Smell the Movies
Smell the TV
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| Year: | 1987 |
| Country of origin: | USA |
| Director: | Chuck Russell |
| Genre: | Slasher sequel |
| Starring: | Heather Langenkamp, Craig Wasson, Robert Englund, Patricia Arquette, Laurence Fishburne |
| Rating: | 5/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093629/ |
| Tagline: | Freddy's just around the corner... |
| Favourite line: | "I said, "Where's the fucking bourbon?"" |
This is the best of the sequels.
A bunch of disturbed 'teens' are holed up in a psychiatric hospital, under the tender and less than tender care of doctors Gordon and Simms. All are complaining of bad dreams and all are taking desperate measures to ensure they do not sleep alone. Step in Nancy from the original movie as a councillor of some form or other, who convinces Dr Gordon to help her facilitate group dreams, a state that can be achieved by using the power of one of the inmates, Kristen, and together they aim to do battle with the be-clawed one.
Listen, it doesn't stand up to even the vaguest scrutiny, but what horror film does?
The enjoyment here comes from the genuine sense of kinship that the disturbed youngsters display, as well as the demented nature of some of the death scenes, Freddy as puppet master being my personal favourite, using a poor saps tendons as his strings.
With reasonably strong performances from all, and early appearances from both Laurence 'Morpheus' Fishburne and Patricia Arquette, a reasonable level of gore and the best Freddy death sequence at the end of it all, what's not to like?
It's downhill from here though, kids.
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