A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
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| A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge | |
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| Directed by | Jack Sholder |
| Produced by | Robert Shaye |
| Written by | David Chaskin |
| Starring | Mark Patton Kim Myers Robert Rusler Clu Gulager Hope Lange Marshall Bell Robert Englund |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
| Cinematography | Jacques Haitkin Christopher Tufty |
| Editing by | Bob Brady Arline Garson |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | November 1, 1985 |
| Running time | 87 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3m |
| Preceded by | A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| Followed by | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is the second film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series of slasher films. It was released in 1985 by New Line Cinema. The film was directed by Jack Sholder.
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[edit] Plot summary
It has been five years since the events of the first film. A new family, the Walshes, have moved into the former home of Nancy Thompson. The Walsh's son, Jesse (Mark Patton), happens to move into Nancy's old room. He eventually begins to have nightmares of Freddy (Robert Englund) demanding that Jesse kill for him.
Jesse finds Nancy's old diary in which she had been keeping track of her nightmares and her encounters with Freddy. He goes to his parents in a panic, but they argue and Jesse storms out. Jesse finds himself walking the streets late at night. One night, he walks into a bar where he runs into his gym coach, who takes him back to the gym to run laps. The coach has Jesse hit the showers, while he goes back to his office. While he is in his office, the shelves begin to come alive, hurling balls and other sports equipment at him. Two ropes grab him by the wrists and drag him into the shower. The shower fills with steam and we see Freddy's silhouette in the background, clawing the coach's back. As everything comes into focus, Jesse is the one with the glove on his hand.
Jesse's friend Lisa begins to do some digging and uncovers information about Freddy, including the location of the factory where he brought his victims. Meanwhile, Freddy visits Jesse's younger sister, but when she wakes up, it's actually Jesse standing there, with the glove on his hand. Jesse enlists his other friend, Grady, to watch over him while he sleeps. Once Jesse falls asleep, Grady turns out the lights for himself. As soon as Grady is asleep, Jesse awakens and begins to scream in pain - Krueger is coming out and Jesse cannot stop him. With the door jammed, Grady is helpless against Krueger, who impales him on his on door with his glove. When Krueger looks in the mirror it turns out that it was Jesse, with Krueger staring back at him from the mirror.
Jesse runs to Lisa's house where she is having a pool party. However, Freddy takes control of Jesse and attacks Lisa. Lisa is able to fight off Freddy, who runs from the house and out to the party. Most of the kids run for the fence, only to be confronted by scorching hot metal. Everything begins to heat up, including the pool, burning anyone that is near. Some of them try and talk Freddy down, but are killed immediately. Freddy has them all cornered against the back fence; he exclaims, "You are all my children now!" After Lisa saves him from being shot by her father, he vanishes into a fiery wall.
Lisa runs to the old factory, thinking she might save Jesse there; she finds him and tells him that she loves him and that he can fight from the inside. Freddy begins to lose control. As the factory begins to burn to the ground, Freddy himself starts burning. After he dies, the rest of the factory suddenly extinguishes. Just when Lisa thinks it is all over, Freddy's burnt corpse begins to move. Jesse begins to crawl out of Freddy's ashes.
The following Monday, Jesse goes back to school. He climbs the bus, finally relieved that it is all over. But something is wrong; the bus is traveling too fast. Jesse panics and jumps up, only to find out there is nothing wrong; the bus is coming to its regular stop. As he and Lisa rest at ease, Freddy's glove bursts through their friend's chest and the bus speeds off the main road and into the open land just like in Jesse's nightmares.
[edit] Production
Nightmare series creator Wes Craven refused to work on this film because he never wanted or intended A Nightmare on Elm Street to become an ongoing franchise (and even wanted the first film to have a happy ending), and also because he didn't like the idea of Freddy manipulating the protagonist into committing the murders.
Christie Clark is seen in an early role as Angela Walsh.
[edit] Reaction
Commentators often remark on the film's perceived theme of Jesse's repressed homosexuality, particularly in such scenes as his encounter with his gym teacher in a leather bar, and his flight to a hunky male friend's house in the midst of his ostensible girlfriend's pool party. [1][2] Director Jack Sholder claims that he never intended for there to be a gay subplot, but now admits that the film is rather inadvertently homosexually themed, according to the "Nightmare Encyclopedia" included on the DVD box set.
[edit] External links
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge at the Internet Movie Database
- A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge at The Nightmare On Elm Street Companion
[edit] References
| The Nightmare on Elm Street Series |
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| Films: A Nightmare on Elm Street • A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors • A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master • A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child • Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare • Wes Craven's New Nightmare • Freddy vs. Jason Major characters: Freddy Krueger • Amanda Krueger • Nancy Thompson • Kristen Parker • Alice Johnson Other topics: Comics • Freddy's Nightmares (TV series) • Hypnocil • Springwood, Ohio • Timeline • Video Games |
