The actor who played Jesse was in the closet at the time. When this movie came out, it was during the height of what’s called Gay Panic and early days of the AIDS crisis. And it caused The actor to not getting any more work. Essentially, he left the business after this and moved to Mexico. There’s an insightful documentary called Scream Queen, My Nightmare on Elm Street.

“Is that Tina Turner on the wall behind you?” Iconic.

I always saw the ending as an allusion to a popular misconception at the time that finding the right woman/man (delete as appropriate) would "cure" homosexuality In the final act, it seems as though Jesse was "released from his demons" by Lisa's kiss, but the ending shows that really Freddy was still there all along

As a gay man and a huge horror fan, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is my favorite queer movie! This movie directly captures the experience of coming to terms with sexuality in an unforgiving and scary environment and I love it for that.

Freddy is Jesse's sexual confusion. It's a metaphor for the writer's own sexual confusion at the time. He claimed "it was supposed to be subtext" but it's blatantly there. FFS he had a Probe game in his closet and a sign on the door that said "no chicks." Jesse literally runs away from Lisa and goes to Grady, or the gay bar, and Freddy's only vanquished when he finally admits he loves her. Jesse is kind of the damsel-in-distress in the end and it's Lisa that saves him with the power of love. It's totally the point of the movie.

The actor playing Jesse, Mark Patton, is a gay man. He's said he was playing him as a closeted gay guy. The writer of the script also said the homosexual elements were intentional, and Freddy's actor was also well aware of them and leaned into it on purpose. Apparently, though, the director was either unaware or uninterested in that aspect while filming.

As a gay horror fan, this movie means so much to me, watching this at age 11 was really eye opening lol

"Is that Tina Turner back there on the wall" took me out

I could watch her do this every single day. Please NEVER stop with the horror. ❤

New fav quote from Alanda: "You're not manifesting evil, you're just tapped into it." LOL This explains all the physics examples that pop into my head, like "Fun fact: humans bounce!"

West Craven left the series after an arguement with the producer about the ending of the first film. This one didnt seem to really get the "Freddy Dream Rules" so Its all over the place. It's not bad, it's just weird. I like that Freddy is still "dark" here.. he gets goofier from here on out. The next one puts Freddy back in Dreamland.

You are the friend that everyone loves to lay around and watch movies with ❤️❤️

Oh my God you literally did it babe! You killed him, you killed your love, oh my God that's terrible. Is that Tina Turner on the wall behind you? 😂😂😂 That just made my day so much brighter.

They hired “Kim Myres”/“Lisa” on the fact that she looked almost identical to “Meryl Streep” lol….you find that out on the four hour documentary “Never Sleep Again” which is pretty good and I don’t even like documentaries like that….and “nightmare 2” just had subtext of gayness it wasn’t intended to be gay, it’s just the way the movie turned out the fallowing for it started to see little nuances that was easily interpreted as gay…

My favorite part of this film was Grady saying he couldn't go to the party because he was grounded for THROWING his grandmother down a flight of stairs. Seriously, how evil was his grandmother if only received a grounding for throwing her down a flight of stairs. "You attempted (or succeeded...we don't know) to kill your grandmother! You're grounded, mister!"

I gotta say, I love that you call him "Frederick". I've recently discovered your channel. And you have become a regular on my list of favorite reactors on here. I enjoy watching people's reactions to a bunch of my favorite movies. I cannot wait to see what else you react to during the month of All Hallows Eve.

"If you get Krugered in the night it's your own fault" bbbwaahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

I highly recommend watching part 3 Dream Warriors. It is one of the best in the whole series

I love that one kid who was like "who hurt you, Freddy? Let's heal."

Freddy said, "Gay rights! Love is love! But I'm gonna kill you anyway because equality." Dream Warriors is my favorite of the series. Regarding Halloween, you should do all 3 time lines. They're individually enjoyable. Do not watch Resurrection. It'll just make you mad. In a strange juxtaposition, it has Tyra in it and the movie makes me wanna scream, "We were all rooting for you!"

