Day of the Nightmare (1965)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

John A. Bushelman

Writers:

Leonard Goldstein (screenplay)
Leonard Goldstein (story)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Plot:

A dead woman returns from the grave to wreak vengeance upon her enemies. |

Plot Keywords:

Exploitation | Independent Film

Cast

John Ireland	...	Detective Sgt. Dave Harmon
Beverly Bain	...	Barbara Crane
Cliff Fields	...	Jonathan Crane
John Hart	...	Dr. Philip Crane
Elena Verdugo	...	Miss Devi
Jimmy Cross	...	Detective Smith (as James Cross)
Michael Kray	...	Lt. Cody
Maralou Gray	...	Alice
Bonnie Beckos	...	Schoolteacher
Bette Treadville	...	Maid

Also Known As:

Don't Scream, Doris Mays

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Screen Group

Soundtrack:

This Is the House That Jack Built

Low budget psychodrama

Contrary to what the plot summary says, this is NOT about a woman returning from the dead! The story concerns Jonathan Crane, an artist with a decidedly sick way of getting his models in the mood to pose. The movie opens with Jonathan having a topless lovely lay across a couch, then binding her ankles and wrists and beating her back with a belt while wailing, "Unclean!Unclean!" Ooohkaaay. To top THAT off, Jonathan's wife is being stalked by a mysterious woman who slips into the house and chases the wife out and through some woods. The wife is baffled as to who the woman is, but she's someone closer to Mrs. Crane than she realizes . . .

A weird psychosexual drama with all kinds of dysfunctional kinkiness. In between the story concerning Jonathan's kinkiness and the mystery woman are some sleazy scenes including an orgy and a flashback revealing an adolescent sex encounter between Jonathan and an older woman that indicates where he got his taste for whipping from. Grotesquely fascinating.