Freddy's back — but he's not killing teenagers in their dreams anymore. He's possessing them. We're continuing our October So Many Scares series with A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985), the sequel Wes Craven wanted nothing to do with.
This week on So Many Sequels: a $3 million budget that made $29.9 million, Jesse Walsh moves into Nancy's old house, the title that makes no sense (Freddy won last time — revenge on who?), horror's rare Scream King and the "final fella," why Freddy works in dreams but looks silly by a swimming pool, Clu Gulager the Oklahoman, the queer subtext the Letterboxd crowd won't shut up about, and a score game Josh wins by a tenth of a point — again.
Ratings: Garrett 2, David 1.5, Josh 2. Letterboxd average: 2.8.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome back to So Many Scares
00:41 The Letterboxd synopsis
01:15 Box office: $2.8M opening, $29.9M total
03:32 No original cast, Craven walks away
04:26 Garrett was wrong about Nancy
04:36 Clu Gulager: another Oklahoman
06:22 "Freddy's Revenge" — revenge on who?
07:41 Re-learning lore in every horror sequel
08:50 Reality is as weird as the dreams
09:25 The effects hold up
10:41 Craven's 1988 quote: "silly script"
11:51 The "final fella" — horror's Scream King
14:43 Freddy has a personality; Jason doesn't
18:12 Jesse's only crime is living in that house
20:22 Burnt weenie, smoker, midnight toker
21:09 The Season of the Witch comparison
21:51 The FU endings
23:42 Our ratings: 2, 1.5, 2
25:27 Letterboxd reviews
26:38 The queer subtext + the sweaty movie club
28:00 The score game — Josh wins by 0.1, again
29:31 Almost a full point down from the first film
30:41 Next week: Dream Warriors
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