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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Freddy's Revenge Mark Patton
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'A Nightmare on Elm Street 2': How a straight director made a queer classic

On the eve of his film's 40th anniversary, director Jack Sholder sets the record straight on how much he knew about the screenplay’s queer subtext.

Mark Patton and Robert Englund in 1985’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Robert Englund ‘knew what was going on’ with gay subtext

The horror icon dissects Freddy Krueger’s sexual fluidity and recalls on-set conversations about turning up the film’s homoeroticism.