ABOUT THE FILM

LONG SYNOPSIS

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, and Patton—who co-produced the film with Roman Chimienti, a NYC-based sound engineer—sets the record straight about the controversial sequel, which ended his acting career just as it was about to begin.

SCREAM, QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET follows Patton as he travels to horror conventions across the U.S. Each new city unwraps a chapter from his life that is met with equal parts joyful and bittersweet detail, as he attempts to make peace with his past and embrace his legacy as cinema’s first male “scream queen.”

SCREAM, QUEEN! also finds Patton confronting the Freddy’s Revenge cast and crew for the first time, including co-stars Robert Rusler, Kim Myers and Clu Gulager, as well as Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund. The film also discusses Freddy’s Revenge’s status as an LGBTQ cult classic, and illustrates how the career turbulence experienced by Patton—whose résumé includes stints on Broadway and a regarded role in the 1982 film Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean—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.”

Directors Roman Chimienti, Tyler Jensen

Producers Roman Chimienti, Mark Patton

Executive Producer Matthew Chojnacki

Editor Tyler Jensen

Cinematographers Amber Grey, Julian Bernstein, Mark Zemel, Tyler Jensen

Cast Mark Patton, Robert Englund, Robert Rusler, Kim Myers, Clu Gulager

FESTIVALS
2019: Cleveland International (Special Advanced Screening), QDoc Portland (Sneak Preview), Inside Out Toronto (Special Sneak Preview), Frameline43 (Special Advance Screening), Outfest (Special Sneak Preview), Fantastic Fest (World Premiere)

AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray