Review of A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) by Luciusmcgibbon — 27 Oct 2020
The main thing you hear about this movie is how homoerotic it is, and frankly aside from the coach scene and the 'trying to get inside me' line, you have to dig a bit to find lasting overtones.
The reason I don't dig this movie is it's just not Freddy's MO to kill people in the real world with random slashing. The hero's nightmares are just a series of go-nowhere scenes to build a generic sense of horror, as opposed to the setting for Freddy's inventive murder attempts. There's no personality to this Freddy, and most of his screen time is literally just mugging for the camera. The true-love climax is anything but climactic, and to just add to the overall feeling of canonical detachment, the original piano score is nowhere to be found. Also, I'll pass on the gloveless finger razors, thanks.
A strong 3 overall, still not as incompetently made as your average mid-80's horror sequel. Plus one for the effects on the exposed brain scene.
This review of A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) was written by Luciusmcgibbon on 27 Oct 2020.
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge has generally received mixed reviews.
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