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| - The movie was a moderate box office moderate box office success. It was made on a budget of $3,000,000 and earned $30,000,000. The film was rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. A sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors was released in 1987.
- While the film was successful at the box office, it was widely considered inferior to the original by fans and critics. In the years since its release, however, it has become a cult film among gay audiences due to its strong homoerotic subtext. Screenwriter David Chaskin denied that until 2010, when he admitted he intentionally added it to increase the film's horror for the teenage boys who made up the bulk of the audience. Patton, who had not yet come out as gay himself, felt used by this and left acting shortly afterwards, blaming Chaskin, who in turn says Patton's interpretation of the part had as much to do with that subtext as his script.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is a 1985 slasher film, and the second film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. It is a sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street. The film was directed by Jack Sholder and stars Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. Despite the film's title, Freddy Krueger's screen time in the movie is just 13 minutes. Released by New Line cinema, the movie received negative to mixed reviews, mainly due to the departure from the theme of the first film.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is a 1985 American slasher film and the second film in the Nightmare on Elm Street film series. The film was directed by Jack Sholder and stars Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. The film is about a teenage boy, haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him to continue his murdering in the real world.
- Five years have passed since Freddy Krueger was seemingly defeated and the Walshes have moved into the Thompsons' former home. The teenaged son Jesse has a nightmare about being stranded on a school bus with two girls being stalked by a violent killer, waking in terror and attributing the dream to the unusual heat in the room. He goes to school with his friend Lisa, who Jesse has a crush on but is too shy to make a move. After getting into a fight with a boy named Grady during gym, Coach Snider punishes them by making them stay after class and they casually become friends. Lisa comes to visit Jesse after school and they discover a diary from Nancy Thompson detailing nightmares she had that were strikingly similar to Jesse's. After various incidents and small fires happen around the house,
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