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Coming at you from Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, Joe and I are gifting you all with our live recording of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge to celebrate the film’s 34th anniversary! In advance of the US premiere of the documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (my review), Joe and I were joined by the film’s stars Mark Patton (Jesse), Robert Rusler (Grady) and Kim Myers (Lisa). While this episode isn’t exactly representative of our standard format or structure, it’s filled with delicious little tidbits of behind-the-scenes information.
Things get off to a bit of an awkward start, but we quickly course-correct as all of us get immersed in the conversation. Topics up for discussion are the aftermath of the film’s release, Patton’s evaluation of the film and its haters, a rendition of “Happy Birthday to You” and Rusler telling on me for saying that Myers looks like Meryl Streep (cue audience laughter).
In A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, Jesse Walsh (Patton) moves into 1428 Elm Street five years after the events of the first film. He begins to experience nightmares featuring Freddy Krueger, and realizes that Freddy is trying to possess him in an attempt to cross over into the real world. With the help of his friend Lisa (Myers), Jesse attempts to stop Freddy before he can take over his body for good.
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Episode 46 – A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) LIVE! feat. Mark Patton, Robert Rusler and Kim Myers
You’ve asked and you’ve asked and you’ve asked! The boys are finally covering A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, but there’s a catch: it’s LIVE! This means no editing took place in the post-production of this episode, so you get to hear all of their “ums,” “uhs” and all other sorts of screw-ups.
As part of Fantastic Fest’s queer horror sidebar (which included the Texas Premiere of the documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street and a drag performance by Peaches Christ), the boys were fortunate enough to discuss NOES 2 with the film’s stars Mark Patton (Jesse), Robert Rusler (Grady) and Kim Myers (Lisa)!
In a podcast first, this episode comes to you completely uncut (like all the best things in life). Delight in the fact that Patton calls Trace on his bullshit in the first 5 minutes of the recording and completely derails the intended plan for the episode (in a good way, though!) There’s nothing like winging it, is there?
Also, Patton gives his thoughts on Wes Craven, Rusler reminisces about doing cocaine with Grace Jones, Myers kick-starts a rendition of “Happy Birthday to You” for Patton (because hey, this recording took place on his birthday!) and Joe keeps his cool throughout all of it.
Cross out A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge!
Coming up Wednesday: We’re visiting Anne Rice and her homoerotic subtext with a discussion of Interview With the Vampire!
– Joe & Trace
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