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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
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Original name: A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy's sweetheart can master her fear.
Style:
slasher, scary, homoerotic, creepy, retro, saga, teen horror, bloody, suspense, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, teen fantasy, teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural horror, gay, gay subtext, homoeroticism, homoerotic friendship, nightmare on elm street, high school, serial killer, monster, revenge, gory, serial teen killer, gay bar, malice, public nudity, maniac, sleeping, bare chested male, hairy chested man, blood, nudity, male nudity, supernatural, vengeance, transformation ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
usa, midwest, ohio
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Most similar movies to A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out slasher, scary, splatter and suspenseful films with plots about murder, gory, gore, deadly, death, blood and violence mostly in Horror, Thriller and Fantasy genres. Some movies like A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge: The Burning (1981), Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), House of Wax (2005), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), New Nightmare (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, classic horror, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
murder, supernatural, supernatural horror, nightmare, fear, dream, serial killer, gory, sleep deprivation, teenager, nightmare comes true, high school ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
ohio, usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, cult horror, creepy, terrifying ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
prank, revenge, summer camp, stalking, serial killer, lake, survival, disfigurement, evil man, forest, fear, killer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york state, new york, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After 23 horrifying days of gorging on human flesh, an ancient creature known as the Creeper embarks on a final voracious feeding frenzy, terrorizing a group of varsity basketball players, cheerleaders and coaches stranded on a remote highway when ...
Style:
suspense, scary, homoerotic, teen horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, scarecrow, demon, cheerleader, farm, creature, beast, monster, cornfield, deadly creature, cannibalism, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2003, near future
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, group of friends, torture, murder, violence, small town, gory, brutality, ghost town, wax museum, masked man ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, florida, louisiana, new york, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, surreal, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen fantasy, kids, adult
Plot:
serial killer, mental institution, supernatural horror, nightmare, killer, dead teenager, dream, supernatural, group of teenagers, trapped, maniac, serial murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Evil dream-demon Freddy Krueger devises a plan to manipulate the unstoppable Jason Vorhees into hacking up the teenagers of Elm Street in an effort to make people remember the name Freddy Krueger, thus freeing him from limbo.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, bloody, sadistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, adult
Plot:
serial killer, blood, violence, masked man, gory, monster, two killers, nightmare on elm street, brutality, murder, serial teen killer, danger ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, year 1973, year 1957, 80s ...
Place:
ohio, new jersey, midwest
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The film that brings back horror icon Freddy Krueger as a darker and more sinister character than ever before. While Freddy is on the prowl a group of teenagers being stalked soon learn they all have a common factor making them targets for this ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, teen, horrifying ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
monster, revenge, dream, nightmare, nightmare comes true, gory, killer, serial killer, nightmare on elm street, death, terror, brutality ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who can draw others into her dreams, wills her special ability to her friend Alice. Alice ...
Style:
slasher, scary, spooky, surreal, classic horror ...
Audience:
date night, teen fantasy, teens, adult
Plot:
nightmare on elm street, supernatural, body horror, high school, cheerleader, asthma, serial killer, murder, characters murdered one by one, teenage girl, male victim, haunted house ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1991
Place:
ohio, usa, midwest
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In this meta horror film, a demonic entity uses the fictional character of Freddy Krueger to enter the real world and torment "Elm Street" heroine Heather Langenkamp and her family.
Style:
slasher, scary, sexy, bloody, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural horror, supernatural, nightmare on elm street, filmmaking, blood, serial killer, hospital, sleeping, insomnia, psychopath, alternate reality, death ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
ohio, los angeles, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Nobody believes teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) when he discovers that his suave new neighbor, Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon), is a vampire. So when the bloodsucker starts stalking Charley, he turns to has-been actor Peter Vincent ...
Style:
scary, cult classic, horror comedy, dark comedy, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, blood, supernatural horror, supernatural, monster, transformation, bloodsucker, vampire hunter, teenager, teenage protagonist, dracula, werewolf ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
iowa, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A college-age brother and sister get more than they bargained for on their road trip home from spring break. When the bickering siblings witness a creepy truck driver tossing body bags into a sewer near an abandoned church, they investigate. Bad ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, creepy, dark ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, macabre, death, serial killer, supernatural, scared, characters murdered one by one, demon, dead teenager, halloween, destiny, scarecrow ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
florida
Similarity:
100%
153K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, ...
Style:
scary, gothic, frightening, sexy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
body horror, macabre, demon, supernatural horror, brutality, gory, human sacrifice, cursed object, surrealism, sadomasochism, sex horror, undead ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The legend of that creepy masked-man, Michael Myers, comes to life once again in this fourth installment of the successful horror franchise. This time, it's Michael's niece, Jamie, who can't seem to escape her crazy uncle. With ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, scary, splatter, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, halloween, holiday horror, masked killer, masked villain, small town, teenager, murder, crime spree, blood, monster, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
illinois, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. His ...
