A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge Reviews – Metacritic

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge, the second installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series and probably the worst in the series. I was lucky enough to get the boxed DVD set of A Nightmare on Elm Street series and I got to see all the sequels. I think this is the sequel that I disliked the most, just because it didn’t at all add up to what the first film was. It was like watching a cheesy teenager show with a twist of Nightmare on Elm Street. The kid who’s the new victim, Jesse, is like Kevin Bacon’s character in Footloose where he’s not excepted by anyone, now just mix Footloose with Nightmare on Elm Street and you’ve got A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge. The story had potential, but it just failed.

Jesse is the new kid in town and he has moved into Nancy Thomson’s old house. Not too soon is he having the same horrific nightmares that Nancy was having about Freddy Krueger. Jesse confides in his neighbor/crush, Lisa, she doesn’t believe him until she starts having the nightmares herself. She researches Freddy and finds out that he is after Jesse’s body and wants to take it over. But she may be too late when he does enter Jesse’s body and is after her and all the rest of the kids at Jesse’s high school.

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge isn’t bad, just compared to the series, yeah, it’s the worst in that category. The story had something, but it wasn’t delivered well. But just think about what A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge was compared too with it’s first film that was an ultimate classic. So maybe that’s why we have such a problem with the film. But I would recommend it if you wanna see the sequels, but if you’re watching it without knowing the first story, I don’t think you’ll enjoy it.

5/10