Let's give this bastard child of the Series some love. Can it be as bad as so many people say?
Freddy's Revenge was made a year after the last one and there were many changes made. The original Stars weren't planned to return- yes, even Englund. After shooting for 2 weeks with the Stunt Man (because Englund wanted an understandable pay raise), they gave him what he wanted.
The Plot involves Jesse having nightmares involving a figure trying to kill him. He doesn't know who it is or why he's having them. All he knows is that they started after his family moved into their new home.
As he learns the truth about Krueger, people around him start to die. Is he the cause?
The Film is known for 2 things- 'breaking' the lore and being 'the gay one.'
Is it 'the bad one' though? To find out, read on...
In the Intro, Jesse and some students are on the bus...when it drives off of the road and into the desert, nearly killing them before he wakes up!
What's funny is that people on IMDB once said that this was a Plot Hole...forgetting that it was a nightmare.
Jesse is having nightmares in his new home and hasn't even unpacked all of his boxes. He wakes up screaming from every one of them.
So it really messes with him when his friend says that murders happened in their house!
He continues to have nightmares and is one night confronted by Fred(dy). He says that he wants to take Jesse's body!
Is this different from the first Film? Yes.
Is it different to make changes in the 2nd Film (see Halloween II making Michael her brother) than the 7th Film? Yes.
Do I like this Plot point? Yes.
The nightmares cause Jesse to have blackouts and he's found one night naked on the highway.
This follows after he seems to spot the Coach at a Gay Bar and then see him killed by Fred in the Showers.
He never seems to wonder why he's in the Showers in the middle of the night, I guess.
He's invited to a Pool Party by his platonic lady friend- who was allegedly cast due to looking like Meryll Streep) and they start to get busy...until he can feel himself turning into Fred(dy)!
He goes to see his male friend and, yeah, that was probably supposed to be subtext.
The Bar and S&M- not so much.
Sadly, he can't stop the change and kills his friend as Fred(dy).
This leads to the controversial climax where she tries to free Jesse from Fred(dy) and he kills a bunch of people at the Barbeque.
This fully formed Fred(dy) can affect reality in the waking world...until he's stopped by the power of love.
...and then another dream ending. Sigh.
I don't hate this Film. Is that a hot take? Should it be?
The Plot is different, but I can actually see it working as an extension of the first Film. In that one, his weakness is being pulled into the real world. With 5 years passed on Earth (is time different in the Dream World?), is it impossible to imagine him trying a new tactic.
With a human body, he's less restricted. If this had been followed up on, it might have been good for this Film's reputation.
The gay stuff. The elephant in the room. If that bothers you, fine. Just don't use that as your excuse to dislike the Film and ignore it as part of the Franchise.
For better or worse,
Freddy's Revenge takes risk, changes things up and is a unique (and enjoyable) entry in the Franchise. I'm cool with that.
Next up, I make another dent in my DVD pile. More Horror or Action? Stay tuned...
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