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I NEVER USED TO BE SCARED OF FREDDY.BUT AFTER I SAW THIS ONE.WHOO!I WAS SCARED.CAUSE FREDDY IS JUST...MORE EVIL AND STUFF.LIKE WHEN HE PULLED OF THE SKIN ON HIS HEAD WHEN HE WAS IN JESSE'S DREAM.NOT AS GOOD AS THE FIRST ONE.BUT STILL GOOD.GREAT ACTING TOO.

Somewhat Dissapointed.

"Freddy's Revenge" picks up 5 years later in the same house in which the original myhem took place. In other words Freddy's got fresh meat. He decides to try and take full possesstion over the new boy on the block. This way he can get close to the kids friends and pick them off one by one.

Fans of high gore will be pleased by this release, because the poor kid gose through enough vile, eye-poping, and gut-wenching tourment to make Raggon(from the Exorcist) jealous. That shock value plain would work just fine if the Speacil Effects were any good, and there wern't so many jokes watering down the terror. If
your new to the Nightmare seires I would suggest you watch the first one first, then watch the third one "The Dream Warriors" (which was a masterpiece in the speacil effects department, and was a reunion for some of in the original film makers including the brillent Wes Craven) then watch this one.

Like all the Nightmares this one very entertaining, but just not as Sophisticated as the first "Nightmare on Elm Street", "The Dream Warriors", or the last one "New Nightmare"

The first cull of the series...

This is the second installment which should have been called 1B. It is totally derailed from every aspect of the first. And if you're going to go through all of the movies in the series, be sure to miss this one (that is unless you enjoy being ripped off). None of the characters, events, etc., are even so mush as mentioned in the first or any of the later installments in the series.
The plot of the series is that he stalks you is your dreams/nightmares. But in this one he comes into reality. I'm pointing that out because later on in the series they try to use this as some kind of surprise. Maybe Wes Craven wanted to forget this one also.
There is some gore in this one, but it ultimately back fires. Take for instance the killing of the coach. He gets hit repeatedly by Basketballs, tennis balls, bowling balls, etc., and then is tied to shower faucets and popped with a towel. These are only childhood, elementary pranks.
So in closing, this movie is, and I'm sorry for sounding so trite, a flop, awful, and would not be recommended by anyone in their right mind.
2/10 (and I'm being generous)

Hey driver, that was my stop!

Freddy's Revenge is usually highlighted as the black sheep of the Elm Street films. For instance, the whole dream mythology that fuels the other chapters is absent. There's a guy in the lead role. The spooky fairy-tale music has been replaced with a spooky orchestral score. It's not as gory. Instead of the usual theme of staying awake to stay alive, here we have a tale of possession, as young Jesse struggles to keep the evil Freddy from taking over his body. Jesse is amiably played by Mark Patton, and his two best friends: his kinda girlfriend Lisa and (some might say) kinda boyfriend Grady, are also sympathetic characters. The character of Freddy is somewhere between the purely evil monster of the original and the wisecracking joker who would take over from the third film onwards, which means he's kinda scary and kinda funny. The violence has been toned down slightly: there's nothing as shocking as or as bloody as the two bedroom deaths in the original, though obviously this isn't a film for the squeamish! A spectacular transformation sequence an hour into the film has dated slightly thanks to its primitive (but still mightily ambitious) special effects, but it's still a gripping moment. Supporting performances are all good: Meryl Streep-whoops, I mean Kim Myers, is a likable heroine, and three cheers for Robert Rusler, one of the kings of 80's teen movies who always cheers up a film whenever he's around. The presence of Clu Gulager can't help but raise a smile: only a year before this film ago he was on absolute top form fighting zombies in Return of the Living Dead. He plays it totally straight here, though when he delivers lines like 'Birds don't just explode in mid-air' or 'Damn thing wasn't even plugged in', you wonder if there's a deadpan genius at work.Brilliant, brilliant music throughout: I personally think the use of nursery rhymes or fairy tale music (used in all the other Elm Street films) in horror films is silly, it never works, it just sounds like it's trying too desperate to be innocent/creepy. Christopher Young's score here is elegant and sinister and a real highlight. The film is rarely terrifying (though there are some creepy moments), but it is extremely enjoyable, despite (or maybe because of!) its silly script, and because the acting is quite engaging for a film of this type. I personally like this film the most out of all the Elm Street films: the first one may be scarier, and the third one may be more insanely imaginative, but neither of those have the pacing, superior acting (seriously!)or the ability to provoke as much sympathy in its characters as this chapter.PS: The funny stuff! The 'Help Yourself!' bit at the barbecue is pure gold! As is the bit where the bloke tries to climb over the fence only to be thwarted by fire, and then he's consumed by more fire! Poor bloke! The fact that that last bit happens partially offscreen and looks really tacky and cheap makes it funny, cos in theory, it's a bit of a horrible way to go, innit? Also, the opening and closing school bus bits are hilarious: pure bad-movie horror at its absolute best, and Freddy looks like he's having the most fun in the world! He's a scoundrel, isn't he? Admittedly, the ending here isn't as funny as the ending to the original, which wins the award for the most blatant use of a dummy EVER!!!

