On my quest to find a good sequel, I stumbled upon a hidden gem called Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. I don't know why this movie is panned.
Actually, I do know why. It's really horrible.

The basic premise this...
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On my quest to find a good sequel, I stumbled upon a hidden gem called Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. I don't know why this movie is panned.
Actually, I do know why. It's really horrible.

The basic premise this time is so [corny] it's almost laughable. This boy (I forget his name, but it doesn't really matter) moves into Freddy's old house, which as you may remember was inhabited by this girl Nancy (who, by the way, is NOWHERE to be seen in this movie but will return in part 3, which probably should have been part 2), and starts to get hauntby Freddy.

But this isn't the average "Freddy will stalk you in your dreams until he eventually kills you" haunting. For some...reason, which I will NEVER figure out, Freddy has turned from a dream master to someone who can possess someone's body and make them do weird stuff. I don't know who thought this was a good idea. It completely takes away from the legacy of Freddy. The point has always been people are not supposed to see him unless it's in his dreams. It's not much of a Nightmare on Elm Street if the guy's invading pool parties.

Plus, the acting is SO horrible and the characters are SO [bad] that by halfway through the movie you want them all just to die and get it over with. The main characters, the boy and the girl that inexplicably fall in love, are two of the most annoying self centered [people] I've ever seen in a movie. They make absolutely no sense and the guy spends all his time whining to the girl and crying about how he can't stop freddy instead of being a man and trying to do something about it.

At least Freddy is cool in this movie. However the...kid does most of the killings. One of the scenes will go down as the worst scenes in the history of movies. In this scene, which I will NEVER MENTION AGAIN for fear of losing my mind, the kid goes to a cross dressing bar, where he meets up with his gym coach. His coach takes him back to the gym, where he makes the kid run laps. Then, he makes the kid take a shower. As the kid is showering, the coach gets whipped and then killed by sports balls. The kid is then found naked on the side of the road and taken home by his parents.

That's really all I can say to convince you how horrible this movie is.

Please avoid this...