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 Director
: Jack Sholder
Starring
: Mark Patton, Kim Meyers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager, Hope
Lange & Robert Englund
Picture
1.85:1 Anamorphic, DD 5.1, Dual-Layer, Snap Case
Running
Time : 87 mins
The
story:
The
Man of your dreams is back!
The
Grady family, including their teenage son Jesse (MarkPatton),
moves into a house on Elm Street which has been vacant for
some time. Hardly surprising, since it was the same house
in which the first Nightmare on Elm Street took place. Ron
(Robert Rusler) starts having strange nightmares and finds
that Freddy Kruger is using him to commit terrible deeds.
It is up to his girlfriend to find some way of stopping
Freddy.
The
summary:
When
any self respecting horror fan learnt that a second Elm
Street was being made they undoubtedly counted the days
until its release. Coming so hot on the heels of the original
this was very eagerly anticipated and meant the continuance
of the Elm Street demon, Freddy Krueger. Sadly the rush
to release the film in an effort to cash in on the success
of the first film meant that the story had so hastily been
overlooked. Gone was the eerie and brutal originality and
instead was a Freddy more intent on killing just because....well
because he could.
Loosely
linked, the films are tied together by the house that Nancy
and her family used to live in on Elm Street. A new family
have moved in and Freddy decides to "adopt" the
son to serve his evil purpose. This Tie in seems to completely
overlook the fact that it was the kids of his murderers
that Freddy was punishing, not where they lived !. Anyway
the film starts well enough with a chilling School bus introduction
but as it unfolds it seems to go rapidly downhill until
its sloppy conclusion. There are numerous set pieces throughout,
that show freddy at his gruesome best but the film seems
intent on trying to make something out of nothing and sadly
will not see you hailing it as a classic sequel.
The
DVD is a well presented edition of the film, with both the
original Mono and newly created 5.1 mixes of the film. The
extra's are very sparse, although the DVD-Rom content will
keep you entertained for a while. The sound and picture
are both worthy of a mention due to their crispness despite
their age.
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