Behind The Reel | A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

[@GeoffreySnider]

This is honestly my favorite installment besides the original. I loved the different undertones, the kills were a lot more elaborate, the makeup was pretty damn creepy, and I liked that they finally made a male scream queen. Mark killed it in this film

[@pdmore123]

Criminally underrated

[@johnsambo9379]

You must be a homosexual.

[@PaulRizzo]

Freddy looks best in this film IMO. Super scary.

[@dappa-s8u]

Hey 5ft 9" is Tall🤣👍. That yellow Bus stuck in my mind for years i was only very young when i watched this movie, here in England we never had School Buses like the American one's.

[@jerrodbalzer7317]

This specific film, with Patton's performance and the darker tones, really messed with me as a kid renting the VHS for the first time. In fact, I believe I watched this one prior to the first. I credit it as one of the first that sparked my passion for horror. Thank you for a great video and special thanks to Mark Patton! I intend to check out Scream Queen soon.

[@meropale]

Lisa has strong Tiffany vibes.

[@Pazuzu82]

I think this film is so underatted it gets so much backlash

[@michaelj2276]

Every time I watch this film, I come away liking it even more. Thanks for the nostalgia trip, Chris. 😀 (And Mark! It was great to see you pop in here. [My Scream, Queen! poster signed by you is still one of my most prized possessions. You're a big inspiration, man. ❤])

[@StevenRMurphy]

When I was younger I thought the role of the bartender was not Bob Shaye but looked like Gene Simmons without his iconic makeup 😂😂😂

[@shoddyworkmanship4934]

Great video! I have mixed feelings on the film itself, but I agree the design of Krueger's make-up and Robert Englund's mean performance are the best.

[@KaNCeRmm4life]

My interpretation of the pool party scene has always been that we are seeing how jesse sees it in his dream, but the actual party goers see Jesse with the glove on, hence why the classmate who trys to reason with him approaches him in the manner he does, cause surely if he was seeing burnt monster ass Freddy he wouldn't be so calm, but if he sees a dude from school that everyone knows, well...

[@brandonjackson5865]

I thought I was the only one who saw it like that, it was always Jesse in the real world. Sleep walking under Freddy’s guidance. The transformation in Grady’s room was from Jesse’s perspective trying to fight Freddy. Maybe Freddy was representing Jesse’s repressed identity, but I’ve never thought this movie broke the “rules” of Freddy but explored a different way he could torment people and it could be interesting seeing a sequel directly to Revenge with more of this version of Freddy.

[@KaNCeRmm4life]

@@brandonjackson5865 100%... bro I'd looooove to see "Jesse's Revenge" .. he's been locked up all these years for the killings, bring Lisa back, maybe her parents turned him in, I dunno, but yes!

[@FatiFleur-jn7ky]

Yep that's how I always have interpreted the whole pool party scene and 'transfornation' scene.

[@evilalex87]

my fav sequel , my fav freddy , most scary and dark

[@pdmore123]

Much better than dream warriors

[@Feministguy7483]

The second movie deserves a commentary track on Blu-ray

[@glovelovesweden]

Thanks allot for the love buddy! ❤ Love this one so much,best movie and makeup.

[@elpolyoffilth4071]

Thanks for loving this movie. I love it too for its darkness.... It breaks the rules, but the movie is great, and I'm sicking tired of youtubers preferring Freddy's Dead, or New Nightmare than this gorgeous movie

[@davidrobinson1737]

Best video quality and script I’ve seen from you, been a subscriber on the main channel for years and years. Good job Chris :)

[@jerrodbalzer7317]

11:00 that pure 80s couch that we all grew up with!

[@jondstewart]

Yes I remember that in the early 1990’s. You could buy that, a chair, and table for very cheap less than $500 that was a matching set. It was crap furniture that didn’t last more than a few years.

[@michaelbrindley4363]

His makeup was best, he was at his darkest here. Peak Freddy in part 2 imo!

