“Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street,” now available for streaming on Shudder, is a documentary concerning “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” star Mark Patton and how the horror sequel affected his life and career. Patton has lived A LOT of life. Prior to his “Freddy’s Revenge” gig he was directed by Robert Altman on Broadway and in the big screen adaptation of “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.” Patton is now openly gay, but was in the closet during the filming of “Freddy’s Revenge.” “Scream, Queen!” hammers the point home that it wasn’t feasible for a working actor to be out in the mid-‘80s because of the AIDS panic plaguing Hollywood following Rock Hudson’s passing from the disease. Patton was in a longtime, live-in, on-again, off-again relationship with another closeted actor Timothy Patrick Murphy (“Dallas”) prior to Murphy succumbing to AIDS in 1988. Patton himself was diagnosed with HIV on his 40th birthday. He subsequently moved to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and married a man named Hector Morales Mondragon. The couple own and operate an art store. Patton was entirely out of showbiz prior to appearing in directors Dan Farrands and Andrew Kasch’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street” documentary “Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy.” He now tours horror conventions as cinema’s first male “scream queen” (There’s even footage taken from Indianapolis’ HorrorHound!) and donates most of his appearance fees to HIV treatment groups and charities benefitting LGBTQ youth.
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
“Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street,” now available for streaming on Shudder, is a documentary concerning “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” star Mark Patton and how the horror sequel affected his life and career. Patton has lived A LOT of life. Prior to his “Freddy’s Revenge” gig he was directed by Robert Altman on Broadway and in the big screen adaptation of “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.” Patton is now openly gay, but was in the closet during the filming of “Freddy’s Revenge.” “Scream, Queen!” hammers the point home that it wasn’t feasible for a working actor to be out in the mid-‘80s because of the AIDS panic plaguing Hollywood following Rock Hudson’s passing from the disease. Patton was in a longtime, live-in, on-again, off-again relationship with another closeted actor Timothy Patrick Murphy (“Dallas”) prior to Murphy succumbing to AIDS in 1988. Patton himself was diagnosed with HIV on his 40th birthday. He subsequently moved to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and married a man named Hector Morales Mondragon. The couple own and operate an art store. Patton was entirely out of showbiz prior to appearing in directors Dan Farrands and Andrew Kasch’s “A Nightmare on Elm Street” documentary “Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy.” He now tours horror conventions as cinema’s first male “scream queen” (There’s even footage taken from Indianapolis’ HorrorHound!) and donates most of his appearance fees to HIV treatment groups and charities benefitting LGBTQ youth.