A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

Director:

Jack Sholder

Writers:

David Chaskin (written by) and
Wes Craven (characters)

Release Date:

1 November 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The first name in terror returns...

Plot:

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him to continue his murdering in the real world.

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Teenage Boy | Freddy Krueger | Dream | Neighbor

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Mark Patton	...	Jesse Walsh
Kim Myers	...	Lisa Webber
Robert Rusler	...	Ron Grady
Clu Gulager	...	Ken Walsh
Hope Lange	...	Cheryl Walsh
Marshall Bell	...	Coach Schneider
Melinda O. Fee	...	Mrs. Webber
Tom McFadden	...	Mr. Webber (as Thom McFadden)
Sydney Walsh	...	Kerry
Robert Englund	...	Freddy Krueger
Edward Blackoff	...	Biology Teacher
Christie Clark	...	Angela Walsh
Lyman Ward	...	Mr. Grady
Donna Bruce	...	Mrs. Grady
Hart Sprager	...	Teacher
Allison Barron	...	Girl on Bus
JoAnn Willette	...	Girl on Bus
Steve Eastin	...	Policeman
Brian Wimmer	...	Do-Gooder
Robert Chaskin	...	Bar-B-Que Boy
Kerry Remsen	...	Girlfriend
Kimberly Lynn	...	Patty
Steven Smith	...	Victim
Jonathan Hart	...	Spike

Directed by
Jack Sholder

Writing credits
David Chaskin		(written by)
Wes Craven		characters

Produced by
Stephen Diener	....	executive producer
Stanley Dudelson	....	executive producer
Michael S. Murphey	....	line producer
Sara Risher	....	co-producer
Robert Shaye	....	producer
Joel Soisson	....	line producer

Original Music by
Christopher Young

Cinematography by
Jacques Haitkin
Christopher Tufty

Film Editing by
Bob Brady
Arline Garson

Art Direction by
Maggie Martin

Costume Design by
Gail Viola

Makeup Department
Wendy Hogan	....	assistant makeup artist
Daniel Marc	....	makeup artist
Bart Mixon	....	special makeup effects artist
Robin L. Neal	....	hair stylist
Mark Shostrom	....	transformation effects creator
Kevin Yagher	....	makeup and effects creator: Freddy Krueger
Kevin Yagher	....	special makeup effects

Production Management
Rachel Talalay	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Whitney R. Hunter	....	second assistant director
Marshall D. Moore	....	third assistant director
Mark Shostrom	....	co-director second unit: transformation sequence (uncredited)

Sound Department
Larry Porche	....	boom operator
Ed White	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Richard Albain	....	special mechanical effects
Paul Boyington	....	special effects
Rick Lazzarini	....	special puppet effects creator
Ron Nary	....	special mechanical effects
Kevin Yagher	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Oded Beckman	....	miniatures
Paul Boyington	....	special visual effects designer and director
Richard Delaney	....	effects animator
Loring Doyle	....	effects animator
Bridget Endman	....	effects animator
John M. Gonzalez	....	live action
Paul Huston	....	miniatures
Darius Khadjenouri	....	miniatures
Ian Kincaid	....	live action
Michael Litterback	....	live action
Wes Takahashi	....	effects animator

Stunts
Dan Bradley	....	stunt coordinator
Dan Bradley	....	stunts
Scott Alan Cook	....	stunts
Christopher Doyle	....	stunts (as Chris Doyle)
Marneen Fields	....	stunt performer
Frank Lloyd	....	stunts
Ray Lykins	....	stunts
C.J. McBeath	....	stunts
Denney Pierce	....	stunts (as Denny Pierce)
Ray Shaffer	....	stunts
Lane Leavitt	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Matt Gulbin	....	grips carpenter
Christopher Tufty	....	director of photography: additional photography

Other crew
John Blake	....	assistant: Mark Shostrom
Tom Calderaro	....	synthesizer programmer
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Wendy Cooke	....	assistant: Kevin Yagher
Earl Ellis	....	assistant: Kevin Yagher
Glenn Gaylord	....	assistant accountant
Bart Mixon	....	assistant: Mark Shostrom
Luc G. Nicknair	....	production assistant
Gregor Punchatz	....	assistant: Mark Shostrom
Anthony Showe	....	assistant: Mark Shostrom
Jayson Wall	....	film restoration coordinator (2002 restoration)
Don Wyse	....	fire safety

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema (presents)
• Heron Communications (presents)
• Smart Egg Pictures (presents)
• Second Elm Street Venture (copyright owner)
• Media Home Entertainment (uncredited)

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (1985) (USA) (theatrical)
• Succéfilm AB (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (Canada) (VHS)
• Creswin Distribution (Canada)
• Image Entertainment (laserdisc)
• Media Home Entertainment (1986) (USA) (VHS)
• New Line Home Video
• Video Treasures (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Communications Company

Other Companies

• Clairmont Camera  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (Australia)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 (USA) (closing credits title)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:MA (re-rating 2005) | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Australia:M (TV rating) | Iceland:16 | Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R (original rating) | Canada:R | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Mexico:C | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

1428 N. Genesee Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

This is the only film in the series not to use Charles Bernstein's original theme, or a variation of it.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the opening scene when the bus is coming down the street, one of the crew members is visible walking back and forth behind a tree on the left side of the screen.

Quotes:

Ken Walsh: [after the budgie explodes] Then what is it? Bird rabies? It's that cheap seed you been buying.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in License to Drive (1988)

Soundtrack:

Terror In My Heart

Spontaneous combustion-parakeets!!

You can't deny that Wes Craven's original "Nightmare on Elm Street" was horror of great significance and, although dreadfully overrated, it was a pretty clever and spooky film that introduced the legendary icon of Freddy Krueger. It was obvious right from the start that none of the several sequels would ever live up to the original and this first attempt immediately confirms so. Despite a dazzling intro, showing a school bus racing through a nightmarish wasteland with Freddy at the wheel, this is a very tame and soft teenage-horror flick, completely lacking coherence and logic. The story supposedly takes place 5 years after the initial Elm Street events and the house where Nancy lived has been sold to the Walsh family. The adolescent son Jesse begins to suffer from nightmares in which Freddy Krueger orders him to kill in his shape. The screenplay is a series of stupidities and continuity errors but the whole things basically is an excuse to show fairly impressive visual effects, so who cares about the story anyways? Jesse's transformations into Freddy Krueger are well staged and the murders he commits are decently gore. Several sequences and scenery don't make the slightest bit of sense (exploding parakeets, guard dogs with children's faces…) and the suspense-elements of the original have vanished entirely. The acting is considerably good, even though the hero screams like a little girl and the heroine looks like Meryl Streep's younger sister. At least in this first sequel, Robert Englund doesn't constantly fire off unfunny and embarrassing one-liners.