I have a strange history to A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE. My family had taken a trip to Mexico in October 2002. On Halloween night while my parents were getting ready for all of us to go out. I went for the TV to find something to watch. I loved the idea of finding a horror film because usually those had boobs in them and I was 12 years old. I ended up watching the second half of that film in Spanish. I had no clue what was going on, but I knew it was scary. Later I saw it on the wall of a gay bar in Berlin projected against a large wall in 2011. This doc was so interesting to watch and was honestly really funny. It’s such a crazy movie that I love knowing how this came together. Mark Patton’s story is so fascinating especially with him as a gay man playing this role. I also think all the queer film theory is so smart and well constructed. The ending is so powerful and the moment the cast and crew sit around the fire almost made me cry. This is a Hollywood I don’t understand because I didn’t live through it and at the same time I feel so bad for the LGBTQ+ community in the time of the 1980s.