Not even scary!

ok. at first I would like to strengthen the fact that this movie doesn't have ANY trace of horror in it! I mean, who's really scared of Freddy Krueger? Pretty good acting, but the characters act dumb as hell! What would you do if your best friend, all drenched in blood, told you that he had just killed a classmate? I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't do like the kids in this movie!After reading my own review I don't even remember why I rated it as a 6!? Even if you're a Wes Craven/Freddy Krueger fan stay away from this crap!

Falls short...

Over the years, I've grown to appreciate this film a lot more then when I was younger. I still only consider it to be about average, but that's a lot better then what I use to call it. Well, Freddy is back, and he wants revenge! Robert Englund does a phenomenal job once again as our favorite Christmas sweatered maniac. The rest of the cast, not so much. This time around we focus on Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton), a young lad who has moved in to a new home with his family, and guess who's former home it use to be, dun dun dun...So inevitably, Freddy starts terrorizing the fresh meat. Stalking him through his dreams, while slowly taking control over his body "You've got the body...I've got the brain". The first nightmare we see, I must say is fairly well done. In this nightmare, we see Jesse on the school bus heading home with Robert Englund appearing in his normal form as the bus driver (nice!). They go on a little off road field trip, as our innocent bus driver becomes Freddy, and gives our hero a lil' scare. Luckily Jesse wakes up, covered in sweat, screaming (...like a girl) just before Freddy can rip him to shreds. They definitely took this film in a different direction having a male lead in a slasher. Sometimes it's good to be different, but not in this case...As many already know, this movie has a heavy homo-erotic undertone, and in my opinion it does affect the movie in a not so positive way. Whether it's Jesse's all-star dance moves while cleaning his room, his high pitch screams, the gym teacher in the gay bar, the shower scene or the weird buddy buddy relationship between Jesse and high school friend Grady (Robert Rusler), it's pretty hard to deny that it's there. Over the years, I've somewhat learned to look past this and would suggest others to do the same to make it more enjoyable.This movie definitely breaks some of the rules created in the first film, such as things happening outside of dreams like the family budgie going haywire and exploding in mid-air (WTF!) and toasters catching fire, basically pure randomness. Well now that I think about it, the whole plot is breaking the rules, but this sequel was clearly rushed out quick-time but what can you do.One thing that I love about this movie is that Freddy is still scary, he has a few really great scenes in this, unfortunately they're too far in between. The scene where Freddy takes off his hat, pulls back his skin to reveal his brain is great, reminiscent of Freddy cutting off his fingers in the original. Then towards the end of the film, we're treated with a couple others like Freddy finally taking full control of Jesse and coming out from within, shedding the Jesse layer of skin before giving Grady a much deserved shanking. Then there's the pool party massacre with Freddy in the real world and not giving a damn, quite entertaining, although unrealistic to the rest of the series, as Freddy still seems to have some supernatural powers he's known for in nightmares.One major complaint I have with this film, is the conclusion, it's extremely anti-climatic. With Freddy having full control of things in the real world through Jesse, it's up to high-school crush/girlfriend Lisa Webber(Kim Myers) to save him. She goes searching for Jesse/Freddy at the old Powerplant, hence the boiler rooms always appearing in dreams (I guess Freddy must have really liked that job as that's the first place he goes while being in the real world). While making her way inside she must walk by guard dogs with human faces (hmm...The Unborn, not so original now are we). Once finding and confronting Freddy, they have the shortest chase ever, and right when he's about to kill her...he can't! Wanna know why? Because she loves Jesse too much and wants him back, so she kisses Freddy/Jesse as her deathblow to the dream demon...er...reality demon...and that melts him...what an exhilarating finish, quite epic *rolls eyes*. It's pretty clear this film has it's faults, but at the same time, it does have some great Freddy moments thrown in there. At the end of the day, it's a really sub par sequel to an incredible original. A forgettable entry that is pretty much ignored through the rest of the series. Hmm...normally I'd be upset with a series doing this, but in this case maybe that was a good thing.5/10

Different from the first but all around a pretty good movie.

