Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

1985 โ€ข 85 minutes
4.2
326 reviews
42%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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About this movie

Freddy's back -- and he wants revenge. When teenager Jesse Walsh moved to Elm Street, Freddy Krueger starts appearing in his nightmares. This time Freddy takes possession of Jesse's body whenever the teenager goes to sleep, using Jesse to kill -- and there's nothing Jesse can do to stop him. Starring Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger ("Urban Legend," "The Mangler").
Rating
R

Ratings and reviews

4.2
326 reviews
Samuel B.
March 1, 2015
I watched this movie on Netflix because I loved the first one so much but what I got was an hour and 25 minutes of a chesey 80s comedy film just with Freddy Krueger. The acting was bad unlike the original and the movie wasn't really scary at all. However I am sort of glad I watched it because Krueger is my second favorite horror villan but it was a pretty crappy movie overall. The ending made me jump though.
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S E A N
July 23, 2016
An extremely underrated horror movie to say the least! I know people hate this movie because Freddy is no longer a dream killer but I still like the idea of him possesing Jesse to kill teens in the real world! It just makes so much sense to me! The kills in this movie are pretty well made. Not as good as the originals kills but still pretty cool. The bus scene is amazing, the pool party scene is a classic, and Freddy is still pretty menacing! The script is "meh" and that dance scene is just awful. (B+)
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Frank DiMarco
June 17, 2021
Not as awful as I remember. I had only watched it once back in the 80's and I recall how disappointed I was with the film. Now, after a second viewing, I can see what I didn't like about it, but most of that happens in the first half; the second half of the film is much better. Not a total loss.
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