A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is a 1985 American slasher film directed by Jack Sholder and the second installment in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film series. The screenplay was written by David Chaskin. It stars Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. Patton plays Jesse Walsh, a teenager who, after moving into the home of Nancy Thompson, begins to have recurring nightmares of Freddy Krueger who is out to possess him in order to kill in the real world. It is the
A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise) sleep at the dentist's office, and Freddy shows up and kills him. Since his inception in 1984, Freddy Krueger has appeared in multiple works of literature, including countless behind-the-scenes compilations, short stories, novels (including novelizations) and comics. Between 1987 and 2003, Freddy Krueger appeared in the novelization of each of the films. The first five films were adapted by St. Martin's Press. Those adaptations follow the films closely, with minor changes to specific details that occurred in the film. "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3" does not follow the respective film, instead utilizing the same plot elements to tell a