Altough not one of my favorite Nightmare sequels, it is one of the better ones. I like the way they make freddy evil and scary but they make him funny at the same time. I think all the Nightmare on Elm Street movies are the best of the best.

The Sequel everyone waited for!

This sequel had high expectations when it first came out,and although it didnt live up to all of them it was still a very entertaining movie. This movie bombed at the box office, but I think a lot of people didnt give it a chance because Wes Craven didnt have anything to do with it. The movie was really very entertaining and had all the things that makes a horror movie a horror movie. Violence, no sex this time around but it did have a little foreplay. The plot was pretty good, A new family moves to elm street because they got the house so cheap (I wonder why! ) The familys teenage son begins having nightmares about krueger trying to get him to kill for him. Rated R for violence but isnt as bad as the first one, and a little bit of language. Overall this movie lives up as a sequel but isnt as good as the first one.

Not good. Very bad. The typical sequel.

WARNING: THIS REVIEW MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN SPOILERS THAT MAY NOT BE EXCLUSIVE TO THIS FILM. PLEASE READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION.A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge. Ah, that epitome of emptiness and boredom. Why was this film so bad, of course, there's the answer, it was a sequel. Sequels were born to be bad.First, my views on the series. I HATE the Nightmare on Elm Street films. I pretended to myself for so long that I liked them that I even got the DVD Set after I bought all the VHS copies. But there can be no other word for it, the series, after Part1, was rubbish. It was so bad it could not figure out that if Nancy's parents killed Freddy Krueger, they would still be living in 1428 Elm Street, so where did Freddy live? In Nightmare 6, Maggie goes to the back yard of 1428 and finds the water tower, telling her that this is where she used to live before Freddy was burned. That is crap! How can that be? I'm not even gonna waste any more of my time or money on this waste of good film.

FREDDY'S NOW TRYING TO BE ''THE EXCORCIST''

IN THIS ONE, A TEENAGE BOY LIVES IN FREDDY'S HOUSE. FREDDY VISITS HIM IN HIS DREAMS AND HE POSSESSES HIS BRAIN SO THAT HE CAN KILL TEENAGERS IN THEIR DREAMS. THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF AN ''EXCORCIST'' RIPOFF. BAD STORYLINE, AMATEURISH ACTING, AND CORNY MURDER SEQUENCES. FREDDY IS STILL COOL, BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS BORING. THIS MOVIE DOES NOT BELONG IN THIS SERIES. I WOULD NEVER EVER RECCOMEND THIS GARBAGE TO ANYONE. IF YA WANNA SEE IT WITHOUT WASTING YA MONEY, WAIT FOR IT TO COME ON TV SOMETIME. WHAT A WASTE. AND CHECK THIS OUT, THEY USED THE SAME THING THAT THEY USED IN THE FIRST MOVIE TO KILL HIM HERE. VERY BAD SEQUEL WITH A REALLY CORNY ENDING.

A real B&A show for Mark Patton

Lousy movie but terrific basket and ass (B&A) shots of Mark Patton in his whities and especially in his tight 80s jeans. Cute guy, nice bod, big basket, and great ass. Patton was also good as the gay rape victim in Come Back to the Five and Dime with Cher, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black and Kathy Bates. Too bad he didn't do more film work. Patton rivals Robbie Benson in the "basket sweepstakes" from the 80s. YUM YUM YUM!!!! Wasted are Kim Myers, Hope Lange, Clu Gulager, Robert Englund and Marshall Bell in a homoerotic nude shower death. We also get to see Patton's sweats pulled down to expose his smooth white ass. Patton was certainly a boy wonder of the mid-80s.

I'm not quite sure what to make of this one...

