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Nomads

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Nomads

R

Released Jan 17, 1986

1h 35m

Horror

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Evil spirits haunt a French anthropologist (Pierce Brosnan) and inhabit the doctor (Lesley-Anne Down) who treats him.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

I would like to describe the plot of Nomads, but my space is limited.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

'... a disaster on release, but looks pretty good now, with muscular direction and an unconventional urban horror-story that’s hard to pigeonhole....'

Rated: 3/5

Jan 9, 2024

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Nomads eventually (and lamentably) progresses into a tedious and hopelessly wheel-spinning midsection...

Rated: .5/4

Feb 26, 2023

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Alan Jones

Starburst

Nomads is an effective, if low key movie, that should be worthy of more attention than it is probably going to get.

Jul 22, 2022

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Initially, the unorthodox elements in the narrative promise a more inspiring explanation, but even if its narrative is easy to dismiss, one can't deny a handful of beautifully evocative moments of memorable unease.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 21, 2020

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C.H. Newell

Father Son Holy Gore

McTiernan's story involves the ghosts of past and modernity intertwined- a horror about our proximity to the past, at all times, even as post-modern people.

Rated: 4/5

May 1, 2019

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Bruce M

Annoying accents, terrible soundtrack, pretty much incoherent third act.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/28/25

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Jelisije J

This is not a bad film however the slow and I do mean slow pacing of this film was so horrible that its destroys the rewatch ability experience.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/25

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Steve D

There is a reason its star is the only actor you have heard of here.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/30/23

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Audience Member

I guess you have to be an anthropology student to like this movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

The glam rock track is a bit dated, but the film itself has some amazing startling moments. I first saw this on late-night TV and had to search to find the title, and promptly bought the VHS years ago. If you can get past Brosnan's faux French accent (I could), and if you like sort of non-gore, but bizarre mindgame horror, this movie may be for you. Ignore the naysayers and give this a chance. One of the only times I've strongly disagreed with Roger Ebert.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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delysid d

pierce brosnan pretending to be french. hes an expert on nomads. hes in LA and hes amazed that there are nomads running around. theyre called homeless people! but it turns out these punks are really demons, they convert him into a demon. stupid and boring.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/12/17

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Synopsis

Evil spirits haunt a French anthropologist (Pierce Brosnan) and inhabit the doctor (Lesley-Anne Down) who treats him.

Director: John McTiernan
Producer: Thomas Coleman, Cassian Elwes, Elliott Kastner, George Pappas
Screenwriter: John McTiernan
Production Co: Producers Sales Organization, Cinema VII
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 17, 1986, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.3M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround

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