Mystery Science Theater fans; this one's for you!
Added 11/2/2009
After seeing A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge you as the audience will have to ask yourself "Are scriptwriters supposed to see the movie they're writing a sequel for, or just guess what the story is?" That's exactly what Nightmare 2 comes across as, because no one seems to have a clue as to what type of movie they're supposed to be making.
So the story is that Freddy Krueger wants to possess some boy whose moved into the house formerly inhabited by Nancy from the first film in order to start killing people again...why? Doesn't Freddy Krueger kill teenagers in their dreams? Apparently he got his dream haunting license revoked by Satan between this sequel and the original due to his embarrassment at the hand of one teenage girl with a booby trap book, because he doesn't kill anyone in their dreams throughout this entire film. Nope, instead he has to try and possess some dude in order to...get in the real world? Really? I though Freddy was WEAKEST when in the real world. Doesn't everything in Craven's original film kind of show him as a pushover when he was brought into Nancy's real house? So why Freddy wants to get in the real world where he's vulnerable to REAL pain is beyond me.
Then we have our actors. A fresh, new teenage cast who befalls one of the world's most feared forces: a crippling lack of talent! No one in this movie could act, and spend most of the time seeming to struggle to remember lines or motions which leads to some of the most unintentionally funny bits I've ever seen in a film not featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000...in fact thinking back at it, in this film you'll see more laughable, unintentional homoerotica than all of Joel Schmaucher's Batman & Robin!
Then there's the script writing such as a bird randomly exploding after apparently getting bird rabies from Freddy. The father's response to a - an obviously paper - bird exploding is accusing his son of shoving a cherry bomb into it...HOW? This is simply the one quote I remember, but trust me, the entire script is full of these moments. Only person who gets out of here with any dignity is Robert Englund, who luckily just has a few lines, most of which are short monologues or one-liners (which I sure hope were intentionally written to evoke laughs from Englund's deep Freddy voice cursing).
Unless you're a fan of MST3K style riffing of bad movies (which, luckily, I am and thus made it through this movie A-OK) than you will want to avoid this movie at all costs. This movie, for those joking crowds, definitely falls under the "So-Bad-It's-Good" genre, but that doesn't change the fact that if you aren't into that you will hate, hate, HATE this movie with a passion.
If you're a fan of Wes Craven's character then you will want to avoid most of the Nightmare sequels (#3 is worth giving a try though), but if you're not a fan of unintentionally funny movies and would prefer to see Freddy as Wes Craven conceived him I suggest sticking to the original film and Wes Craven's New Nightmare.
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Best Nightmare film.
Added 4/27/2009
This movie has a certain creepiness to it that makes it my favorite Freddy flick. The sfxs are top notch (Freddy bursts out of a kids chest in this one). The dad character is hilarious, and the opening nightmare sequence with the bus is truly terrifying. Never a dull moment and the last scary Freddy film. Although, I do enjoy his stand-up comedy in the later movies.
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THE SEQUEL HAS IT'S MOMENTS, BUT NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL!
Added 4/14/2009
I am reviewing the entire Nightmare on Elm Street series, but not this DVD release. I own the box set and I wanted to do individual reviews for each film.
The original film is viewed by many as a "classic"! Even though I do not share this opinion, I do like the original film a lot more than this confusing and uneven sequel. It's still a fun film to watch around Halloween and it does have it's moments. The DVD transfer is good, but it does seem a bit dark. I give the film 2 1/2 stars, but knock off a 1/2 stars for a sub par DVD release.
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Three, four, better lock the door
Added 3/20/2009
Better than most people say, I really enjoyed this movie which was just as good as the origional.
Freddy returns to try and posses the body of a boy named Jesse who has just moved into the house in which Nancy lived in in the first Nightmare on Elm Street.
A very good slasher movie, gorey and scary, which I would recomend to all Freddy fans.
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Invite Freddy to your next pool party
Added 2/2/2009
What can I say about "Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge"? Hmmm, not as good as the original, but then again were any of the sequels? However there was still this "somewhat" dark edge to "Nightmare on Elm Street 2" that ended being lost as the series continued. Now what do I mean by "somewhat dark edge", well please kept reading.
This sequel begins with Jesse (the main character) and his family moving into the same home where Nancy Thompson (the heroin from part one) use to live. Well to make a long story short, Jesse ends up having the same problems with Freddy Krueger that Nancy had. The one difference is Freddy uses Jesse's body as a conduit to enter the real world from the dream world.