The funny thing about this movie is that it wasn't until I saw the Nightmare on Elm Street Encyclopedia which included interviews from cast and crew members of everyone involved with this series that I finally discovered how much homoeroticism was in this movie. In that aspect, the use of Freddie Kruegger almost seems ambiguous since he's one of three men who's haunting Jesse (the other two being his gym teacher and Grady). It also doesn't help that Jesse's relationship with Lisa is one that just doesn't seem to work. This movie can ultimately be seen as an experiment since (with the exception of Freddie) the men in this series are the weaker sex. Lisa is the only female lead in this series who lives yet doesn't possess any major strength like Heather Langenkamp and the forgettable heroines who came after her. Probably the most disappointing part of this movie is that we never find out what happens to Jesse and it's never explained why 1428 Elm Street was boarded up for the third installment which wasn't much to scream about either. Oddly enough, there's a great deal about this series that is left unexplained. We never find out what happens to Alice and her baby. We never find out what happens to Freddie's daughter. And we never find out how Freddie was resurrected in order to be killed in Freddie's Dead: The Final Nightmare. It's sad because the same can't really be said for the Friday the 13th series which were all really lame since Jason kept coming back for sake of killing promiscuous young adults. But seeing as how if a series is played enough, there's nothing new that can be done which kind of makes it OK.

A Disgusting film that is a mess.

NOES 2 is a big mess. The acting is horrible, it's a disgusting flick that is isolated away from the rest of the series. Nothing in this movie is explained, specifically of how Freddy can posses a body all of a sudden. It tries to be scary but the movie has to many polt holes which does not make the viewer all that scared. What a joke is movie is.

Freddy's Back!

This is not a lame sequel. It is a good horror movie with some sweet visual effects. Of course, its not the original, but it is worth watching. **1/2

You've got the body, I've got the brain!

The actors from the first part did not come back for this sequel. Except Robert Englund. So, New Line Cinema got new ones. And they made this second part in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, to cash in on the success of the first one. Sounds familiar, no? Compared to the original, it's funny, but less scary. It also puts a little more emphasis on love and friendship than it should. But, really, this movie is not as bad as some people say.-Gore: Although they really tried, this isn't gorier than the first one. But you will see Freddy pulling some pretty cool stunts. And his face still hasn't lost most of its creepiness. 26/30-Suspense: The funny moments present in the film kind of take away the tension. Most of the scary moments are concentrated towards the end. 11/15-Ending: I pretty much liked the ending; the last 2 minutes of it much more than the previous 3-5 minutes. Of course, taste varies. 12/15-Death Scenes: Unlike in the first movie, the death scenes in 'A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge' are gratuitous. They are nice, though. Check out the last moments of poor Grady! 8/11-Atmosphere: The dream sequences are very good, especially the first and last. I'm not sure if the whole high-school-friendship thing blends in well with a horror film, however. 6/10-Nudity: There is no nudity in this film. 0/10-Cast: I have seen Robert Englund and Clu Gulager in other films, but I don't recall any other movies starring Mark Patton or Kim Myers. 2/5-Genre: This is a horror film. 4/4-->Overall: 69/100If you forget the fact that this film is the sequel to 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' or if you see it before that one, you will probably say that it is a pretty good horror flick. And it is, especially compared with most of the horror flicks being made nowadays. From Swordlord, 2 swords up!

Not a bad movie,

It seems as though everytime A Nightmare on Elmstreet comes up, you hear a lot of raving about how bad part 2 sucks. Well it had been a few years, so I rewatched it again recently only to find that this movie isn't half bad! As a follow up to the original, I can understand why this wasn't received well. As a movie on its own, its pretty good for what it is.

Here we follow teenage Jesse whose family has just moved into the infamous house on Elm Street. Jesse begins having nightmares which eventually leads him into being possessed by Fred Krueger. This movie features some pretty good acting, Mark Patton plays Jesse very convincingly. The dialogue, although it's not oscar material, almost sounds like a real conversaton that could be taking place. We also have a great appearance by Clu Galager as Jesse's tightwad father. You can definietly identify with his father-knows-best stereotype lines.

I guess the problem with this movie is the pacing/story. The whole film is centered around Jesse's psychological descent. Kills are far and few in between. Finally the last 15 minutes something begins happening storywise, but it all just culminates into a weak, anti-climactic ending. It never really explains why or how Freddy is able to possess Jesse. I assume it's just because they live in the notorious house, which is sort of weak. While we're talking about Freddy, I think the most misleading thing about this movie is that it's called Freddy's Revenge. The fact is, he doesn't get revenge on anybody! In fact Freddy probably only gets about 10 minutes of actual screentime here, and it's pretty lame. (He knocks a decorative plate of the wall to show that he's angry). About the implied homosexual stuff in the film, it's really not extreme enough to get upset over. The gym coach was kinda weird I'll admit, but I got over it.