"All you need to do is get yourself a ball gag..." That got a big laugh out of me LOL

AP: " A bird is meant to fly." The rest of us : Oh dear...

Nightmare 2 was the 1st horror movie I saw as a kid that MADE me a horror fan. I love Part 2 and I'll defend it to the death as being one of the best sequels. Freddy was still dark and scary in this one, which I love. And although others have suggested it, everyone HAS to watch Scream Queen, My Nightmare on Elm Street, the documentary by Mark Patton. SUCH a fantastic movie, very informative and emotional. If anyone has the opportunity to meet Mark at a horror convention, please do, he's super nice & loves talking with his fans. The absolute best.

This is the closest that Freddy came to being like he was in the first, truly scary! Englund once said he'd like to explore this sex theme in a new film that might have, say 3/4 chapters with Freddy tackling different themes.

Trick and Broken hearts club are my fav queer movies. And in this movie, seeing Grady made me realize my own sexuality wasn't hetero

“The earth is sinking girl! You going under!” Quote of the day!

"Is that Tina Turner on the wall behind you?" Girl got her priorities! 😄 _The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,_ honorable mention to the big gay WeHo slasher _Hellbent_ 🌈 I REALLY wanna watch _Moonlight_ but I can tell it's the kind of film I'll need to watch cuddled with someone. Since you've recently seen Halloween 2, I highly recommend at least finishing Laurie's story with H20. It was made to complete the story by people who love the story (it also ignores 4, 5 & 6). There are no other movies after that until Rob Zombie did his remakes and then the franchise was rebooted with the official sequel in 2018. Nope, none whatsoever. Regarding _Nightmare,_ the next three sequels showcase the smartass Freddy we all know and love, but don't forget _Wes Craven's New Nightmare_ and _Freddy vs. Jason,_ they're a lot of fun. I can appreciate the camp of this one even though it's not one of my favorites (I flashback to when I wore those clothes too and that nasty New Coke), but one thing I did like was that Freddy was very threatening.

nightmare 2 is one of my favourite movies, it's interesting to see a male lead for a change, Jesse's scream is just brilliant, this movie, I believe that Freddy prays on the Jesse's feelings for two of his love's in his life, he's bromance with Grady and his love for Lisa, Confused about his feelings, which many teenagers go through, the music is creepy and was actually whale sounds.

I'd also suggest a nightmare on elm street 3 dream warriors and Wes cravens new nightmare.

Disobedience is a great queer movie! Your reactions have been so helpful during these, let's just say, trying times. We all need the laughter you provide!!! Thank you for that!

"A bird is meant to fly." Me: "Girl, he about to fly in a minute."

You must be in the medical profession... I have caught several correct anatomy and medical terminology references in your reviews. I love it.

It'll probably be a minute but when you get to Nightmare 3 I think you're gonna absolutely love it...hopefully the next Halloween is 4 and my favorite queer movie is Holiday Heart...great video as always, cant wait to see what's next

17:24 Jesse's mom: "You sleep okay?" Alanda: "Hell no mother, and you know that sh*t!" *eyeroll*😂😂😂

As a 41 year old, straight man, I really enjoyed, "Tangerine". Follows a trans man, on a mission, throughout his day in LA. The only reason I watched it was because the director's other movie "The Florida Project" is one of my favorite movies.

You are easily becoming one of my favorite movie reactors!! Your reactions give me life !!

"Now Freddy's driving the bus?!" Alanda, Freddy was always driving the bus 😂. Robert England can be seen briefly, out of makeup as the driver 😉. Funny enough, this was the first Freddy movie I saw as my friend had HBO back in the day lol. Totally did not get all the gay references back then hahaha course, I was like, 6 maybe so 😋

“Did you sleep ok?” “Hell no mother and u know that shi’’ 😭😭😭

I had to live with a small parrot for nearly a year (he was my aunt's) and he was so evil. He would get up high in the house and then dive bomb you. He liked to land on your head and reach down to bite your ears, and if you tried to reach up with your hands he would bite them too, HARD. He often drew blood on my hands and ears. I don't wish harm on animals but I will admit to not being sad when he finally died.

