Written by Mr. Mouseburger 11th Dec 2006

Following on from the success of the first film, New Line Cinema could not resist reintroducing this icon of the horror genre and so, hot on the heels of A Nightmare on Elm Street, comes the sequel entitled, Freddy's Revenge. Now without wishing to be pedantic, the whole franchise is about Freddy's revenge against the people of Elm Street, so it seems a bit pointless calling this his revenge.

Once again we are at the climax of the film, and there is another virginal girl fighting against Freddy, but this time there is an intriguing twist. Freddy has possessed the body of a nerdy new kid on the block, Jesse, and has been getting him to murder all of the kids of Elm Street with those trademark finger-blades.

There is a conflict of interest here though, as while Jesse seems to have happily slashed his way through his chums, he is in love with Lisa Webber, who just happens to be the virginal teen that Freddy wants to kill next. Earlier in the film this conflict is made apparent when Freddy chases Lisa through her house during a pool party. Jesse had moments earlier confessed to Lisa that he thinks he is being possessed, and has committed the murders when Freddy bursts out of his body and starts stalking Lisa.

She is cornered in her house and, as a last desperate plea, she tells Jesse that she loves him, and to fight Freddy. This seems to have an effect on Krueger as he leaves her alone, runs out into the patio area where he slashes a few scantily clad, beer guzzling teens, before disappearing in flames.

He is not dead though, as in order to kill him Lisa needs to go to the hauntingly abandoned industrial complex (obviously) where Freddy was originally killed in order to finally vanquish him. They meet and after a surprisingly un-scary chase sequence, Freddy/Jesse manages to corner Lisa once again (who said women were good with directions!!?) Lisa has by this point though realised that Jesse's love for her is the only way to defeat Freddy, and so she starts trying get Jesse to fight back against Freddy's possession of his body. This is remarkably successful and Krueger bursts into flames, leaving only a charred husk of his body behind which, after a few moments of mild suspense, splits apart revealing a completely unharmed Jesse.