[@jondstewart]

I always thought Part 2 was an anomaly. It’s set in the near future from when it was filmed, 1984, but set in 1989 because it took 5 years to sell the home. Also, the events in Part 3 were a continuation of Part 1 with Nancy Thompson now grown and her estranged father. No mention of Jessie and his family.

[@JimmyWin501]

This was the first NOES I watched with my mate when we were around 8 or 9 years old. Scared the hell out of me. Back when you could rent an 18 certificate VHS from your local newsagent! Freddie's make up and general fear factor is best here without doubt...

[@ian3314]

This was great. Peeping Tom Fred in the bushes is my favorite.

[@bobbymeek2720]

The commentary track for this had me cracking up 😂😂 Amazing work as usual learned so much

[@paulaustinbailey]

Those shoes I believe are actually work boots called Redwing iron rangers. He wore them also in pt1 if I'm not mistaken. Old fashioned wook boots really good quality.

[@Goodgrief478]

I was able to watch this when it was first released on vhs back in the day and was scared SHITLESS! I was around 6 years old and I can still remember the nightmare I had that night after watching it. For some reason I was instantly fascinated with 1428 elm (the house was it’s own huge character) and I couldn’t stop looking at it. This movie has always been a favorite of mine as Freddy was more horrifying and the cast was perfect. 1-4 is my way of watching the films (I watch all lol) but seems like the perfect timeline. 1 and 2 are the films that made me become a horror lover and will go down as iconic works of art…..along with “help yourself f_cker”.

[@joshreichert6564]

Same here, very young. That bus scene terrified me as I rode the bus.

[@Goodgrief478]

@@joshreichert6564 I know what you mean. That imagery during that still looks amazing

[@kathygonzalez1413]

​@@joshreichert6564me too 😮

[@tyronleung5276]

Same here I saw this shit when I was 6 years old and my uncles adopted son turned this shit on when me and my siblings were all alone at my uncles house in 1999 and this white guy named Sam would watch the Friday the 13th marathon from back in the day on tnt or tnn back in the day

[@sts25186055]

Same here. Saw it at a slumber party when I was 10 (my buddy’s parents gave zero fucks) and we were straight up terrified. A few of us weee up till about 3am talking about God knows what bullshit just to keep ourselves from falling asleep.

[@LudicrousScotty101]

lol Fu-Man chews i always thought this was a strange cereal

[@johnbest1978]

Awesome stuff Chris. I love Mark Patton he's such a great person. I'm friends with him on Instagram and we chat once in a while. Awesome stuff and that was hilarious that they actually thought that they didn't need Robert to play Freddy. Have a great day my friend and thank you for sharing this awesome video. Chris i have to say that the look of Freddy in part 2 is my favorite look of Freddy. And i absolutely love part 2 it was the first one out of the series that i seen when I was 6 years old sneaking in the living room and turning on the telly to HBO at 3 in the morning to find A Nightmare On Elm Street part 2 Freddy's Revenge and i was absolutely in love with the Elm Street movies and Freddy krueger used to be my favorite until i was introduced to Ghostface and Ghostface is my favorite slasher now and i think the reason for that is that Scream was based on actual events.

[@anthonyclark9441]

Yeah, I'm glad that I have finally come across a review by a reviewer that didn't dance around, or outright ignore the FACT that Schneider was DEFINITELY going to try and f@&k Jesse. I first saw this at 7, and I knew EXACTLY what was going on in this scene.

[@royburnopp5147]

Best freddy makeup

[@JBlaine18]

im ready for part III

[@stevemuzak8526]

It's easily the most demonic Freddy look.

[@prsstephenvessell]

Craven set the original Elm St. in California didnt he? Thats why he didnt "hide" the palm trees. And the palm trees are everywhere in this film, especially if you examine the ballpark scenes.

[@pdmore123]

It was filmed in California ( venice beach) but was meant to be mid west

[@TjMetalHead94]

The bars on the window isn’t a continuity error. Jesses Dad is actually taking off the bars.

