When the Walsh's move to the Elm Street, the teenager Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton) has a creepy nightmare with a burned man wearing a glove with blades called Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) that tells him that Jesse has the body and he has the brain. Jesse becomes close to Lisa Webber (Kim Myers),who also has a crush on him, and befriends his school mate Ron Grady (Robert Rusler),who tells him that his house had remained closed for five years since the former dweller Nancy Thompson that went to a mental institution after witnessing the death of her boyfriend on the other side of the street and her mother in the living room. Lisa finds the diary of Nancy hidden in a locker while Jesse is possessed by Freddy Krueger that uses him to kill his victims.

This sequel to the classic "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is underrated in IMDb. The story about possession is more romantic with the love of Lisa for Jesse, has plot holes but is also entertaining, with the use of great special effects. This movie is also the debut of Kim Myers, who has an impressive resemblance with Meryl Streep, in the cinema in a lead role. Again there is an open conclusion to give a sequel to the saga of Freddy Krueger. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Hora do Pesadelo 2 – A Vingança de Freddy " ("The Hour of the Nightmare 2 – The Revenge of Freddy")

This quickly-made sequel to Wes Craven's hit horror film seems to be pretty much despised by fans of the series, although I am forced to disagree. Although the scripting and acting is below par, the movie is at least fast paced and never lets up during scenes of gory incident. Special effects from the reliable Kevin Yagher and some imaginatively disturbing fantasy sequences combine to make this an average but fun attempt at a mid '80s horror film, as dated as they come and with a strange, wild homosexual subtext running throughout. Witness the brutal death of the sadistic gay sports teacher who has his buttocks slapped before getting shredded under the steel fingers of Krueger, or Jesse's continuous girly screaming, for evidence of this. An interesting and unusual angle to an otherwise straight-forward horror flick.

A lot of flak seems to be aimed at this film due to its decision to have Freddy killing people in real life and not just in their dreams. Watch carefully and you'll notice that this apparent error is actually explained at the beginning - Freddy uses Jesse's possessed body as a gateway to the real world and can therefore go on and do all he likes to conscious folk. Direction from Jack Sholder (THE HIDDEN) is quite capable and makes good use of dark, atmospheric sets. Sadly, the acting is fairly bad, but no more so than your typical teen slasher from the '80s, aside from Robert Englund who once again does a good job as the dream demon and still manages to be scary at times. Clu Gulager and Hope Lange turn up playing Jesse's parents for name value more than anything else, considering that their roles are fairly lightweight.

The very basic plot is more of an excuse for a string of bizarre fantasies to be acted out and these act as the highlights of the movie. Things open with a literal bus ride into hell which is very spectacularly done, ending on a real cliff-hanger. From then on we get treated to such gory delights as a dozen bloody slashings, ants crawling in festering wounds, Freddy tearing open his skull to expose his brain, and in the sickening but fantastic highlight, a fully-grown Freddy emerging painfully from Jesse's body via his own stomach! The best bit of the film is undoubtedly a slaughter which takes place at a pool party and the final love-conquers-all confrontation is a bit of a let down by comparison. Watching swimmers burn, barbecues explode, and moronic teenagers slashed up is great fun, however. Hardly a classic movie, instead this is a one-watch novelty piece which will appeal to undemanding genre fans.

Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton) is the new teen moving into the Elm street home. He is soon haunted by Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) in his dream.

This sequel was definitely a rush job for NewLine Studios to cash in. Only Robert Englund returns. No Wes Craven. None of the surviving kids. In fact, Freddy Krueger gains a new power by possessing somebody and climbing into the real world. It seems an unwise move as it would allow Freddy to be killed more easily. It is also noteworthy that none of the kids were stars and none of them has since broken out as big stars. That should indicate the caliber of acting skills involved. It's quite disappointing since normally we'd expect an improvement after a surprise hit. That's the best way to describe this movie: a disappointment. There is also a latent homosexual conflict in the character. It would have been an interesting idea but it's executed horribly here.