All in all, Freddy's Revenge isn't all that great a movie. It's low on Freddy, low on kills, weak story, bad ending...But I wouldn't say it's the worst Nightmare on Elmstreet movie. So far I reserve that spot for Freddy's Dead, although I haven't wached the supposedly horrific part 5 yet. If you like the series, it's worth a watch.

C+

Great Job

I think this film is very good, not as the first one but very good. Freddy is darker than part 3-6 and it's cool. The story is quite good and original. Robert Englund has done a very great job like in the six others. If Wes Craven would worked on this movie, the movie would be almost perfect. I rate this film ***1/2 out of *****.

Campy, yet awful sequel to great film

Taking place five years after the first Elm Street film, Part 2 rewrites the premise of the series, having Freddy possess the teenage boy now living in the Elm Street house allowing him to kill people whether they are awake or asleep.This film is weak for a number of reasons, but the major one has to be the awful acting of the protagonist of the film. Where Heather Lagenkamp was able to convey a teenager dealing not only with the death of her friends, but severe sleep deprivation in the first film, Mark Patton (Jesse) comes off merely as a drama queen (even though it might be appropriate since the actress playing his girlfriend looks so much like Meryl Streep).The second major weakness is the abandonment of the premise of the first film (and later sequels), that Freddy can only get you if you are asleep. Instead Freddy is able to materialize whenever he wants turning him into just another teen slasher.Finally, the last weakness is the script. The characters are poorly developed, the plot ebbs and flows at random, and the "vanquishing" of Freddy is laughable.However, despite these weaknesses the movie has wonderful camp value. Whether it was intentional or not, the movie has a homo-erotic subtext running through it and when viewed through that light, Freddy's Revenge can be pretty funny. This happens in scenes such as when Jesse worries about Freddy "taking" him again, when Jesse goes out and meets his high school coach at a leather bar, or when Jesse abandons his girlfriend to spend the night with his male best friend.

pales to its creator, but still held my interest

The first "Elm Street" was the only film to ever scare me. Where I couldn't sleep afterwards. And I still remember Part 2 debuting on HBO in '87 as a twin-bill with its predecessor. I had learned my lesson, NO WAY was I watching this at night. As it turned out, it wouldn't have mattered. Though completely un-scary, it does have its creepiness, and managed to hold my interest. As with the first film, some things go annoyingly unexplained. Like the absence of Langenkamp, the first film's heroine. There's a brief mention of her, but nothing else. Her old house has apparently become vacated by she and her mother, and now occupied by a four person family. One of which is a teen-age boy (Patton) who is seeing a mysterious man prowling about the basement. He's confronted by the stranger, who turns out to be Freddy, the supernatural wacko from the first film. He wants to recruit Patton to do his killing "for him", one of the oddball elements of the film. If Freddy could enter at will and kill that way in part 1, why does he need assistance this time? As now, he is entering the real world through Patton's body, in disgusting disembowlment sequences. Patton begins to rip down the middle and out pops Freddy, glove at the ready. Most of the rest of the film is Patton trying to fight Freddy out of his system so to speak, with the help of the cute Myers at his side. The few bright spots are the usage again of dark imagery, plus another eerie, if different, soundtrack of clangy tones to spook. And satisfying slaughter scenes, especially the jerky coach and the mayhem at the barbeque. But a confused storyline and a little too much emotion toward the end make this fall short of number 1. But at least they are able to stun us with the final shot again.

A Promising Idea Is Destroyed Almost Immediately

"A Nightmare on Elm Street 2" may be the weakest in a series that is far from classic fare. This time a new family moves into the house of the primary character from the first film and soon the teenage son is having dreams of Freddy. Freddy's plan is to possess this boy so he can reappear in the real world. The screenplay sounds promising, but the film never does get off the ground. The direction is horrible and the characters are worse.
Robert Englund does pretty much what he did in the first, but he is so dark and mysterious that this film would have been about the same without him.
This film disappointed me because the first 10 minutes on the school bus are very creative and it appears that the film will be a sequel that is as good as the first. However, when the characters actually start talking the film goes into a tailspin. A pure mess. Turkey (0 out of 5 stars).