[@TheToe-ii2kd]

Holy shit !!! He looks 80.

[@mikeobier7913]

I love this movie. I also love scream queen. Scream queen was an eye opener. I also agree this was easily one of the goriest A Nightmare on Elm Street movies.

[@tyronleung5276]

I didnt think of the gay aspect till i got older but part2 was terrifying to me as a little kid in the late 90s

[@Kris-v7p]

The body glove sticker was from glens room

[@James-rn7dx]

He was removing the bars from the house, not putting them back on.

[@Out-Cast75]

best sequel in the franchise

[@nicholaslynch522]

Yes, it is. It's my favourite in the franchise

[@Paiva-q1x]

Part 3 is my favourite sequel part 2 comes right next.

[@MM-cu9kd]

Love your work & Video’s very entertaining 👍👍

[@perschbacher]

Such a great video! Keep kicking ass, my friend!

[@HOSTILEMGTOW]

Your channel is great 👍🏆.

[@alienmoosestudios]

Hi, new subscriber here 😁 Thanks for sharing this entertaining video 🤩🎥🍿💫 Huge Freddy fan here. I, of course, LOVE this installment!

[@thegoodsun4450]

I was watching Never Sleep Again documentary with my Mum the other day and when part 2 bit came on I literally said almost verbatim what you say I’m this video and I love part 2. My favs are 1,2, 3, 7, 6, 4,5 in this order and only us true Fred Heads seem to like to watch the series in this order 😂 Im a cool but love your video

[@dawsonread8809]

Now the California speedway is no longer there

[@HOSTILEMGTOW]

Kim Meyers is such a dime piece 😘.

[@LudicrousScotty101]

Hmmm thats cool i have not heard the Bing Crosby song " did you ever see a dream walking" Since i saw elm st 2 on a USA Up all Night halloween special, way back in 1994. every copy of elm st 2 i own all feature the beginning credits song over and over again.

[@JustG1983]

I love your videos! Can’t wait for Dream Warriors

[@jkhadem5729]

well to be honest, it doesnt matter the size of freddy, if he was haunting the kids in the area, when he pops up in real life, that would still scare the crap out of them.

[@HappyCreativeStuff]

Keep the great videos coming, Chris. And remember, never clearly use the same footage from the previous pushup session. Cheeky bastards.

[@randomlibra]

Robert Shaye is a hack who has no real talent and messed up Elm Street by trying to act like he was a creative. That final scene was ALL him, and it was stupid. And as the series went on, he is responsible for it getting more and more ridiculous because of HIS demands. I wonder how good the Elm Street series would have been if he had stayed out of them.

[@matteolopresti4394]

I wonder how they made the "melting" effects of Jesse's personal things, and never understand the dream sequence with coach Schneider. Is it all a dream when he meets him in the bar and he brings him to school or a real thing happening? Or he is simply sleepwalking and coach is somehow sleeping in the school? I never understand it, I always think it as a dream because I can't see Schneider casually meeting Jesse in a bar and entitled to have the key for the school, but also don't know why choach should sleep in school

[@lr6179]

The best 1s were 1, 3, Freddies new nightmare etc

[@bobbyargiro5620]

He’s super natural they aren’t taking him out at the pool party

[@boomstickcritique902]

As a movie this flick is only an OK one off watch. But from a fan perspective it's a fun B movie slasher possession flick that works as a one off movie in the series. There will never be another Freddy movie like this ever again so as a fan I can appreciate the movie as a one off flick in the series.

[@stevenbarnett7790]

I wonder if any footage of the extra playing freddy is still around

[@senior_sensei_]

Love the content! Didn't the hero glove get stolen at some point?

[@prsstephenvessell]

It was "lost" but was recently rediscovered.

