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[Horror Queers Podcast] A LIVE! Recording With Mark Patton on the 34th Anniversary of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 2’!
He’s got the story. We’ve got the podcast.
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
P.S. Be sure to check out all of our online articles right here, including our FINAL Horror Queers article, which is on Basic Instinct 2 (2006) of all things.
P.P.S. As an added bonus, if you subscribe to our Patreon you can listen to our full-length bonus episodes on In the Tall Grass and Zombieland: Double Tap.
“This is life’s ultimate cruelty. It offers us a taste of youth and vitality, and then it makes us witness our own decay.”
Is there anything more terrifying than the relentless passage of time? It’s a bitter truth that just when we’ve become accustomed to our bodies, the sands of time turn and we’re forced to watch them slowly break down in a cruel march towards inevitable death. But what if there were a way to stop the aging process – a potion that would return us to our peak physical condition and hold us there until the end of time? Would we take it? And would we eventually find that the blessing of perpetual life is actually a curse? No film explores this dilemma quite like Death Becomes Her. Robert Zemeckis’ 1992 horror comedy pits two showstopping divas against each other for a single spotlight while asking what they would do for eternal youth – and what will be the hidden cost?
Madeline (Meryl Streep) and Helen (Goldie Hawn) are old frenemies with a history of vicious competition. Madeline seems to have won the most recent battle and married Helen’s fiance Ernest (Bruce Willis), but decades later, their marriage is on the rocks and Madeline’s once thriving career is now a thing of the past. When Helen returns with a stunning new look, Madeline turns to unorthodox methods to maintain her feminine dominance. She drinks a potion designed to give her eternal youth, but returns home to find her life turned upside down by her downtrodden husband and jealous “friend.” Having both taken the potion, “Mad” and “Hel” engage in a bitter fight to the death over years of petty snipes and the right to claim the title of Most Desirable Woman.
In their latest episode, The Lady Killers dissect these two glamorous killers and the hidden social commentary in Zemeckis’ iconic film. Co-hosts Jenn Adams, Mae Shults, Rocco T. Thompson, and Sammie Kuykendall dish over their own fears of aging, choose their favorite diva, and decide whether they would take the potion should they ever find themselves in Lisle’s (Isabella Rossellini) lavish home. How does the film hit differently when watching as an adult? Could Madeline, Helen, and Ernest ever make a polycule work? Is Lisle a hero or a villain and how does she keep that gorgeous necklace in place? They’ll wrestle with these questions and more in a podcasting shovel battle to the death on this unique horror comedy and one of the most glamorous casts of all time.
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