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A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) -- A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him to continue his murdering in the real world.
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) -- A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him to continue his murdering in the real world.
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Overview

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Director:

Jack Sholder

Writers:

David Chaskin (written by) and
Wes Craven (characters)

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Release Date:

1 November 1985 (USA) more

Tagline:

The first name in terror returns... more

Plot:

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him to continue his murdering in the real world. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

1 nomination more

NewsDesk:

Post Halloween Special Part 3: Freddy Krueger vs Me
 (From HeyUGuys. 3 November 2009, 12:29 PM, PST)

User Comments:

Pretty sad more (267 total)


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Also Known As:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (Australia)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 (USA) (closing credits title)
A Hora do Pesadelo Parte 2: A Vingança de Freddy (Brazil) [pt]
Efialtis sto dromo me tis lefkes No 2 (Greece) [el]
Koszmar z ulicy Wiazów 2: Zemsta Freddy'ego (Poland) [pl]
La revanche de Freddy (France) [fr]
Nightmare 2 - Die Rache (West Germany) [de]
Nightmare II: la rivincita (Italy) [it]
Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 Freddy's Wraak (Belgium: English title) (festival title) [en]
Painajainen Elm Streetillä 2 - Fred (Finland) [fi]
Painajainen Elm Streetillä 2 - Freddyn kosto (Finland) [fi]
Pesadilla 2: La venganza de Freddy (Argentina) [es]
Pesadilla en Elm Street 2: la venganza de Freddy (Spain) [es]
Terror på Elm Street 2 (Sweden) [sv]
Terror på Elm Street 2 - Freddys hämnd (Sweden) [sv]
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Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The running time for this film is 87 minutes, Freddy appears in just 13 of them. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Toward the end when Freddy tackles Lisa in the hallway of her house and bites her leg, you can clearly see that it's not Kim Myers who kicks him in the face, but her stunt double. more

Quotes:

Jesse Walsh: [throws aside a shoebox] How do you like that, Dad? more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Stephen King's World of Horror (1986) (TV) more

Soundtrack:

Touch Me (All Night Long) more


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32 out of 39 people found the following comment useful.
Pretty sad, 11 November 2003
5/10
Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge, the second installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series and probably the worst in the series. I was lucky enough to get the boxed DVD set of A Nightmare on Elm Street series and I got to see all the sequels. I think this is the sequel that I disliked the most, just because it didn't at all add up to what the first film was. It was like watching a cheesy teenager show with a twist of Nightmare on Elm Street. The kid who's the new victim, Jesse, is like Kevin Bacon's character in Footloose where he's not excepted by anyone, now just mix Footloose with Nightmare on Elm Street and you've got A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge. The story had potential, but it just failed.

Jesse is the new kid in town and he has moved into Nancy Thomson's old house. Not too soon is he having the same horrific nightmares that Nancy was having about Freddy Krueger. Jesse confides in his neighbor/crush, Lisa, she doesn't believe him until she starts having the nightmares herself. She researches Freddy and finds out that he is after Jesse's body and wants to take it over. But she may be too late when he does enter Jesse's body and is after her and all the rest of the kids at Jesse's high school.

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge isn't bad, just compared to the series, yeah, it's the worst in that category. The story had something, but it wasn't delivered well. But just think about what A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge was compared too with it's first film that was an ultimate classic. So maybe that's why we have such a problem with the film. But I would recommend it if you wanna see the sequels, but if you're watching it without knowing the first story, I don't think you'll enjoy it.

5/10

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