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After starring in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Mark Patton left Hollywood behind. More than 30 years later, the film has become a homoerotic cult classic — and its leading man is coming to terms with what he calls the "ultimate betrayal." “I need you, Jesse,” Freddy Krueger growls. A Nightmare on Elm Street was not a movie that anyone expected to become a big hi. By the time a sequel was being considered, word of mouth surrounding the original was still building. People were just becoming aware of who Freddy was.

Freddy’s Revenge may always be the outsider in its family, but it’s nonetheless one of the most interesting and lively entries; a pivotal LGBT horror flick that happens to be a great little FX-driven monster movie at the same time. I have long loved horror movies. I was around ten when I got into the Scream franchise and from there it was a blood-drenched rollercoaster ride into the worlds of Urban Legend , Halloween and Final Destination. Spoilers galore.

But as Robert Englund — the man who donned Freddy Krueger’s murderous razor-claw glove to torment teens for eight installments of Nightmare on Elm Street — reminds us, the franchise’s first. In when A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 hit theaters, it was just another mainstream horror film. The film starred mostly unknown actors and ended up performing very well by box office standards. However, almost 30 years later, most fans of the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise consider Part 2 to be one of the worse, if not the worst, of the series.

After starring in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Mark Patton left Hollywood behind. More than 30 years later, the film has become a homoerotic cult classic — and its leading man is coming to terms with what he calls the "ultimate betrayal." “I need you, Jesse,” Freddy Krueger growls. Was this the intention of the filmmakers? Some say of course it was a gay film, while others say there was never any intention to make the film gay. Portrayed by a young Mark Patton, Jesse lives with his two parents and younger sister at Elm Street, a house we soon discover was the home of Nancy in the first Nightmare on Elm Street film.

Chaskin reportedly commented that Patton and his performance were to blame, as there was no intentional gay content in the film. This caused animosity between Chaskin and Patton over the years, as Patton went on record saying that Chaskin called his performance "too gay.". For my massive upcoming book, The Fractured Mirror , I am trying to write about every narrative American movie about filmmaking. Nathan Rabin's Bad Ideas is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.