1, 2 Freddy’s coming for you!
In 1985, Mark Patton starred in what later generations would dub ‘The gayest horror movie ever made,’ A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge. The sequel made Freddy Krueger into a pop-culture icon, but Patton was never heard from again. After 30 years of living in near obscurity, Patton is back to talk about how his American dream became a nightmare during the homophobic AIDS crisis in Hollywood and why had to give it all up.
Check out the new teaser trailer for the documentary after the jump!
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street – Teaser from Tyler Jensen on Vimeo.
I look forward to see this. The best role he had was in Come Back to the Five and Dime with Cher although he wasn’t in it very much.
I well remember seeing NIGHTMARE II when it first opened in theaters and, as an openly gay man all my adult life, I couldn’t possibly fail to recognize the movie’s thoroughly gay slant (the shower scene with the coach, most of Mark Patton’s scenes, etc.). I LOVED it! This whole bizarre fracas prompted me to order online the Blu-Ray boxed set of all the NIGHTMARE movies. I look forward to seeing NIGHTMARE 2 in all its Blu-Ray glory. Meanwhile, bravo, Mark Patton, for a job very well done, and I also look forward to seeing “Scream Queen.”