This isn't quite the sequel that dream warriors was, but the storyline continues with returning characters Kristen, Joey and Kincaid, back to Springwood highschool and normal life. Of course, Freddy's back to prey on them and all their friends. This was the most successful in the series at the box-office and you can see why. It is a pure popcorn movie, complete with the big soundtrack and high death-count; but also packed full of great one-liners. Helmer Renny Harlin said that he saw Freddy as the "James Bond of horror" and obviously wanted him to live up to this by having a payoff line after every murder.
The acting and story shift down a gear, but the entertainment shifts up and its nice to see a return to the suburbs. This is sort of an interesting article to what teenage films in the eighties were; it mixes the horror, high-school, sketchpad characterisations and cheese-laden music that made the decade memorable. I watch this film because it is like visiting a safe place from childhood, which I guess shows the weakness of the horror at this point in the series.
The acting and story shift down a gear, but the entertainment shifts up and its nice to see a return to the suburbs. This is sort of an interesting article to what teenage films in the eighties were; it mixes the horror, high-school, sketchpad characterisations and cheese-laden music that made the decade memorable. I watch this film because it is like visiting a safe place from childhood, which I guess shows the weakness of the horror at this point in the series.