Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

The claws are out.

201999 min6.6 / 10

A personal documentary reckoning with homophobia, career destruction, and artistic legacy, told through interviews and archival material with both vindication and lingering pain.

Mark Patton sets the records straight about the controversial 1985 sequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street, which ended his acting career, just as it was about to begin.

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