SCREAM, QUEEN! (2019) really worked some serious magic on the legacy of Part 2. I enjoyed S,Q! and it convinced me that large bits of Part 2 can be processed and enjoyed as camp, though the jury still seems to be out on whether the filmmakers actually intended it as camp, as anti-gay panic, or even as just quasi-"straight" horror schlock. (I think Jack Sholder is smart enough to know what was up, but S,Q! portrays him as a somewhat unreliable source.) Anyway, whether any of those things make Part 2 a better movie or not is for someone else to say, not I. From the (ideal) perspective of a 9 or 10 year olf Freddy fan, it was a disappointment, and my underwhelming adult experiences w/ 1 and 3 make me slow to want to waste another 85 minutes on Part 2...
Earth is visited by a GIANT ANTIMATTER SPACE BUZZARD! Gawk at the amazingly bad bird puppet, or chuckle over the silly dialog. This is one of the greatest b-movies ever made.
Lesson Learned:
Osmosis: os·mo·sis (oz-mo'sis, os-) n., 1. When a bird eats something.
