slasher

: Freddy's Revenge is a slasher film, and the second film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series.

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a 1985 American supernatural slasher

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (stylized on-screen as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy's Revenge) is a 1985 American supernatural slasher

slasher film

: Freddy's Revenge is a slasher film, and the second film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: :

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (stylized on-screen as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy's Revenge) is a 1985 American supernatural slasher

meta horror

In this meta horror film, a demonic entity uses the fictional character of Freddy Krueger to enter the real world and torment ”Elm Street” heroine Heather Langenkamp and heroine Heather Langenkamp's family.

the second slasher/horror movie to make Best Picture to the Registry after John Carpenter

Nightmare on Elm Street is the second slasher/horror movie to make Best Picture to the Registry after John Carpenter’s (admittedly far superior) 1979 genre-defining Halloween.

an uproarious spin starring Clu Gulager (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge), James Karen (Mulholland Drive) and Don Calfa (Weekend at Bernie’s)

Writer/director Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Lifeforce) puts an uproarious spin on the zombie apocalypse movie in 1985’s cult classic The Return Of The Living Dead, starring Clu Gulager (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge), James Karen (Mulholland Drive) and Don Calfa (Weekend at Bernie’s).

a classic of the slasher genre

The original A Nightmare on Elm Street is a classic of the slasher genre, but this one really kicks the absurdity up a notch with a notch's awkward script consisting of mostly long pauses, exploding parakeets and the occasional homoerotic murder sequence.

in the tradition of other dreamscape horror films like A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Cell

The film follows in the tradition of other dreamscape horror films like A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Cell, with the protagonist purposely falling into a dream state in order to solve a mystery and/or defeat the enemy.

a seminal addition to the slasher film genre

Along with 'Halloween' and 'Friday the 13th,' 'Nightmare on Elm Street' is a seminal addition to the slasher film genre.

like a slasher sequel than a haunted house flick akin to 1982’s Poltergeist (just listen to the soundtrack)

Granted, A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge plays less like a slasher sequel than a haunted house flick akin to 1982’s Poltergeist (just listen to the soundtrack).

theme

Although revenge is a theme in itself, a theme is also considered to be a genre.

works of fiction

The plot to A Nightmare on Elm Street, and the knife-fingered monster known as Freddy Kreuger, are obviously works of fiction.

from other genre thrillers

Apart from its technical proficiency -- adroit color photography and solid production values on an admittedly low budget -- A Nightmare on Elm Street is separated from other genre thrillers by an often remarkable, confident style.

As a pioneer of the slasher genre

As a pioneer of the slasher genre, “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” starring the burned Freddy Krueger, is a suspense-filled revenge killing story based in Springwood, Ohio focused on four Elm Street teenagers.

part possession yarn, part high-body count followup, and a queer theorist’s wet dream

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 is part possession yarn, part high-body count followup, and a queer theorist’s wet dream, considerable copy having been written about , considerable copy's homoerotic undertones over the years.

Fifty Shades of Grey Freddy’s Revenge of slashfic,

Fifty Shades of Grey is, for all intents and purposes, the Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge of slashfic, and from the chapters I’ve read, just as poorly executed.

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~ Jesse Walsh, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 - Freddy's Revenge (1985) is a sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street (the title is a give away) but is Elm Street , too, going to follow the slasher film rules?

The show :

The show (full title: Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series) is an American horror anthology series, which aired in syndication from October 1988 until March 1990.