10 ‘Bad’ Horror Movies Everyone Gets Wrong
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Of all the films on this list, Freddy's Revenge is easily the most well-known example of a supposedly poor film undergoing a reappraisal decades after its release. With its homoerotic undercurrents and subversion of the 'final girl' trope often being singled out as its strongest elements.
Aside from those two aspects though, Freddy's Revenge still has a whole lot to offer for fans of the genre. With numerous gruesome special-effects sequences, mean-spirited kills and one of Robert Englund's most menacing performances as Freddy Kruger, this film really is nowhere near as inept as its reputation would have you believe.
Several critics of the time were highly dismissive of the film, with some even going so far as to refer to the film as tedious and humourless. The latter of which being an interesting assertion when the first film isn't exactly a laugh-a-minute joke fest.
It may not be able to fully hold its own when compared to the likes of Craven's original, or the vastly superior Dream Warriors, but Freddy's Revenge is a solid entry into the eighties slasher canon that has far more going on under the hood when compared to its contemporaries.