Nightmare Cinema

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Nightmare Cinema

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Released Jun 21, 2019

1h 59m

Horror

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Five strangers watch their deepest and darkest fears play out before them in an abandoned theater as the Projectionist preys upon their souls with his collection of disturbing films.

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Critics Consensus

Admirably eclectic yet more consistent than most horror anthologies, Nightmare Cinema should entertain viewers in the mood for a good old-fashioned creepshow.

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Jef Rouner

Houston Chronicle

Overall, "Nightmare Cinema" is more stomach-turning than truly frightening, but thanks to the obvious love and care put into it, it's worth seeing.

Jun 26, 2019

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Nightmare Cinema as a whole is the bloodiest, most violent, most gruesome and most twisted movie I've seen this year. And I mean that mostly in a good way.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 21, 2019

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

[A] scattered but amusing horror anthology that gives five directors a whack at telling short, contained tales of terror, "Creepshow"-style.

Rated: B-

Jun 21, 2019

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

For a two-hour movie, Nightmare Cinema offers few genuine pleasures and, sadly, more disappointments than a worthwhile horror anthology should have.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 2, 2022

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Jay Krieger

Cultured Vultures

High production value and diverse tales of terror make this a standout horror anthology.

Rated: 8/10

Aug 17, 2019

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Matthew Turner

Nerdly

The stories themselves have a surprisingly high hit rate, but the film is let down by its poorly thought-out linking concept.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 16, 2019

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acsdoug D

A horror anthology movie where all the stories are pretty good. Well, the girls school one was a bit weak, but even that one was okay.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/18/25

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William C

A gory anthology but entertaining to watch

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/14/24

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Audience Member

Gorefest of loosely connected shorts that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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How are more people not talking about this, a film that has Mickey Rourke as death itself inside a theater that shows the ways that people expire? It's got direction from Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead), Ryûhei Kitamura (Versus), David Slade (30 Days of Night), Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers) and Joe Dante (and if I have to tell you his movies…I really hope I don't have to) and people still aren't getting obsessed about this? "The Thing in the Woods" may be a simple retelling of slasher films, but Dante's "Mirari" is really filled with dread as well as Richard Chamberlain and Belinda Balaski. Kitamura's "Mashit" goes all School of the Holy Beast with a tale of demonic possession and perversion amongst Catholic schoolgirls. Slades "This Way to Egress" stumbles a bit in a story of a woman hallucinating as she waits for the doctor, while "Dead" and the connecting story by Garris have a young boy against impossible odds. A couple of weeks ago, someone asked me, "What makes Mick Garris a Master of Horror?" I'm still struggling to figure out the answer and this movie certainly didn't help me, as his segments were the worst parts of this. He does seem like a nice guy though.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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brad p

‘Nightmare Cinema' Attempts to Revive ‘Masters of Horror' With Mixed Results

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Suffering from a bad case of diminishing returns, what starts out good and interesting quickly becomes a slog. The cinema aspect is utterly pointless, only serving as a way of shoehorning in Mickey Rourke into the movie. I'm getting sick of these Shudder movies making 'horror short collections' into full naratives instead of just making them episodic miniseries' like they should be. Some good acting and generally good camera work and effects, but it couldn't stop the boredom starting to set in by the 4th story.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Five strangers watch their deepest and darkest fears play out before them in an abandoned theater as the Projectionist preys upon their souls with his collection of disturbing films.

Director: Alejandro Brugués, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Ryûhei Kitamura, David Slade
Producer: Mark Canton, Mick Garris, Joe Russo, Courtney Solomon
Screenwriter: Sandra Becerril, Alejandro Brugués, Mick Garris, Richard Christian Matheson, David Slade, Lawrence C. Connolly
Distributor: Cranked Up Films
Production Co: Indy Entertainment, Good Deed Entertainment, Cinelou Films
Rating: R (Horror Violence/Gore|Grisly Images|Brief Nude Images|Language|Some Sexuality)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 21, 2019
Runtime: 1h 59m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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