A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
5.546%33%5.8
A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the kids can master their fear.
Ecto-1A reviewed
November 6, 2025•
🌈 The slasher that came out accidentally.
This second installment completely tosses out several key rules established in the original film. In A Nightmare On Elm Street, Freddy’s powers was limited strictly to the dream world, he could only harm people who were asleep. But in the sequel, Freddy suddenly gains the ability to possess the main character and commit murders in the real world. Victims no longer need to be asleep… or even anywhere near Elm Street. It feels like the movie abandons its own mythology almost immediately.
And then there are the not-so-subtle gay undertones. They’re so prominent that the film often plays less like a horror movie and more like an unintentional comedy. Between the possession metaphor, the leather bar scene and the awkwardly intense male relationships, it’s hard to take any of it seriously as a straight-up slasher.
That said, the movie is worth watching at least once for the weirdness, for the laughs and for the pure “How did this get made?” factor. It’s easily the strangest entry in the entire franchise.