Lisa helps Jesse unpack his things after school and they find a diary from Nancy Thompson explaining her nightmares.

There is a different conclusion in that Jesse supposedly kills Lisa Webber at the power plant, rather than the film's final bus sequence (although she is later revealed to have survived).

The remaining 38 journal entries focus on Jesse's time at a psychiatric ward, his sentencing for murdering Ron Grady and the apparent disappearance of Lisa's corpse, his escape from the institution, and his efforts to build a new identity.

[13] In an interview with Attitude magazine, Robert Englund stated "... the second Nightmare on Elm Street is obviously intended as a bisexual themed film.

My Nightmare on Elm Street, Patton describes being a closeted lead actor appearing in a horror film with a gay subtext.

He eventually became tired of juggling the disingenuousness of the work while watching close friends and a long time partner, Timothy Patrick Murphy, lose his life to AIDS in 1988.

The documentary addresses Patton's grudge against screenwriter David Chaskin for his denying that gay elements were purposely written into the script.

This plot is not made obvious in the film though Krueger-actor, Robert Englund and writer David Chaskin both admit to the concealed subtext, indicating that the casting of openly gay actor Mark Patton to play the role was intentional.

[19][20][21] In Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies, Jim Harper describes Jesse as "the main victim of the film.

"[22] In Remaking Horror: Hollywood's New Reliance on Scares of Old, James Francis Jr. dubbed the character as a "final boy" and noted the parallels between Jesse and Nancy Thompson, stating: