"[11] Trace Thurman of Bloody Disgusting called it "a touching, poignant film that's less about the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and more about how one man took control of his narrative and used it to empower not only himself, but millions of queer horror fans around the world.

"[14] Michael Ordoña of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Perhaps the slickly made documentary overstates the cultural impact of a little-seen and widely disliked film.

"[4] Blake Goble of Consequence of Sound gave the film a "B+", and called it "a stirring Hollywood history lesson, and a convincing plea for inclusion as one of fandom's better sides.

"[15] Variety's Dennis Harvey gave a more critical review of the film, writing: "Whiny, still-resentful and at times contradictory in his perspective, Patton can't help but view this story as 'all about me,' even when (eventually) others call him on that tunnel vision.

His somewhat garbled sense of victimization gets in the way of addressing other interesting issues about Freddy's Revenge, leaving this just-adequately crafted doc middling at best as a sort of glorified DVD-extra inquiry.

"[8] Dennis Harvey has since been criticized for another Variety review in 2021, where he commented on a lead actresses appearance and said he "too easily" imagined her replaced by one of the producers, Margot Robbie.