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Nightmare

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A film student (Jason Scott Campbell) finds a video camera that contains footage of himself committing murder.

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Christian Toto What Would Toto Watch? The no-budget Nightmare boasts a can't miss horror concept, but it has no idea how to resolve it. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 15, 2009 Full Review Steve Biodrowski ESplatter ... an interesting (though unsatisfactory) hybrid of Asian horror motifs (as in 1998's Ring), combined with giallo-style gore of the Dario Argento variety. Jul 7, 2008 Full Review Luke Y. Thompson LYTRules.com It has a great premise that it convolutes too much...film students are seldom as fascinating as they think they are. Apr 29, 2006 Full Review Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena O roteiro repleto de furos e as tentativas frustradas de provocar sustos resultam em um filme no apenas estpido, mas extremamente aborrecido. Byeong-ki Ahn se sairia bem melhor em seu segundo longa, Phone. Rated: 1/5 Apr 18, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member not so much and not nightmarish at all. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Clearly inspired by the surreal imagery of, it seems, every great and original auteur in the entire history of cinema, director Dylan Bank and co-writer Morgan Pehme apparently approached NIGHTMARE with the highest of artistic ambitions...then failed at all of them. Then failed at creating any commercial viable product. Then failed at any standard approaching professionalism. Then failed at even being gifted amateurs. Then added annoying, pretentious, humorless film students. The result: annoying, pretentious, humorless film students making an art-pr0n horror movie, entitled NIGHTMARE, about annoying, pretentious, humorless film students making an art-pr0n horror movie, entitled NIGHTMARE, about annoying, pretentious, humorless film students making an art-pr0n horror movie, entitled NIGHTMARE, about... Roughly 10 minutes into the premise, one might think, ây'know, if this story even HAS a final reveal and explanation, it probably won't be worth the effort of watching that longâ?. One would be right. NIGHTMARE does, though, boast this virtue: many, many lingering in-focus close-ups of blood-smeared co-ed titz and azz. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member A surrealistic and bizarre piece of meta-horror, Nightmare is not quite as intelligent as it thinks it is, but it nonetheless manages to be a relatively solid and entertaining piece of horror. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member really interesting concept, but poor film! Maybe just the like character in the film, the writers were just making it up as they go along....minus the videos of course! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member For his debut movie, videostore clerk turned director Dylan Bank comes up with a psychedelic but immensely confusing story about a film student who makes a movie about his own nightmare that miraculously appear to be taped on camera every morning when he wakes up. The idea is admirable and the movie does feature a handful of nice touches, but Dylan Bank never really seems to realize that his visions and interpretations on horror AREN'T groundbreaking or even that shocking. The story material has potential but "Nightmare" lacks involvement and commitment with the characters. The movie often just exists of blurry and roughly edited images that make no sense or add nothing to the basic premise at all, but Bank uses them (as padding?) anyway. New characters and locations are introduced randomly and they simply disappear again without any form of coherence. Also, for being a new type of horror movie, "Nightmare" doesn't contain much atmosphere, scary moments or even violent images. There's quite a lot of nudity (the non-artistic kind), the acting performances are acceptable and the use of uncanny music is very good. Worth a look if you're in an experimental mood once. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a kind of sploitation movie but doesn't ever resolve all the blood and nudity or why what is happening is happening?! You see the two protagonists die in scenes & the next thing they're OK. Just a random movie that jumps around more than a wallaby with epilepsy... Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A film student (Jason Scott Campbell) finds a video camera that contains footage of himself committing murder.
Director
Dylan Bank
Screenwriter
Dylan Bank, Morgan Pehme
Production Co
Merlion Entertainment
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 26, 2020
Runtime
1h 51m
Sound Mix
Dolby