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Actually a very frightening film

posted 3 years ago by holly61 (906)
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While it seems people regard the film as poor (from what I hear) it's substantially better than the rest of the sequels. The sequels after this are something approaching a horror comedy with too much surrealism.

This film however is very real. The actors are even superior to the one's in the first film and there is a tone of realism. This seems like a real family, nothing over the top at first apart from the nightmares. The ''haunting'' (if you could call it that) in the house is subtle. The heat, what happened with the birds all built up tension. When the ''events'' start actually happening (freddy showing up in the real world) it was quite the appropriate reveal.

[–] ZombieSushi386 (5) 2 years ago

I couldn't agree more! This was an excellent sequel and it has alot more to it than meets the eye. Freddy is truly sinister, and the massacre at the pool party is one of the only times in the series where you see Freddy killing in the real world.
I can honestly say that this is probably favorite out of the series, maybe just a smidgen more than the original.
It's funny that you mention that Freddy is almost "haunting" Jesse because some of the shots where the camera is just moving around the empty house really remind me of Amityville Horror, although the possession plot line is closer to Amityville 2.

[–] Bossdog677 (1458) 2 years ago

The opening Nightmare alone is just miles better than anything from the original and 2nd only behind the opening Nightmare in Freddys Dead as the greatest thing in the franchise.

[–] Puvwall (1245) 2 years ago

I thought it was well executed, except the final scene. The 2nd bus scene