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Why You Should Give “Freddy’s Revenge” a Second Chance

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You all know the movie. You all love to hate it. The black sheep in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge. The movie that tackled homosexuality without anyone realizing it. The movie that disappointed the fans; the movie that almost ruined Freddy. Now let me tell you why you should give it a second chance.

On my annual marathon of the franchise I wondered if I should leave the second movie out, because we all know how bad it is. But I gave it a chance. And it did pay off for sure.

About the movie

Five years after the events of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Jesse, a young boy, is haunted in his dreams by Freddy Krueger. He slowly finds out more about our favorite villain and works hard to defeat him. Jesse is played by Mark Patton who quit acting shortly afterwards. The director is Jack Sholder and the writer is David Chaskin. Neither had much of a career afterwards. Robert Englund is the only reoccurring actor as Freddy Krueger.

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Freddy rocking out at a pool party

Why the hate?

So this all doesn’t sound like a good way for Freddy to return. No famous people at all. None that were big before, and none that went on to do anything noteworthy. Adding to this, the rules have changed. Instead of haunting the teens in their dreams, Freddy mostly haunts Jesse in real life. Not all the teens. Just Jesse and his surroundings. At one point he makes birds go crazy. And instead of visiting teens in their dreams he possesses Jesse’s body and kills people that way.

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Why you should love it and give it a second chance!

If you go at it from the original A Nightmare on Elm Street this isn’t going to work. Too much has changed. So what I’m offering you is to watch this with an clean slate. It’s not about the Freddy Krueger. It’s about another demon with the same name. And this demon has slightly different rules. He needs a human vessel. If that vessel goes to sleep, he can take over their body and come back to haunt the world.

If you watch it with that perspective, what you get is a great horror movie that manages to be scary and haunting. The special effects, all hand-made, are just brilliant. Freddy has some great one liners and the movie has quite a few twists. The homosexual undertones are still there but you can try to read into what they mean. Or just ignore them. It’s especially funny to watch when you hear that neither the producers nor the director realized these undertones existed until after they were told about them.

And, in its defense, this version of Freddy is different from the main lore, because when this movie came out, all we had was A Nightmare on Elm Street, and while it’s one of my favorite movies of all time, you can’t say it sticks to any rules. In it they manage to bring Freddy to real life, so that’s canon. But then again, watching that movie, is he actually in real life, or is it all a dream in a dream inception style? Who knows.

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The birth of an icon

Final Words

No, this is not the Freddy you learned to love over the years. But by no means is this a bad horror movie. It delivers on the scares, the effects, and on the 80s cheese-factor. And you could actually remake this movie today and exchange Freddy for some other creature, and in the end you’d get … well actually it’s pretty similar to Insidious. Boy in a coma (sleep) with ghosts around him, trying to possess his body to come to our world…

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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed

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The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.

Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.

The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.

Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”

Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.

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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween

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Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.

The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.

“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.

Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.

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The prize also includes:

An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings

A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear

A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room

A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course

The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II

Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two

“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”

Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.

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The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.

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