Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019)

Directed by

Tyler Jensen, Roman Chimienti

Genre

documentary, horror

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

14

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at the making of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and its star Mark Patton. It explores how the film's homoerotic themes affected Patton's life and career as a closeted actor in the 1980s.

reflectivepoignantpersonalcandidinsightfulnostalgicintrospectivethought-provoking

What happens

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Roman Chimienti and Tyler Jensen. It examines the legacy of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, the second installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series, and the life of the film's lead actor, Mark Patton. In particular, Freddy's Revenge has garnered a reputation for its homoerotic themes and subject material, which affected Patton, who was closeted at the time of the film's production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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