Who Knew Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Was the Gayt Film of the 80s? - Queerty

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• WHO KNEW NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2 WAS THE GAYT FILM OF THE 80S?
• 'A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2' AT 35: ROBERT ENGLUND ADDRS HOMOEROTIC SUBTEXT OF 'THE GAYT HORROR MOVIE EVER MA'
• THE NIGHTMARE BEHD THE GAYT HORROR FILM EVER MA
• NEW DOCUMENTARY SET TO EXPLORE GAY SUBTEXT IN "NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2"IS "NIGHTMARE 2" THE GAYT HORROR FILM EVER? MANY WOULD SAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY EVAN ROSS KATZSEPTEMBER 22, 2015/4:18 PMBY EVAN ROSS KATZSEPTEMBER 22, 2015 / 4:18 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW DOCUMENTARY SET TO EXPLORE GAY SUBTEXT IN \"NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-09-22T20:18:50.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-09-22T20:18:50.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"EVAN ROSS KATZ","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS ANYONE WHO'S SEEN 1985'S A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE MIGHT TELL YOU, THE FILM IS MEMORABLE NOT JT FOR S GOME MURRS BUT FOR S NOT-SO-SUBTLE HOMOSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ONE POT THE FILM, JSE, PLAYED BY OPENLY GAY ACTOR MARK PATTON, IS NONTED BY HIS HOMOSEXUAL GYM TEACHER AFTER WDG UP AT DON'S PLACE, A GAY S&M {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUBTLE THIS FILM WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WERE OTHER SIGNS: LIKE WHEN JSE LIPSYNCS TO TOUCH ME (ALL NIGHT LONG) HIS BEDROOM, BACKG HIS BOOTY UP TO HIS DRS TO CLOSE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 2010 DOCUMENTARY NEVER SLEEP AGA: THE ELM STREET LEGACY, SCREENWRER DAVID CHASK PRETTY MUCH ADMTED THAT THE HOMOSEXUAL SUBTEXT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PATTON EVEN POSTED "JSE'S LOST JOURNAL" ONLE, A 68-ENTRY "DIARY" OF JSE'S JOURNEY THROUGHOUT (AND AFTER) THE EVENTS PICTED ELM STREET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ENTRY 39 (AND Y, I READ THEM ALL), HE BEGS TO EXPRS HIS HOMOSEXUAL SIR, SAYG "COL TOUCHED ME LIGHTLY THE SMALL OF MY BACK AS IF TO LET ME KNOW THAT I SHOULD WALK OUT THE DOOR FIRST, I FELT THIS WAS A GOOD SIGN OF HIM BEG A CENT PERSON. AS WE WALKED TO DNER, I WAS AMAZED AT HOW FORTABLE I FELT, I NOTICED ALL THE PEOPLE MOVG RAPIDLY, SOME SLOWLY… ALL VOLVED THEIR OWN WORLD… NOBODY STARED AT AS WE WALKED AND TALKED, WE WERE NOT EAKS, JT TWO GUYS OUT FOR A WALK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO, Y, 'S FAIRLY CERTA, IF NOT BEG EXPLICLY STATED, THAT JSE WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THERE'S A KICKSTARTER TO FUND A DOCUMENTARY, SCREAM, QUEEN! – MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, ABOUT THE FILM AND PATTON, WHO HIMSELF WAS OPENLY GAY. "LTLE DID I KNOW THE EFFECT THAT THE FILM WOULD HAVE ON MY LIFE," PATTON RELLS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WAKE UP THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST MOVIE THAT I'M THE LEAD ACTOR , AND REALIZE THERE'S A GAY SUBTEXT . IN 1985, HOLLYWOOD WAS VERY HOMOPHOBIC AND VERY AIDS-PHOBIC. IF YOU WERE GAY, YOU WERE HIDG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH THE TRAILER FOR THE FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

WHO KNEW NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2 WAS THE GAYT FILM OF THE 80S?

One publitn went as far as to dub A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 "the gayt horror film ever. " Director Jack Sholr and wrer David Chask both nied the film's subtext, and Mark Patton (who was the closet at the time), worried that the suatns of the film beg overtly gay would lead to him beg typest, as he wasn't the typil Hollywood leadg male. Some of the clu a scene where Jse enunters his ach at a gay bar, a scene where said ach is whipped to ath by towels while naked the showers, a scene wh Jse and his bt iend Grady (Rler) where Jse approach him bed, and a scene where Jse attempts to make out wh his girliend at a party before fleeg panic.

'A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2' AT 35: ROBERT ENGLUND ADDRS HOMOEROTIC SUBTEXT OF 'THE GAYT HORROR MOVIE EVER MA'

Beyond that, the film's release 1985 was at the height of the AIDS epimic the Uned Stat, which ed a lot of stigma surroundg gay men and subsequent gay panic was on the rise.

Chask reportedly mented that Patton and his performance were to blame, as there was no tentnal gay ntent the film. This ed animosy between Chask and Patton over the years, as Patton went on rerd sayg that Chask lled his performance "too gay.

THE NIGHTMARE BEHD THE GAYT HORROR FILM EVER MA

Chask has sce said the subtext was always tentnal and he had wrten the script to ment on the AIDS crisis, gay panic, and the angst young men experience if they stggled wh their sexualy.

