History YMMV / ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge

* CultClassic: Many gay horror fans have claimed the movie as their own, with Jesse's sexual confusion reflecting their experiences. The fact that it is one of the few sequels that has the darker Freddy Krueger before he was {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed into a LaughablyEvil PungeonMaster also helps.

* CultClassic: Many gay horror fans have claimed the movie as their own, with Jesse's sexual confusion reflecting their experiences. The fact that it is one of the few sequels that has the darker Freddy Krueger also helps.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: This in the only film of the franchise that doesn't use the series main theme by Charles Bernstein. Fortunately, this is compensated by Christopher Young's score, one of the eeriest themes in the Elm Street franchise.

* ContestedSequel: The film was destroyed by critics at the time of release and this seems to have influenced the producers, since its events are ignored for almost all the sequels. While everyone agrees that the film is far inferior to the original, it also has many defenders and has become a CultClassic in recent years. However, in recent years there's been a CriticalBacklash by people who see the film as an allegory for a gay teenager's struggle with self-hatred, and think the movie was largely killed by homophobia. It doesn't help that [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17097_the-5-most-unintentionally-gay-horror-movies.html a disturbingly large number of people mocked the film for being "unintentionally" gay.]]

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Krugger is a serial child murderer and implied pedophile, but he at least has an EvilIsCool factor from his powers, design, and quips. You can't say that about Coach Schnider. Coach Schneider is despised by fans because of his cruel treatment toward all of the school students, especially Jesse and Grady, and is also implied to a pedophile, but [[RealismInducedHorror his lack of supernatural powers ironically makes him scarier than Freddy]]. Nobody was mourning his murder at Freddy's hand ([[GrandTheftMe well technically Jessie's hand]]), so if anybody in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise deserved to be killed by Freddy Krueger, it's Coach Schneider.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: when Coach Schneider is dragged out of his office, there are 2 very visible wires pulling him along the floor.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Nancy Thompson never appears in the film, with the characters just citing that she lost her sanity after witnessing the deaths of Glen and her mother. Jesse and Lisa never consider looking for her to ask for help in defeating Freddy, something she would certainly do. It is even more bizarre when the script throws a diary out of nowhere with Nancy's information about Freddy, although we never saw Nancy writing a diary in the first film.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Krugger is a serial child murderer and implied pedophile, but he at least has an EvilIsCool factor from his powers, design, and quips. You can't say that about Coach Schnider. Coach Schneider is despised by fans because of his cruel treatment toward all of the school students, especially Jesse and Grady, and is also implied to a pedophile, but [[RealismInducedHorror his lack of supernatural powers ironically makes him scarier than Freddy]]. Nobody was mourning his murder at Freddy's hand ([[GrandTheftMe well technically Jessie's hand]]).

JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Krugger is a serial child murderer and implied pedophile, but he at least has an EvilIsCool factor from his powers, design, and quips. You can't say that about Coach Schnider. Coach Schneider is despised by fans because of his cruel treatment toward all of the school students, especially Jesse and Grady, and is also implied to a pedophile, but [[RealismInducedHorror his lack of supernatural powers ironically makes him scarier than Freddy]]. Nobody was mourning his murder at Freddy's hand ([[GrandTheftMe well technically Jessie's hand]]).

** The host of WebVideo/DeadMeat makes a loooooot of references to these undertones throughout his video.

* TheScrappy: Coach Schneider is despised by fans because of his cruel treatment toward all of the school students, especially towards Jesse and Grady and is also despised because he intended to do bad things to Jesse. Fans were so happy that Freddy killed him. Sure, Freddy is an abhorrent and loathsome, but despite that, he has a huge fandom. Nobody likes Coach Schneider at all. And if anybody in the ''A Nightmare On Elm Street'' franchise deserved to be killed by Freddy Krueger, it's Coach Schneider.

** Freddy materializing in the real world and killing a lot of teenagers at a party. As strange as it is, it is still very interesting to see Freddy using his tricks in the real world to kill several people at once.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: when Coach Schneider is dragged out of his office, there are 2 very visible wires pulling him along the floor.

* TheScrappy: Coach Schneider is despised by fans because of his cruel treatment toward all of the school students, especially towards Jesse and Grady and is also despised because he intended to do bad things to Jesse. Fans were so happy that Freddy killed him. Sure, Freddy is an abhorrent and loathsome, but despite that, he has a huge fandom. Nobody likes Coach Schneider at all. And if anybody in the "A Nightmare On Elm Street" franchise deserved to be killed by Freddy Krueger, it's Coach Schneider.

* TheScrappy: Coach Schneider is despised by fans because of his cruel treatment toward all of the school students, especially towards Jesse and Grady and is also despised because he intended to do bad things to Jesse. Fans were so happy that Freddy killed him. Sure, Freddy is an abhorrent and loathsome, but despite that, he has a huge fandom. Nobody likes Coach Schneider at all. And if anybody in the [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet]] franchise deserved to be killed by Freddy Krueger, it's Coach Schneider.

* TheScrappy: Coach Schneider is despised by fans because of his cruel treatment toward all of the school students, especially towards Jesse and Grady and is also despised because he intended to do bad things to Jesse. Fans were so happy that Freddy killed him. Sure, Freddy is an abhorrent and loathsome, but despite that, he has a huge fandom. Nobody likes Coach Schneider at all.

* ContestedSequel: The film was destroyed by the critic at the time of release and this seems to have influenced the producers, since its events are ignored for almost all the sequels. While everyone agrees that the film is far inferior to the original, it also has many defenders and has become a CultClassic in recent years. However, in recent years there's been a CriticalBacklash by people who see the film as an allegory for a gay teenager's struggle with self-hatred, and think the movie was largely killed by homophobia. It doesn't help that [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17097_the-5-most-unintentionally-gay-horror-movies.html a disturbingly large number of people mocked the film for being "unintentionally" gay.]]

** This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bwn7TgPkZ4 funny recut]] of a scene in the film actually makes it look like a teen drama about someone coming to terms with his sexuality.

* The Scrappy: Coach Schneider is despised by fans because of his cruel treatment toward all of the school students, especially towards Jesse and Grady and is also despised because he intended to do bad things to Jesse. Fans were so happy that Freddy killed him. Sure, Freddy is an abhorrent and loathsome, but despite that, he has a huge fandom. Nobody likes Coach Schneider at all.

** Some scenes in which Freddy is onscreen add very noticeable and distracting whale song to the musical score.

** At one point, Jesse and Lisa find the diary of Nancy Thompson (the surviving protagonist of the first movie), through which they discover valuable information about Freddy Krueger. You would imagine that then they would try to find Nancy in person to ask her help against Freddy, but the idea never crosses their minds in the movie.

* HilariousInHindsight: One scene has Jesse and his family getting [[Film/{{Birdemic}} attacked by an exploding bird]].

** [[http://www.glitterrock.org/ne0013.html The Glitter Dome can attest to that.]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Christopher Young's score is one of the eeriest themes in the Elm Street franchise.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many fans think the film could have been much better if it had confirmed that Jesse is homosexual, if Grady had taken over Lisa's role at the climax, and if the script had better defined the rules of what Freddy can do and not do when he is in the real world.