A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Film198587 min

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Taste attributes: horrorteenmonster/alien/supernaturalunsavouryheavyimaginarysurrealgrittyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of ageempowerment/personal growthfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"Someone is coming back to Elm Street!"

Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, unsavoury horror film, heavy rather than light. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Taste details

Quality rating

5.8 /10

TMDB · 1,243 votes

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What lines up

  • Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
  • Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

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 possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy's sweetheart can master her fear.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

coming of ageempowerment/personal growthfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Robert EnglundMark PattonKim MyersRobert RuslerClu Gulager

Details

Genre
Horror
Year
1985
Runtime
87 min
Status
Released
Studio
New Line Cinema
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