[@jaymz010]

8:28 But that’s the thing about the ending of the first movie - We don’t know what was real & what wasn’t. To me, the last third of the movie must’ve been a dream. Glenn sucked into a bed & nobody seems shocked at it? 🤨 Nancy brings her friends back to life? Freddy still has powers IRL? In Part3 Nancy said her Mother “...died in her sleep...” ....🤷🏽‍♂️...What?!

[@Imaminimonstertruck]

Past interview they stated that they weren't aware of the gay undertones. Now they recently change their statement acting like it was intentional. Whether it's true or not I'm sticking with the original statement.

[@alexgeorge501]

0:51 our boy Kevin J! (Hi i'm Chucky, wanna play?)

[@TheGreatBaronOBeefDip]

People focus on the gay aspect, and it is there, but really this is the scariest and darkest Freddy got, I don't like him getting too cornball later, but I could tell even as a kid this was frightening, the way he tortures Jesse to the final confrontation at the steel mill, the atmosphere of this movie is great, a nasty mid eighties feeling.

[@HOSTILEMGTOW]

@07:47 you're a bit amiss here,correction; the name of the town is Springwood, but Springwood is supposed to be set in Ohio. So now you know. The story is indeed set in Ohio, but it's supposed to be set in a fictitious town called Springwood Ohio.

[@meropale]

The "cheeky" fight lol. Horror is not a favorite genre of mine by any means but I can't pass up the gay subtext.

[@LudicrousScotty101]

lol Finds Splinter? what the fuck Man.

[@joshuasizemore9143]

Didn't Mark Patton later say the dance scene was actually pretty much all scripted or is that incorrect? I've seen a few versions of how that scene went down over the years. Not trying to be that guy! Just curious 🧐

[@gustavobravo4083]

Have you ever dreamed of Freddy?

[@kctaynor6134]

There is no such place as SPRINGWOOD, OHIO! Part 2 never eluded 2 Ohio....

[@erickleefeld4883]

The legacy of Nightmare 2 lives on today, with the years-long storyline of Will Byers in Stranger Things.

[@johnsambo9379]

Freddy is really popular in the gay leather scene.

[@mintberrycrunch4333]

How do you know that?

[@chrispage2782]

it’s hard to rank the nightmare films from good to bad, because each have their own strengths, and each have their laughably bad moments. But this one has moments in the script that are so ill-thought out, so awkward, so nonsensical, that it pretty much ruins the film. Great idea bringing Freddy into the real world, but the unevenness of the script ruins it. That said, the performances of the two leads, I thought are brilliant; real, honest, and hats off to them…..

[@jayhays8267]

You missed a gay undertone in your video, the board game "in the closet" on the shelf @11:16

[@Hotrocket85]

2 doesn't deserve the grief it gets for having gay undertones, and yes the jump ropes what was he going to do to jesse

[@Dkgtrukeepingitdatruth]

It's too many ideal they can do with the nightmare on elm Street. For One they should do a remark and reboot of nightmare on elm Street part 2.but do it different scents peoples didn't like part 2 that much saying its was some suspects on there.we need more of nightmare on elm Streets they can make tons and tons of movies of Michael Myers.they can make tons and tons of nightmare on elm Street. so get it done now 😡💢 now, now 😡

[@Kurtsg10]

I think this movie has a lot story flaws, some WTF moments, and an utterly incoherent ending. I think that the gay themes in the movie are interesting and clever, even if they were apparently snuck in surreptitiously by the writer and cast and the director claims he never noticed until the 2000s or so.

[@patientmental875]

There really isnt any gay stuff in this so I dont get why every time this film is mentioned that goes along with it. If Mark didnt come out as gay I dont think anybody would be talking about it. Freddy in this is terrifying & brutal which is what they should have stuck with! If you watch the first two movies the rest are unwatchable!

[@Ellie_Kat]

ONE of the gayest? 😂

[@johnsambo9379]

All gay all the time.

[@chrismolina3197]

I wish being gay brought the same shame today that it did in the 80s

[@Lulu-ew7oh]

Why 😂

[@pensiveczar2239]

ITA! Some things shouldn't be normalized...