A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge Nov 25, 2017 8:15:49 GMT

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Post by Toasted Cheese on Nov 25, 2017 8:15:49 GMT

Interesting sequel that works for the most part, but compared to the original and Part 3, it could also be considered pretty meh!

The homoeroticism is a nice touch\spin: Mark Patton gives a decent performance:

Patton, who had felt like an outsider and endured bullying at school, had been out about his homosexuality in New York, but Hollywood was a different, very homophobic, world. After appearing in "Nightmare 2", the public began to notice a gay subtext in the movie, which screenwriter David Chaskin purposefully included in the script. At the time, he denied it, blaming Patton for playing it "too gay".

He had received a request from the gay magazine "The Advocate" after making "Jimmy Dean", but was told he absolutely couldn't speak with a gay magazine, even though he had played a gay character. In 1987, he was cast to play a groundbreaking gay character on a major television network series, but was asked if he could play a gay character while telling people he was straight. Tired of the homophobia in Hollywood that was so different than the theater scene in New York, Patton left acting and became a successful interior decorator:

There are 3 excellent set pieces for sure, with Schneider's and Grady's death scenes and the Freddy party crash sequence. If I recall correctly, there are only male victims too. There are also some good quotable Freddy lines, without sounding like the later parody that he did in the other sequels.

Kim Myers was a poor choice for leading lady though and because she couldn't really act, she overacts. When Lisa takes Jesse to the factory\mill where Freddy used to work to see if he can sense something, and there is a noise coming from the cabinet, all that's there is a cute un-scary rat inside. Her reaction and how she clings to Jesse is pathetic. This is the directors fault though, for a weak and poorly executed sequence. Surely they could have come up with something a little more nightmarish, like when she goes back the mill looking for Jesse.