Style:
slasher, scary, grindhouse, bloody, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, adult
Plot:
nightmare on elm street, comic book, serial teen killer, psycho terror, fetus, nightmare, serial killer, sexualized violence, pregnancy, supernatural, vengeance, gory ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, 90s, year 1992
Place:
ohio, usa, midwest
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem. Young Tommy may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he’s still haunted by the gruesome events that happened there. When gory murders start happening at the secluded halfway ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
killer, masked killer, gory, friday the 13th, masked man, serial teen killer, murder, serial killer, male victim, outdoor sex, murder of a nude woman, summer camp ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
Style:
slasher, surprise ending, twist ending, sexy, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
summer camp, serial killer, murder, bullying, psychopath, youth, teenage life, female villain, rivalry, psycho killer, danger, teenage girl ...
Time:
80s, year 2016
Similarity:
100%
336K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, slasher horror, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, holiday horror, babysitter, death, masked killer, killer, small town, psychiatrist, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1963, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america, midwest, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a hard day of volleyball at the beach, a teen whose parents are away decides to have a slumber party with her girlfriends. Their boyfriends predictably show up to scare them, but a stranger from the beach is also seen lurking around the house. ...
Style:
bloody, slasher, dark, retro, funny ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, high school, murder, dead teenager, gory, nudity, death, chase, violence, killer, murderer ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Similarity:
100%
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25K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Beverly Hills teen (Billy Warlock) discovers his parents are part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite.
Style:
horror comedy, creepy, dark comedy, surreal, homoerotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
body horror, conspiracy, surrealism, secret society, dark humor, cannibalism, cheerleader, paranoia, transformation, satire, black magic, making love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Big Apple's in big trouble, as indestructible psycho-fiend Jason Vorhees hits the road to New York City. After a shocking return from beyond the grave, the diabolical Jason ships out abroad a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New ...
Style:
slasher, scary, classic horror, spooky, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, friday the 13th, masked man, murder, ship, boat, gory, murder of a nude woman, monster, dead teenager, high school, cruise ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new jersey, new york, usa, america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Angela Baker, a psychotic transsexual, escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or a ...
Style:
slasher, scary, slasher horror, bloody, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
summer camp, serial killer, camp, teenager, gory, rivalry, decapitation, tragic villain, blonde, murder, camping, camp counselor ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams. ...
Style:
slasher, retro, scary, classic horror, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen fantasy
Plot:
serial killer, nightmare on elm street, supernatural, husband murders wife, serial teen killer, monster, blood, amnesia, vengeance, dream, human monster, evil spirit ...
Time:
90s, 1950s, 1940s, 70s, year 1994 ...
Place:
ohio, usa, midwest
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An 18-year-old high school girl is left at home by her parents and decides to have a slumber party. Meanwhile, a mass murderer with a propensity for power tools has escaped from prison, and eventually makes his way to the party where the guests ...
Style:
slasher, scary, creepy, grindhouse, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, high school, teenager, marijuana, gory, psychopath, blood, camp, female nudity, killer, women ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
venice california, los angeles, venice beach california, california
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
High school student turns out to be personification of Lucifer. Two archangels in human form (as women) take him on.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, scary, satanic, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
antichrist, high school, good versus evil, male nudity, reincarnation, supernatural, revenge, satan, afterlife, religions or cults, supernatural ability, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, 60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
32%
111K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, medical horror, perverse, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, hospital, halloween, murder, holiday horror, masked killer, masked villain, stalking, killer, masked man, psycho killer, voyeur ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
illinois, midwest, chicago, usa
Similarity:
32%
138K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, psychological, splatter ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, masked killer, holiday horror, psychopath, gory, killer, sadistic psychopath, masked man, vengeance, blood, bullying ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 70s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, chicago, midwest
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A group of friends and their girlfriends head out for what is expected to be a vacation of hiking, camping and a good time, but when a backwoods mama finds them on her turf, it becomes anything but a vacation.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, suspense, serious, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fugitives, camp, woods, murder, backwoods, stalking, prank, bus, psychopath, youth, gory, serial killer ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
california, southern california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After the Crystal Lake Massacres, Jason is pronounced dead and taken to the hospital morgue, where he is mysteriously revived, allowing his diabolical killing spree to continue at the camp where the gruesome slaughtering began. But this time, in ...
Style:
slasher, slasher horror, scary, teen horror, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, manly
Plot:
serial killer, gory, serial teen killer, killer, serial murder, friday the 13th, masked man, morgue, death, murder, male victim, characters murdered one by one ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two horror segments based on Edgar Allan Poe stories set in and around the city of Pittsburgh. "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" concerns a cheating wife who is trying to scam her dying husband out of millions by having her ...
Style:
anthology, gothic, creepy, cult classic, scary ...
Plot:
blood, zombie, spirit, macabre, greed, ghost, murder, older woman younger man relationship, female criminal, inquisition, supernatural, gory ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 90s
Place:
america, pittsburgh, new york
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, cannibalism, chainsaw, masked killer, murder, homicidal maniac, psychopath, danger, macabre, killer, maniac ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1973
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, north america
Similarity:
30%
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