Directed by famed cinematographer Freddie Francis. Nightmare is a Gothic thriller from Hammer and it is a film of two halves.
I did think the first half was weaker. It is more melodramatic with a lot of screaming. It does set up the story.
As a young girl Janet saw her mother go mad and stab her father to death. Now the teenage Janet is having nightmares at boarding school. Her teacher has taken Janet to her family home but Janet has nightmares of a woman with a scar on her face. Janet even tries to self harm, she is going insane.
It is the second half which has a reveal of what really happened. It has elements of Gaslight and Psycho. The perpetrators of this diabolical plot get their comeuppance by getting a taste of their own medicine and paranoia.
Wonderfully photographed in black and white. Francis should had tweaked the first half of the film to be more subtly chilling.
I did think the first half was weaker. It is more melodramatic with a lot of screaming. It does set up the story.
As a young girl Janet saw her mother go mad and stab her father to death. Now the teenage Janet is having nightmares at boarding school. Her teacher has taken Janet to her family home but Janet has nightmares of a woman with a scar on her face. Janet even tries to self harm, she is going insane.
It is the second half which has a reveal of what really happened. It has elements of Gaslight and Psycho. The perpetrators of this diabolical plot get their comeuppance by getting a taste of their own medicine and paranoia.
Wonderfully photographed in black and white. Francis should had tweaked the first half of the film to be more subtly chilling.