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What is the gayest film ever? Rocky Horror Picture Show? Mommie Dearest? How about A Nightmare on Elm Street 2? Thirty-three years after its release, the horror sequel is still regarded as a gay camp classic, full of homophobic and homoerotic images. For one young actor, it was a true nightmare, effectively ending his film career. Scream, Queen: My Nightmare on Elm Street is a high-energy and thoughtful documentary that picks multiple fights and wins them all. It is the story of Mark Patton, the young gay star of the film. It is the tale of a homophobic and AIDS-phobic 1980s Hollywood. Finally, it is a look at the script of David Chaskin, who claimed there was no gay intent but blamed the film’s gayness on Mark. Nightmare 2 labeled Mark as the new Scream Queen and forced him into Garbo-like exile. Mark is back now and ready to talk, big time. Full of wonderful film clips and celebrities, this is a defiant and triumphant story that nonetheless cautions today’s LGBTQ community that the nightmare isn’t over. (Cleveland International Film Festival)
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Mark Patton
USA
Best movies:
Robert Englund
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV (1998) (video compilation)
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
Jack Sholder
USA
Robert Rusler
USA
Best movies:
Thrashin' (1986)
Weird Science (1985)
The Debt Collector (2018)
Marshall Bell
USA
Best movies:
Total Recall (1990)
Stand by Me (1986)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Kim Myers
USA
Best movies:
White Palace (1990)
Fatal love (1992) (TV movie)
Illegally Yours (1988)
Clu Gulager
USA
Best movies:
The Last Picture Show (1971)
North and South (1985) (series)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
JoAnn Willette
USA
Best movies:
Real Genius (1985)
Hysterical (1983)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
Linnea Quigley
USA
Best movies:
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Dr. Alien (1989)
Savage Streets (1984)
Jeffrey Marcus
USA
Best movies:
Playing for Time (1980) (TV movie)
Frozen (2013)
Freaky Friday (2003)
Joshua Grannell
USA
Best movies:
Milk (2008)
All About Evil (2010)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)