Watching this made my whole morning. Thank you. I always love your horror reactions. They are amazing. I really enjoy this Nightmare on Elm Street entry as well. Its fun and different from the pack. Mark Patton was great as a final guy. And that pool scene was perfect. "You are all my children now!" Anyway, thank you for posting this.

Freddy getting scared when he gets burned at the climax of the "happy ending" route in his movies always cracks me up XD

The first Elm Street movie and the 3rd Elm Street movie are my favorite ones. The 3rd movie should have been the last

This is my favorite of all the nightmares! I’m glad you treat the movie with the respect it deserves!

I'm usually dropping my favorite horror list, so this is a refreshing change... My favorite LGBTQ+ movies are: Rocky Horror To Wong Foo The Birdcage But I'm a Cheerleader In & Out Hedwig and the Angry Inch Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Btw, I just found your channel a few days ago and have binged your videos all weekend! Thank you for the entertainment, and keep up the good work!

A Nightmare on Elm Street Pt:2 released in November 1st 1985. A little under a year since the first Nightmare due to overwhelming success of the classic. *Fun Fact:* the first Elm Street had fierce competition with another notoriously controversial horror movie that was pulled a week since it was released imagine that a "Killer Santa" would have been a horror icon Yes, the first Silent Night Deadly Night premiered the same day as the first Elm St. November 16th 1984

18:36 “they didn’t just die” 😂 I choked on my wine

Great commentary as always! It's cool that you praise a movie from 1985. I think you would've loved the 80's. I like those afro puffs. Keep up the good work!

Alanda rocks ruff n' stuff wit her afro puffs.

I love your reactions! Nightmare 3 is the BEST one of the series

I get into trouble all the time for giving my narrative through a movie and it’s very like yours lol 😂 I would so love to watch a movie with you and be chatting bout it all way through !!! ..you’re so funny and cheered my week right up . Thanks x You have a new subscriber girl !!♥️

"It's hard work fighting Fredrick." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

"Ohhhh you're dreaming... prick yourself with that glass shard" lmao 🤣 I cannot believe I just found your channel today I love all your horror movie reactions I'm binge watching them all today... And you may be the 1st KZfaqr that I think I'm going to become a Patreon member of their channel!!!

"They didn't just die, they can hear you..."

The Birdcage and The Perfection are two queer movies I love. Also, while not technically a queer movie, I do love the campiness and humor of Heathers.

"Nancy sitting up in there writing erotica!?" 💀😂😂 Too early for this!

"Oh hey hair!" When I first saw this movie, I thought this was just some not as good horror film sequel about a boy being haunted by Freddy. Watching it again and hearing your take on it, it is a gay time, as it were. What a fun and weird movie. Please keep doing horror/suspense! I love your reactions. "When a Stranger Calls" (original) "Black Christmas (original) "Silence of the Lambs" "Red Dragon" "Psycho" "Carrie" (original) "Rosemary's Baby" "Omen" (original) "Misery"

16:28 The original take for Freddy I believe was him being a child molester.......so yeah.....

Mark Patton has a documentary called “Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street.” It’s fascinating. Nightmare 2 is just bizarre. It’s a one-off that makes little sense with weird gay subtext woven in. As far as the rest of the series, 3 is one of the best, 4 is decent and then New Nightmare is pretty good. The rest of them are awful.

Nightmare 3 is the best in the series. You’re in for a treat.

