izzio's Review

Summary - Barely OK 2.0

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 is by far the worst entry into the “Nightmare” franchise for a number of reasons. First, its lack of action was a let down, as all of the other Nightmare movies have plenty of action. Another huge problem was that Freddy Krueger was barely even shown- just at the end in the pool scene. And when they DO show him, he doesn’t even act like his joking self. He’s acts more like a serious murderer, which is not how he is in the rest of the films. Now, I’ll forgive the crappy SFX, since they seemed to try pretty hard, but I just can’t forgive the film itself. You don’t even need to see this one to understand the rest of the series, as it is the least important one.

Acting - Pretty Awful 0.5

As always with old horror movies, the acting is pretty much putrid. You would expect all the actors to (once again) be screaming endlessly, and presenting terrible dialoue, but we didn’t even get THAT. I would say this is the worst acting in any of the Nightmare movies.

Film - Barely OK 2.0

The second Nightmare movie just didn’t have the same atmosphere as the others- where its a creepy, yet comedic enviroment. The atmosphere was very dull, I didn’t care for the characters at all, and the overall quality was just horrendous.

Edge - Risqué 1.7

Like in all of the series, you get extremely cheesy violence, so this isn’t at all like horror movies today.

Reality - Fantasy 4.7

2 Comments

• The Stoned Horror Critic Apr 15, 2010 4:27PM

  Regarding izzio’s Review
  I wouldn’t say this is the worst at all. It’s one of the in-between ones. The worst is Freddy’s Dead, BY FAR.

  Also, in reply to your comment about Freddy:
  “And when they DO show him, he doesn’t even act like his joking self. He’s acts more like a serious murderer, which is not how he is in the rest of the films.”

  Actually, he started off as a seriouse killer. In the first (and best() film in the series, he barely cracked jokes. It wasn’t until the 3rd one that he started cracking jokes, and while i love the 3rd one to pieces, it WAS the death of “Scary Freddy”, with him becoming less scary with each sequel.

• MJ5K Feb 1, 2010 9:21PM

  Regarding izzio’s Review
  I wouldn’t go as far as to say its the worst in the series(that award goes to Freddy’s Dead), this was a dissapointing sequel.

  Very good review, though. But just a word of advice, you shouldn’t judge old and/or classic horror films based on your knowledge of modern horror films. Because as far as I’m concerned, modern horror has gone down the toilet. In fact, most of the violence in horror movies today is just fake CGI.

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