I wish there was more gay horror.
Known to be the first gay scream queen horror movie. Very Homoerotic.
This movie is simply an Incoherent mess
So what even happened in this movie?
I thought Freddy could only affect people in dreams, however the ending of the first movie kinda fucked the theory. How was he able to go nuts during the pool party?
Seemed liked they used most of the budget for the great opening sequence. As for the rest of the movie it has its moments but the story is a right mess imo
The cable rating some how gives this movie *** but the superior part 4 only **. To me this movie is a horrible mess.
Freddy rips through a teenagers body to come into the real world. However that same teen is some how alive after each time that happens.
Yes, I even strongly recommend Freddy’s Dead over this one.
The first one is still a great one, but this one is just terrible.
Somehow more homoerotic than Top Gun. Mark Patton's Jesse certainly has more screen charisma than Nancy from the first. A more interesting character with a bit more depth and complications. The movie's more focused on the "story" and "characters" but sacrifices some horror and Freddy presence which is sad—that is until the third act which is when the fun starts. We get some great kills once again, Robert Englund truly shines for his ten minutes but they did Freddy dirty in the third act he barely felt like a threat. Weird ending, wondering if there's a continuation to that.
I honestly found this better than the first one. Better acting. Better score. It even had a few characters I was rooting for. There was more chemistry between Jesse and Grady then there was between Jesse and Lisa.
"You've got the body... I've got the brain."
Not near as good as the first one but when has that ever been the case? They get creative with Freddy’s return and I like that they didn’t try to copy the first one.
It is not possible to say enough bad about this ... thing. I can't even bring myself to refer to it as a "movie", nor even a "film". It is horrendous. In deference to Robert Englund, who has always been absolutely amazing in his role of "Freddy", I will refrain from saying anything more damning about this, but Englund/Freddy Krueger is the ONLY reason to waste 87 minutes of your life on this steaming pile.
Okay, I will add this (and then I'll be done): This was so bad that, with only 15-20 minutes left to go, I actually paused so I could surf Twitter for awhile.
Twitter.
And I don't even tweet. I barely have an account. I follow no one and have no followers.
But I preferred scrolling through the catastrophic mess on Twitter to watching this swill.
That should tell you all you need to know.
PS: I do want to add one semi-positive note: The scene in the kitchen - with the parakeet getting out of the cage and flying around - actually reminded me of an old Three Stooges episode where a parrot got loose in the courtroom. In both cases, the "bird" flying around while (obviously) being controlled by strings was so insanely funny that I actually laughed out loud.
The worst of the sequels. It does try something different but it is ridiculous. Freddy rips through a teens body multiple times to get into the real world. With the teen perfectly fine after each time it happens.
Yet this has *** on my cable rating and part 4 has **. Which is a much better sequel. The gay movie community loves the movie. They just overlook that it isn’t very good.
Well… that was dreadful really. So, can Freddy live on in the real world now? .. and rip through some kids chest, as well as be burnt alive but the kid is still perfectly fine with just a couple bandages on either arm. I felt this was too rushed on the back of the originals success, awful plot and I was left with a lot of unanswered questions. I had intentions of watching the entire franchise but this has gave me a second thought!
I've watched this before but I didn't remember till the pool scene. It's not as good as the first one but good enough to keep me entertained. I honestly don't know what's wrong with this film, it just doesn't have the charm that the original one has. Great effects and cool deaths.
Not better than first one but still good
I did not like actings of some cast, like lisa. Sometimes she could not show fear.
They said that Nancy Thompson went to a mental institution, so she is not dead. Her father also saw freddy. So, as an adult an cop, he could do something. I expected father to reveal things but probably he chose to escape with nancy.
Movie name is revenge but what is the revenge here :) I think freddy was brought to real world in first movie by nancy, so he is revenging it here. But not from nancy, maybe not yet.
I could not understand why he needed jesse to kill. In first movie he could kill easily with dreams. Because he is in real world? (that was my theory). Maybe yes.
Anyways, he used jesse's body to attack and kill. I could not understand how he could kill for example the coach while jesse's body was in his room. Maybe freddy only needs body who can dream. He kills in his way again. I am not sure.
While between teenagers, he was cool. It was good scene. He said "you are all my children now" and did not kill rest of them. It was also interesting. Maybe lisa saved again somehow or freddy took control of them.
Lisa was brave in the end to go to the old place where freddy was working, just like in the first movie how nancy was brave. And with "power of love", she took back jesse. But just like first movie, it was all hallucination maybe or they could not remove freddy totally. So maybe revenge was that in the end. Freddy took friend of lisa and it was revenge maybe.
This time movie was directed by Jack Sholder, not wes craven.
And about those years. Kid was in a bus with radio. Interesting scenes.
And first scene. The bus was going in such nice areas without any greens. I liked those scenes.
Seeing college life was cool also. Some kids were doing archery, some were playing baseball.
There was no internet or something so they bought house and did not know about it, its history.
In birds scene, first one was killed. I hope it was not real bird. And they probably made scared other bird. It exploded then. I hope they were not hurt. That is why i will give 6/10. Normally, i would give 7/10.
And still father says there must be an explanation. Such science addicted people!
In this movie, freddy did not kill people in extreme horrible ways.
Let's start by saying that this movie is bad, like really bad.
I liked the opening scene, it is creative and well done. The script is terrible, the central idea has some potential (although I don't really like possession movies) but it just fails delivering anything with at least a mediocre quality. The characters are not interesting and their conversations are boring.
This film decides to break all the rules established in the first movie. Freddy is supposed to have power only in the dreams, so here they decided to brought him to the real world just to starts killing random people with his claws. The best aspect of the original film is its central plot, which is utilizing the power of dreams to invent creative ways to horrify the audience and that is left aside. That's a damn shame.
The only good aspect is the special effects, which are incredible, one of the best I've seen. Although, the deaths are pretty lame. At least the poster is nice.
Oh heck, even the title doesn't make sense. Why Freddy's Revenge? If we only consider the first movie, Freddy kills everybody, so there's no point in "revenge", he butchered everyone. If not, we discover later that Nancy survives the events of the original movie. So, if Freddy wants some payback, he should go after Nancy, not some random kid used as an avatar to kill his friends.
It's been a day since I've seen this masterpiece and I can't even remember what else I disliked, or liked. This film is awful.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge is an awful piece of garbage that’s messy and convoluted. Clearly the filmmakers have no idea what they’re doing and don’t understand the material in the least. Instead of killing in dreams, Freddy’s brought into the real world by possessing a high school kid and then proceeds to kill people at random. The concept is intriguing, but it’s not used effectively. Additionally, it recons the first film so that it wasn’t a nightmare (which betrays Wes Craven’s vision). Despite having a few interesting ideas, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge is a horrendous and insipid film that lacks vision.
The story doesn't make a whole lot of sense but it still is somewhat entertaining. Some good visual effects and gore. Freddy is still doing what he does best.
Shout by leneVIP 6BlockedParent2018-11-17T10:02:58Z
I have never seen a more (unintentionally?) homoerotic horror movie. Reminded me a lot of having to deal with my gay identity in my teens. Horribly homophobic though? But still a hilariously bad movie, I would recommend this for a marathon-party with your friends.