, I had a blast…funny shite. Ironically the actor that plays Jesse (Mark Patton) is gay in real life…go figure. Lisa's attraction and commitment to crazy Jesse did elude me, the guy is such a geek! But my main problem with the film is the anticlimactic ending. The ending feels rushed and his far from satisfying. The whole love conquer all shite was rubbish.

Mark Patton (Jesse) handles himself real well. He hits all the right emotional notes, too bad he screams like a girl and can't dress for shite. I thought gay men knew fashion. Kim Meyers (Lisa) is also very good Robert Rustler (Grady) has all the best lines and he's just way kool. The kind of guy I'd hang with. Clu Gulager (Ken) and Hope Lange (Cheryl) do good as the parents, they have wonderful chemistry and are very credible. Marshall Bell (Coach) is the scariest thing in the flick. Robert Englund (Freddy) has more screen time and gets to explore Freddy. Here Fred is more playful and has more lines. But fear not he's still scary, cruel and in the shadows.

All in all quite a good follow up.

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