A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

1985

Action / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller

84
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 35 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 85381 85.4K

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Plot summary

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.

Director

Jack Sholder Photo
Jack Sholder

Top cast

Marshall Bell Photo
Marshall Bell as Coach Schneider
Clu Gulager Photo
Clu Gulager as Ken Walsh
Lyman Ward Photo
Lyman Ward as Mr. Grady
Tom McFadden Photo
Tom McFadden as Mr. Webber
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
701.00 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 7
1.20 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 62

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paulclaassen 6 / 10

Entertaining sequel.

Freddy is back, but wants to use a teenager's body to kill for him. Why? Freddy is a killer in his own right, having his vengeance on the Elm Street parents who burnt him alive, so what does he have to gain by using a teenager's body?The teenager in question is the nerdy, insecure Jesse (Mark Patton). This is probably why Freddy chose him as his vessel, because he is vulnerable and susceptible. Jesse also lives in the house on Elm Street Nancy used to live in. Freddy says he needs Jesse because Jesse has the body, and he - Freddy - has the brains. Jesse never kills anyone, though; it is always doing Freddy doing the killings, so I guess he uses Jesse to lure his victims. It still didn't entirely make sense why he needed a host, but it does allow for some excellent scenes in the form of make-up and prosthetics.Jesse is seeing Lisa (Kim Myers - who, by the way, looks so much like Meryl Streep in this movie!). I found her a really nice character, who was caring and considerate. She is also a very strong character, who stands by Jesse.This sequel might not be as good as the original, but it is a worthy entry in the series with some great kill scenes, a constant creepy atmosphere, excellent makeup, an awesome party scene, and a great performance once again from Robert England as Freddy. I also thought Mark Patton was really good portraying the troubled and confused Jesse. In general, this is a highly entertaining supernatural horror slasher.
Reviewed by thetheonly 5 / 10

I still don't know how to feel...

This film is definitely the most different of the series. I mean first with the undertones and secondly with how Freddy decides to go after teens. I'm going to skip a synopsis since other people have done that plenty of times before but instead go over where this film succeeds and fails. First Freddy is still somewhat scary in this film and not goofy yet and in my opinion it is the best looking make up for Freddy of this series. Next the film has some very progressive undertones as in coming out and homosexuality, despite being disputed by the creators. Next I liked the atmosphere which was solid throughout. Finally the acting was decent overall but not super above average. Also the kills are still somewhat creative and there's some interesting body horror in it. The film does fail at a few things despite some creative kills there are definitely some that are just filler. Next the dream sequences are some of the weakest of the series. I also feel like the direction of Freddy taking over bodies in this film was a horrible one off idea, which thankfully was only in this film, unless you count Freddy possessing the stoner in Freddy V Jason, which was also bad in that film. Finally the film feels confused with where it wants to go, but luckily that problem doesn't arise again in the series until later in the films. Overall you should see it, especially of you're a completist or can find it for cheap, which is easy and it's included in a few different Nightmare box sets.
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