SQIFF A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge

Described as ‘The Gayest Horror Movie Ever Made’, Freddy’s Revenge is the first of many sequels to Wes Craven’s 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street. Maligned for being cheap trash on its release, the second film in the franchise has achieved cult status for its gloriously campy queer subtext. Virginal teenager, Jesse, feels he has something inside him that needs to ‘come out,’ which turns out, of course, to be Freddy Krueger. Beyond this unsubtle, central metaphor, Jesse has a suspiciously close relationship with his male friend, a sadomasochistic gym teacher who literally gets stripped and whipped, and a supposed love interest who looks like Meryl Streep.

Introduced by Jordan Phillips, queer horror maestro at Queen Margaret University.