Sounds like a creepy little movie huh? Well this is where it becomes very comical. Jesse is a very androgynous guy. What does that mean? Well he is very wishy-washy and is always making a fuss. Despite the fact that Freddy Krueger is tormenting him, Jesse still shouldn't be that much of a wimp. One part I really like is when Jesse is dancing as he is moving into his new room in his new house. Check this dance out, as well as the song he is jamming to, only then you will understand what I mean. There is a girl named Lisa (Kim Myers) in this movie that is really cute and into Jesse, yet Jesse is really lacking any skills in the ladies department, so we find him dropping the ball many times in this movie. Then there is the blood curdling, girly scream that Jesse does when he is scared. I couldn't replicate this scream if I tried. Now when this "scream" happens and it happens more than once, I start laughing so hard I can't stand it. IT IS HILARIOUS!!!! The actor who played Jesse is Mark Patton, I am not sure what he was trying to do with this role but his performance is one of the funniest things I have ever seen on the silver screen.
There are other funny parts in this movie which include the family's pet bird exploding, the death of the high school gym coach, Jesse's screaming (I can't get past it) and the climax of the film which takes place at a pool party. This scene is amazing, Freddy starts creating havoc at a pool party full of teenagers. There is one teenager who tries "non-violent intervention" the result is a crack up!!!!!
Is this a great horror movie, not really, is it entertaining oh yes. In the later movies Freddy really became the wise cracking jester. In this movie there is still an insidious aspect of Freddy even thought he has less than fifteen minutes screen time in the entire movie. My rating reflects the enjoyment factor above the proverbial horror factor. Nevertheless, I would take "Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge" over any recent horror movie any day or night of the week!!
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Mystery Science Theater fans; this one's for you!
Added 11/2/2009
After seeing A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge you as the audience will have to ask yourself "Are scriptwriters supposed to see the movie they're writing a sequel for, or just guess what the story is?" That's exactly what Nightmare 2 comes across as, because no one seems to have a clue as to what type of movie they're supposed to be making.
So the story is that Freddy Krueger wants to possess some boy whose moved into the house formerly inhabited by Nancy from the first film in order to start killing people again...why? Doesn't Freddy Krueger kill teenagers in their dreams? Apparently he got his dream haunting license revoked by Satan between this sequel and the original due to his embarrassment at the hand of one teenage girl with a booby trap book, because he doesn't kill anyone in their dreams throughout this entire film. Nope, instead he has to try and possess some dude in order to...get in the real world? Really? I though Freddy was WEAKEST when in the real world. Doesn't everything in Craven's original film kind of show him as a pushover when he was brought into Nancy's real house? So why Freddy wants to get in the real world where he's vulnerable to REAL pain is beyond me.
Then we have our actors. A fresh, new teenage cast who befalls one of the world's most feared forces: a crippling lack of talent! No one in this movie could act, and spend most of the time seeming to struggle to remember lines or motions which leads to some of the most unintentionally funny bits I've ever seen in a film not featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000...in fact thinking back at it, in this film you'll see more laughable, unintentional homoerotica than all of Joel Schmaucher's Batman & Robin!
Then there's the script writing such as a bird randomly exploding after apparently getting bird rabies from Freddy. The father's response to a - an obviously paper - bird exploding is accusing his son of shoving a cherry bomb into it...HOW? This is simply the one quote I remember, but trust me, the entire script is full of these moments. Only person who gets out of here with any dignity is Robert Englund, who luckily just has a few lines, most of which are short monologues or one-liners (which I sure hope were intentionally written to evoke laughs from Englund's deep Freddy voice cursing).
Unless you're a fan of MST3K style riffing of bad movies (which, luckily, I am and thus made it through this movie A-OK) than you will want to avoid this movie at all costs. This movie, for those joking crowds, definitely falls under the "So-Bad-It's-Good" genre, but that doesn't change the fact that if you aren't into that you will hate, hate, HATE this movie with a passion.
If you're a fan of Wes Craven's character then you will want to avoid most of the Nightmare sequels (#3 is worth giving a try though), but if you're not a fan of unintentionally funny movies and would prefer to see Freddy as Wes Craven conceived him I suggest sticking to the original film and Wes Craven's New Nightmare.
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Best Nightmare film.
Added 4/27/2009
This movie has a certain creepiness to it that makes it my favorite Freddy flick. The sfxs are top notch (Freddy bursts out of a kids chest in this one). The dad character is hilarious, and the opening nightmare sequence with the bus is truly terrifying. Never a dull moment and the last scary Freddy film. Although, I do enjoy his stand-up comedy in the later movies.
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THE SEQUEL HAS IT'S MOMENTS, BUT NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL!
Added 4/14/2009
I am reviewing the entire Nightmare on Elm Street series, but not this DVD release. I own the box set and I wanted to do individual reviews for each film.
The original film is viewed by many as a "classic"! Even though I do not share this opinion, I do like the original film a lot more than this confusing and uneven sequel. It's still a fun film to watch around Halloween and it does have it's moments. The DVD transfer is good, but it does seem a bit dark. I give the film 2 1/2 stars, but knock off a 1/2 stars for a sub par DVD release.
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