Image Courty Shudr Sce s release 1985, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge has bee a homoerotic in queer cema. Instead of another “fal girl” like Heather Langenkamp’s Nancy, the protagonist of Freddy’s Revenge is teenage male Jse (a ntrally genred name), played by (then closeted) gay actor Mark Patton. Nothg Jse do is heteronormative, right down to the way he dance-cleans his night, Jse sleepwalks to a BDSM bar (not lled “gay” but the clientele and bartenr are clearly d as such) and enunters his sadistic gym teacher (Marshall Bell) leather who orrs him back to the gym to n as punishment for orrg a beer while unrage.

The portrayal of the gym teacher is the classic “gay man as predator” trope.

NEW DOCUMENTARY SET TO EXPLORE GAY SUBTEXT IN "NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2"IS "NIGHTMARE 2" THE GAYT HORROR FILM EVER? MANY WOULD SAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY EVAN ROSS KATZSEPTEMBER 22, 2015/4:18 PMBY EVAN ROSS KATZSEPTEMBER 22, 2015 / 4:18 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW DOCUMENTARY SET TO EXPLORE GAY SUBTEXT IN \"NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-09-22T20:18:50.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-09-22T20:18:50.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"EVAN ROSS KATZ","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS ANYONE WHO'S SEEN 1985'S A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE MIGHT TELL YOU, THE FILM IS MEMORABLE NOT JT FOR S GOME MURRS BUT FOR S NOT-SO-SUBTLE HOMOSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ONE POT THE FILM, JSE, PLAYED BY OPENLY GAY ACTOR MARK PATTON, IS NONTED BY HIS HOMOSEXUAL GYM TEACHER AFTER WDG UP AT DON'S PLACE, A GAY S&M {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUBTLE THIS FILM WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WERE OTHER SIGNS: LIKE WHEN JSE LIPSYNCS TO TOUCH ME (ALL NIGHT LONG) HIS BEDROOM, BACKG HIS BOOTY UP TO HIS DRS TO CLOSE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 2010 DOCUMENTARY NEVER SLEEP AGA: THE ELM STREET LEGACY, SCREENWRER DAVID CHASK PRETTY MUCH ADMTED THAT THE HOMOSEXUAL SUBTEXT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PATTON EVEN POSTED "JSE'S LOST JOURNAL" ONLE, A 68-ENTRY "DIARY" OF JSE'S JOURNEY THROUGHOUT (AND AFTER) THE EVENTS PICTED ELM STREET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ENTRY 39 (AND Y, I READ THEM ALL), HE BEGS TO EXPRS HIS HOMOSEXUAL SIR, SAYG "COL TOUCHED ME LIGHTLY THE SMALL OF MY BACK AS IF TO LET ME KNOW THAT I SHOULD WALK OUT THE DOOR FIRST, I FELT THIS WAS A GOOD SIGN OF HIM BEG A CENT PERSON. AS WE WALKED TO DNER, I WAS AMAZED AT HOW FORTABLE I FELT, I NOTICED ALL THE PEOPLE MOVG RAPIDLY, SOME SLOWLY… ALL VOLVED THEIR OWN WORLD… NOBODY STARED AT AS WE WALKED AND TALKED, WE WERE NOT EAKS, JT TWO GUYS OUT FOR A WALK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO, Y, 'S FAIRLY CERTA, IF NOT BEG EXPLICLY STATED, THAT JSE WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THERE'S A KICKSTARTER TO FUND A DOCUMENTARY, SCREAM, QUEEN! – MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, ABOUT THE FILM AND PATTON, WHO HIMSELF WAS OPENLY GAY. "LTLE DID I KNOW THE EFFECT THAT THE FILM WOULD HAVE ON MY LIFE," PATTON RELLS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WAKE UP THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST MOVIE THAT I'M THE LEAD ACTOR , AND REALIZE THERE'S A GAY SUBTEXT . IN 1985, HOLLYWOOD WAS VERY HOMOPHOBIC AND VERY AIDS-PHOBIC. IF YOU WERE GAY, YOU WERE HIDG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH THE TRAILER FOR THE FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

He begs Grady to watch him sleep and wake him up if he se anythg strange, but of urse, Grady don’t believe him, and as soon as he turns out the light, Freddy emerg om Jse’s body and kills Grady (allegory for Jse’s homosexual sire for Grady emergg as Freddy, but that sire mt be stroyed) returns to Lisa and out to her about everythg he has done, but nnot ntrol his fear which is Freddy’s fuel, and emerg as Freddy once aga to torment and kill all of the hedonistic teenagers at the pool party. Freddy disappears to the boiler room where Fred Keger the pedophile and child killer (homosexual as predator much?

” The queer subtext of this, Jse losg ntrol of himself to disastro effects, is Freddy as the embodiment of Jse’s latent homosexualy (or bisexualy, pendg who you ask).

The social mentary A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge is that actg on supprsed homosexual sir leads to ath. Consirg the movie was released 1985 the middle of the AIDS crisis wh homosexualy beg monized at every turn, homosexualy DID equal ath.