LOL girrrl, I never get tired of hearing you crack up!!! Hahaha. Lol I've watched quite a few of your reactions several times just b/c you instantly turn energy in the room into FUN energy!!! Much love!!! :D

Alanda is by far my favorite Movie Reactor 🤗❤🌹

I'm glad you mentioned that about the bird in the cage. I think it's cruel too, they are made to fly vast distances, yet it's confined to a small little cage where it can't even fly. I feel the same about fish in a bowl. Fish swim vast distances yet they're confined to a small little bowl where they'll just swim around in circles for the rest of their lives. I also don't see the point of owning such animals. I love them so much but you will never give a fish the same amount of attention you would a cat or a dog, which is pretty sad as it's sacrificing it's whole life to imprisonment just for you to say 'look, I have a fish'. Seems too cruel to me and for such a pointless reason too. I mean why would you ever want a fish or a bird? What can you possibly get from keeping such animals in the restrictions they're kept in? They're quite literally there just for decoration. Sad.

You've got to do Nightmare on Elm Street 3. Nancy returns in that one. It's the best Nightmare sequel.

I'm now at the point I hit the 'like' button before even watching these videos. I've probably watched ten at this point, and they're great for repeat viewing just to have on in the background while I'm going about my day. Along with Redlettermedia this is my favorite channel for movie commentary. The funny shit you say while watching these movies has me in stitches! I've been in a great mood with the weather getting nicer and listening to these videos just makes it better. I hope you keep on, especially with the horror franchises. I grew up with these old time slashers and love hearing your take on them.

oh gosh i live for you’re reactions girl!!

Not with you calling him Fredrick like he the od homie down the street lol good reaction sis

Love your reactions alot. This is probably the darkest of the nightmare on elm street franchise other than the 2010 remake. I love these movies alot, freddy krueger is the goat.

Out of all his movies his most horrific laugh he has ever done is when after he said ( you got the body, I got the brain ) while ripping his skull opened

'I Love You, Phillip Morris' was entertaining. It was a different Jim Carrey performance. The fact that it was a true story made it even better.

Didn't think videos like this could actually be fun to watch, she has such a good vibe for this kind of stuff

“nooo! please, do not induct us into the federation of krueger!”

I still have dreams about Freddy every once in a while, some of my best dreams not as terrible as other ones I have. But if you didn't notice Freddy won before he even left the party, he struck fear into all of those kids spreading the legend and allowing himself to take hold in the nightmare of future generations as well. Good job Freddy.

*(THERE"S JUST BALLS FLYING AT ME)...LOL*

I love that you put that much thought into the Halloween franchise.

"I need a towel and a klonopin." What a legend.

"I hate nothing more than a dead bird" XD

This movie is deeply flawed, but I think it contains the scariest iteration of Freddy

Girl your videos are my new favorite show lol. As a huge horror fan it’s so much fun watching your reactions to them. Also I highly recommend skipping Halloween 3. I swear only 8% of the horror fan community enjoys it, hell I can’t even stand the trailer 😂🤦🏾‍♀️

Funny that you should say about that actress looking like Meryl Streep. The director said that one of the reasons that they cast her was because they thought that she looked like a teenage Meryl Streep.

29:25 The movie is actually Lisa's Nightmare. It's the Nightmare of what it feels like to be in love with a gay guy (as a woman). Your love is never enough to save them. The whole thing was her dream as you noticed, she does Nancy's speech at the end to try and destroy Freddy. She also knew where the boiler room was and all that stuff about psychics. She did everything she could but it all failed. Freddy was used as a metaphor for having those gay feelings and not being able to deal with them. Jesse was a metaphor for unrequited love. As aa teenager it always feels like the end of the world when you love someone who doesn't love you back. The coach was abusing the boys and Jesse was his victim. The Dad was always angry at Jesse because he could sense that his son was gay. It was Lisa's fear that the abuse Jesse suffered would take over him and lead him to destroy all his relationships (killing Grady) including her chances with him. But none of it happened. It's all like a dream analysis. Another clue is that Freddy's knives grew out of this guys skin and he hardly used the glove. The real Freddy comes back in part 3. Can't wait for your reaction to it.

Please watch part 3 dream warriors, it’s hands down the best sequel and is arguably better than the first movie, it’s also a direct follow up to part 1.

