A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge

Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

  • 42% of critics liked it
    (24 reviews)

  • 55% of users liked it
    (301,101 ratings)

Several years after the events of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Jesse Walsh and his family moved into the home of Nancy Thompson, the only survivor of supernatural killer Freddie's reign of terror. Haunted by dreams of the disfigured child-killer, the lonely Jesse has trouble sleeping, falls asleep… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
David Chaskin
Genres
Horror
In Theaters
Nov 1, 1985 Wide
On DVD
Sep 12, 2000
Media Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Episodic treatment is punched up by an imaginative series of special effects.

  • , Time Out

    The film hangs reasonably well together, not least because of good performances from all concerned.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Mr. Patton and Miss Myers make likable teen-age heroes, and Mr. Englund actually turns Freddy into a welcome presence.

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...a weak retread of its marginally superior predecessor...

  • Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

    An uneven, tedious, and sloppy sequel with plot holes, lapses in logic and horrible performances...

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Nicki M


    Pretty weak compared to the first one, but still worth a look. Also has the 80's thing going for it. Lisa is a decent replacement for Nancy, though she is not actually the lead character. That is a guy who's name escapes me, kind of weak, but after listening to some of the… More

  • Reid V


    I am currently not gay, have never been, and am not anticipating a rush of homosexual feelings in the future. This is important to get out of the way in the beginning, as I believe I don(TM)t really have a refined gaydar. With that said, I have never felt so visually raped in my… More

  • Jason C


    It's a testament to the original's greatness, that this pile of feces didn't stop the entire franchise dead in it's tracks. I've seen a lot of inept sequels to horror movies, but the second installment of "...Elm Street" might be the worst. The… More

  • AJ V


    I was actually deathly afraid of Freddy in the first movie, and now having seen the sequel that fear is waning. First of all, his power comes from the fact that he can kill us in our dreams. If he were to get a real body, he would be just a normal serial killer, and therefore not the… More

  • jd c


    This movie is fu*king hilarious. I loved it. It wasn't Freddy Krueger that was hilarious, it was the characters - (mostly Jesse and Ron Grady). Jesse's reactions of terror are funny (he looks constipated and feverish all the time). Jesse dancing to "Touch Me (All Night… More

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