Nightmare on elm street gay

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 has gone from being the most hated sequel in the franchise to an iconic movie for LGBT youth. Read more at Wicked Horror. After starring in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Mark Patton left Hollywood behind. More than 30 years later, the film has become a homoerotic cult classic — and its leading man is coming to terms with what he calls the "ultimate betrayal.".

Director Jack Sholder and writer David Chaskin both denied the film's subtext, and Mark Patton (who was in the closet at the time), worried that the insinuations of the film being overtly gay would lead to him being typecast, as he wasn't the typical Hollywood leading male.

These days, Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge has acquired queer cult status, widely celebrated as one of the gayest horror movies of all time. But until the Never Sleep Again. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge has become a homoerotic icon in queer cinema; here I'll examine queer themes in the film. Taking on the tropes already found in previous movies of the genre such as Halloween and Friday the 13th , Craven crafted a morality play based on the sexual promiscuity of teenagers — one in which their sexual escapades leaves them for dead by the final reel.

The first Nightmare was a huge success, so naturally plans for a sequel happened quickly. Freddy Krueger is back, of course, but rather than murdering his victims in their sleep, he taunts the unsuspecting Jesse Walsh, whose family has moved into that spooky house on Elm Street. Jesse runs from his girlfriend and his hesitation toward having sex with her, and where does he end up? Very spooky stuff! Who does he run into?

His sadistic gym teacher, naturally. Totally normal. Totally heterosexual. Just two men being real masculine together in a completely non-sexual way. Well, it is, until Coach is tied up by a mysterious force and then whipped with towels while Jesse watches. Also, huh?! The crazy thing is that this happened at all, but apparently what seems pretty blatant now was conveniently over the heads of those who worked on the film.

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And actor Mark Patton, who starred as Jesse and who later publicly came out as gay , also confessed that he pretty much figured out what was going on. The director, however, had his head in the clouds the whole damn time. Who knows if the prop department was in on it. While it broke from the formula of the Nightmare series, it stands on its own as — what else? Like what you see? Follow Decider on Facebook and Twitter to join the conversation, and sign up for our email newsletters to be the first to know about streaming movies and TV news!

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