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Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

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

This new documentary highlights Pattons time in the horror spotlight, and Pattonwho co-produced the film with Roman Chimienti, a NYC-based sound engineersets 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 cinemas first male scream queen.

SCREAM, QUEEN! also finds Patton confronting the Freddys 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 Freddys Revenges status as an LGBTQ cult classic, and illustrates how the career turbulence experienced by Pattonwhose résumé includes stints on Broadway and a regarded role in the 1982 film Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Deanwasnt 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.