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Scream, Queen: My Nightmare on Elm Street

  • Metro Cinema 8712 109 Street Northwest Edmonton, AB, T6G 1E9 Canada (map)

Directed by: Roman Chimienti, Tyler Jensen | 100 min | USA | 2019

At the time of release, The Advocate dubbed 1985’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge the gayest horror film ever made. For the film’s closeted young star, Mark Patton, such a tag was a stark reminder about the homophobia rampant in Hollywood at the time—and the painful experience he had making the high-profile film and living through the polarizing critical aftermath.

This new documentary highlights Patton’s time in the horror spotlight, as he sets the record straight about the controversial sequel, which ended his acting career just as it was about to begin.

Scream, Queen! finds Patton confronting the Freddy’s Revenge cast and crew for the first time, including co-stars Robert Rusler, Kim Myers, Clu Gulager, and Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, while also dissecting Freddy’s Revenge’s status as an LGBTQ cult classic. It’s a stark reminder that the career turbulence experienced by Patton wasn’t out of the ordinary for the time. “There were plenty of gay actors like me,” says Patton. “They starred in one movie and just disappeared. A whole generation just vanished.”

FOLLOWED BY A SPECIAL SCREENING OF: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge!

Preceded by the short film: Swap!

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Directed by: Elliot Maxted | 2 min | Canada | 2019

A headless robot named Servo tries to discover who they want to be by trying on different objects for heads. Swap! is a film about self-exploration, accepting an unpleasant past, and building self-acceptance for oneself, even if it means being a whole mess of many things at once.

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