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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2:
Freddy's Revenge (1985)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 7/03, 12/05

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12/05: Well, congratulations, Jack Sholder, for committing the greatest cardinal sin: directing an unintentionally gay horror picture.

Never mind there's horror in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge because there isn't any. It's all about the gay undertones. Yet I thought the movie was meant to showcase Freddy Krueger? Even the last two words in the title has nothing to do with it.

At any rate, it's a bizarre film that tries too hard to be intelligent and is often rampant with bad acting. I'm constantly left bewildered when trying to connect the mishmash of scenes together. After the queer gym teacher is murdered, nobody bothers to investigate. What happened to Grady doesn't get a whiff, either. During the pool party, everybody saw Freddy, but why didn't anyone panic afterwards? Is the town dead or just plain stupid?

By the way, Kim Myers is a drop-dead Meryl Streep look-alike if I've ever seen one. She might as well devote her career in playing her double.

All in all, lacking many scenes with Freddy, it's best to skip A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge and go straight to the next part.