Yay my morning has been made better girl! I love “The Birdcage” if you have never seen it it’s incredible! It stars Robin Williams who is a drag Queen club owner. It’s legit a masterpiece and will have you laughing non stop Btw I respect your decision to do a poll for the Halloween’s lol so happy you are planning to continue!

Thank you for these reactions! You’re helping me face my fears 😂 seen these movies as a toddler and been scarred ever since.

Dad's and husbands in horror movies are just AWFUL.

“On the Road by Jack Kerouac?!” Not you calling out my closeted ass in high school I’m fucking losing it I love your commentary

..."And y'all just leave him in torment?" 😂💀😂💀😂

I think you should skip over to Halloween 4. It takes off after Halloween 2 and Danielle Harris is such a great actress in it (and she is only 8 years old at the time).

Call me by your name….gets the waterworks turned on every time.

Jesse is a sleepwalker. So when he falls asleep Freddy takes over his dreams while he sleepwalks.

"You need to go to the DOC TOR!" 🤣

Watch the entire nightmare series too it’s so much fun! Love watching your reactions! ♥️

Bound is my fave queer movie and i definitely recommend it for this channel!! It stars jennifer tilly and gina gershon and it's just perfection. crime noir with sapphics!

From what I understand, the Halloween movies were originally supposed to be stand alone movies. But the success of Michael Myers changes all of that. I'd say it's a safe bet to skip Halloween 3 when tying it in to the series. But you can always watch it for a stand alone movie.

I’m so happy you shouted out Moonlight!!! I love that one and when I saw it people walked out!!! I was just sitting there thinking are y’all not watching the same heart wrenching movie I’m watching! HOW CAN YOU LEAVE HALFWAY THROUGH!

You are so funny, I just love watching you comment on my favorite movies.

Totally love your reactions! Keep it up. You should do Darkness Falls and Boogeyman (2005), two of my favorite corny horror movies. And Thirteen Ghosts (2001) which is, I think one of the most underrated horror movies.

Wow! I have never watched these, I was already a full adult by the time they were coming out and I think I was too busy but damn, this is some scary shit! I'm so glad you're watching it and not me. ;-)

Interesting facts about A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985). In an interview in 1987, Robert Englund said he liked the beginning and end of this movie but had problems with the second act of the plot. Years later, he admits in the Never Sleep Again documentary that he didn’t have that many positive experiences working on the film and even felt that the atmosphere was off when shooting it, lamenting that he had the least fond memories with this entry. (2) Wes Craven refused to work on this film because he never intended to have the first film become an ongoing franchise (and even wanted it to have a happy ending). He also didn't like Freddy manipulating the protagonist into committing the murders. Heather Langenkamp was never asked or even considered for the producers to return to this sequel. Of the entire cast of the previous movie, Robert Englund is the only actor who returned, and even then only after the filmmakers thought the movie was in trouble. This would rarely be repeated for the rest of the franchise (only happening again in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare and Freddy vs. Jason), which would always do its best to rescue living characters from previous films. (3) The exterior of the home featured fairly prominently in the movie. The address of the house in the movie was 1428 Elm Street in Springwood, Ohio. While the number remained the same as it is in real life, the true address is actually 1428 N Genesee Ave, Los Angeles, California. Located just over a mile away from Sunset Strip.

I wonder if anyone has mentioned for you to watch Darkness Falls. Its a tad corny but I like it. In terms of Halloween, I suggest you watch Halloween H2O next to stay with the Laurie story line since they brought Michael back for the fans and the storyline takes us elsewhere (def go back and watch 4&5 later though) and then watch the reboot Halloween (2018) just to stay with the current timeline. Like watch all the Jamie Lee movies and go back if you are interested. Halloween 4 is worth a watch I think as 5 gets a little weird and 6 is a mess lmao. Also Haunt on Shudder is really good and Train to Busan (zombie movie)

I haven't watched this one, but decided to watch your reaction anyway and no regrets. :O I'm actually gonna watch the whole movie later today because now I know it's right up my alley!