tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post8432964022347192351..comments2023-10-28T07:20:36.263-04:00Comments on Billy Loves Stu: Friday Flashback: Repressed Sexuality on Elm StreetPax Romanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00951019083510283683noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post-72563570072571964182010-06-15T22:15:29.606-04:002010-06-15T22:15:29.606-04:00The new documentary "Never Sleep Again" ...The new documentary "Never Sleep Again" goes into a lot of depth about the gay subtext. In the various interviews, the writer says he intended a gay subtext, and Mark Patton says he intentionally plays the character as a confused gay boy; however, the director and producer and others were totally clueless about it--there are lots of people interviewed who express disbelief that they didn't see it at the time, but they say they can see the gay subtext clearly now.Chad Helderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18160220034961113927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post-83400244592656892872010-06-05T10:16:59.652-04:002010-06-05T10:16:59.652-04:00DMJ,
In retrospect, I can what you are saying. W...DMJ,<br /><br />In retrospect, I can what you are saying. When I first saw it, I did not get the AIDS references so much as the repressed sexuality theme. There is a feeling that only a heterosexual relationship will save the day . Odd how the script writer and director swore that they were not aiming for that. Doubly odd that the actor they cast was gay in real life. <br /><br />B-Sol, I think the badpress of this movie is somewhat warranted as (for me at least), it did not have the same energy as the original. I mean, I love it for it's camp value - but as a horror film, not so much.<br /><br />Emily, I think you put it best: <i>One of the most weirdly fascinating sequels of all time.</i>Pax Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951019083510283683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post-12624153547992553142010-06-05T09:36:42.837-04:002010-06-05T09:36:42.837-04:00As I remember, this film came out in 1985 during t...As I remember, this film came out in 1985 during the height of the AIDS Crisis. It made me ponder that perhaps the gay subtext in Nightmare 2 was that Gay Lust leads to death and that only heterosexuality can save you from AIDS? I wasn't alone in that thought around the time. It is the queerest horror movie of the decade except for the S&M outré of Hellraiser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post-12483163677429971542010-06-04T14:16:33.347-04:002010-06-04T14:16:33.347-04:00Such an unfairly maligned horror sequel. I love it...Such an unfairly maligned horror sequel. I love it, and always appreciated how it kept things in the same lower-key, truly scary vein as the original, before the sequels started deviating more into humor and fantasy. Funny, even as a kid I could sense something about the subtext, even if my 11-year-old brain couldn't quite pinpoint what it was...B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post-88445159220570547552010-06-04T07:24:38.422-04:002010-06-04T07:24:38.422-04:00Great post and I'm agreed 100%. The first time...Great post and I'm agreed 100%. The first time I watched Freddy's REvenge as a kid, I just hated it for deviating so much from the story style of the rest of the sequels. When I rewatched it a few years back as an adult, my jaw hung open the whole time. I couldn't believe how obvious of a gay analogy it seemed and just kept wondering how the filmmaker got away with it when making such a high profile sequel. I read an interview with Patton recently and while he acknowledged the subtext, he also boiled it down to the fact that his character just should've been female. I really can't agree with that. When you think of the gym teacher and quite a lot of the other side stories, there's simply no way that would've worked with a teenage girl. <br /><br />One of the most weirdly fascinating sequels of all time.deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.com