5.8Nightmare 2: Freddy's Revenge on Elm Street

Movies · 1985

Nightmare 2: Freddy's Revenge on Elm Street

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

5.8/10 ★★★☆☆ 5.8 ◷ 87 min 1985-11-01 United Kingdom
SReviewed bySite Amin
Production Company
New Line Cinema

Story

Would it be better to resist the sleep when Freddy is after you? The Elm Street Nightmare, one of the most creepy movies of all time, is coming back with his second film. It's been five years since the residents of Elm Street got rid of Freddy, who killed young people in sleep, but Freddy, who moved on the street, will be able to resurface. Freddy can continue his murderous massacres if he can take Jesse's body. This film, translated after the Elm Street Nightmare, is almost as original and frightening as the first, and the story of evil Freddy continues to freeze the blood of those who watch with special effects and a clever scenario.

Review

5.8/10★★★☆☆ 5.8

The dark shadows in Elm Street are resuscitated by the rise of a new killer. The film redesigns the silence left in the middle of the first chapter from the eye of Jesse, a new mover, to the thin line between sleep and wakingness. The director combines the contact of escape within the classical Åkabus with a modern tension rhythm, creating an atmosphere of the audience's breathing.

The visual design locks the audience's eyes on the screen in the cold tones of gloomy streetlights and foggy nights, especially when Freddy is removed from the shadows, combined with the low-frequency hums of sound design, gives a body tremor. The script presents a psychological tension, not just from being a monster story, but from processing the inner conflicts and past traumas of characters.

In acting, the fresh energy of the new faces and the dark nuances of the side characters are balancedly distributed, while the film protects the fear of the first part, adding a new layer of narrative to keep the audience curious.

Pros1

  • The visual atmosphere and the use of light-shadow are very impressive, and sound design increases the stress dose, keeps the audience on alert, and the depth of character in the script adds not only a fear element, but also a psychological layer.

Cons1

  • Some of the backgrounds of the side characters could be more processed, the story tempo slows down from time to time, dissipating the tension slightly.

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