The few measures he does take were ideas already used from the first film. So instead of spending time developing a character we can relate to, the movie instead pursues a nearly unbroken sequence of supposedly eerie happenings. Freddy appears and disappears. The knife glove shows up and twitches. People faced dogs bark.
Rails catch on fire for no good reason.
Mostly this happens when the potential victim is asleep, but not always, which calls the rules of the game into question. The things the filmmakers choose to include are truly bizarre, too. Even the presentation of the title credit foreshadows that the movie is more suited to be snickered at than to be scared of. This movie does exactly one thing right, then turns around and compromises that, too. Links Internet Movie Database .