Halloweeen Month is in full effect here at Cypher Avenue! And what kind of self-respecting geek culture website from the perspective of gay men would we be without speaking about A Nightmare on Elm Street’s infamous gay secret?
That’s right. One of the Freddy Krueger movies is gay…like REALLY gay.
The first sequel to the 1984 horror hit A Nightmare on Elm Street titled “Freddy’s Revenge” is infamous for its’ blatant homosexual overtones throughout the entire film. What’s most shocking is that the filmmakers, actors and producers had NO IDEA that what there were doing would be perceived as gay in anyway.
Even with obvious clues like this “No Chicks Allowed” sign on the main character’s bedroom door:
Or the numerous shots of male nudity:
Or even with the scenes in a gay leather bar:
Or that lead protagonist Jesse Walsh was played by an openly gay actor (Mark Patton):
In “Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy,” an awesome documentary about the making of every film and television series in the franchise, the actors and filmmakers finally come clean about the gayest horror film ever made.
I have to admit that when I saw this film as a kid, I didn’t really like it. The next episode in the series, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,” was the film that made me a huge fan of the franchise.
However, after seeing this documentary and learning about the subliminally gay overtones, I think I may have to re-examine “Freddy’s Revenge”!
Nick Delmacy
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The writer knew and I kind of want to say Robert Englund knew a well, but its been a while since I’ve seen Never Sleep Again. But it’s deeper than just what you’ve mentioned. Things like the fact that when Jesse was trying to be intimate with a girl he had a sudden panic attack for no reason and went running to his half naked best friend who Freddy disapproves of and kills
This the one where Freddy says “you’ve got the body, and I got the brains”?
Just listen to that dialogue…straight from an old school gay porn movie.
The way he caresses his face with his phallic blades…bow chicka wow wow.
Yep and the only one with a male hero
Speaking of gay conspiracy theories and six degrees of separation…this was the same line Will Smith used in his song “Nightmare On My Street”
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They sued him for that. I feel bad for this movie. The studii pulles it from theaters and all subsequent movies act like it didnt exist and they dont play it during marathons or at least they didnt before
Dream Warriors was on point! I watched that so many times!
Oh he was a homo and she was his fag hag. The scenes I really remember that seemed gay were him being in the bar full of men and the shower scene with the “coach”. I actually didn’t start disliking the franchise until Freddy’s Dead, whichever number it was in the lineup I’m not sure. Dream Warriors was my shit! My friend and I like to disect a lot of horror movies and this was one of them. Why were their dream powers so weak if they could choose what they were? Oh almost forgot, my baby Mr. Fishburne was in that one.
Freddys dead was 6. They didnt choose their powers so much as their powers were representations of their personalities…like dreams represent the subconscious
Gotcha. I almost liked the Dream Warrior more simply because the lead girl would acquire the powers of her murdered friends.
That was dream master
Thank you. I could not think of the name.
And here I believed I was the only one who saw these things.
Man…the hints you miss as a kid.
Freddy is my fav killer ever! And Dream Warriors is my fav part of the franchise…that’s the 1 right (@hannibal) ? W the teens having their powers n Freddy frying them?!
This isn’t the only movie that fits that category. Any one remember “Fright Night” (1983).
http://www.queerty.com/is-the-new-fright-night-as-queer-as-the-original-20110819
I hate scary movies but I think a lot of 80’s cinema have over gay overtones.