Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (TV 1975)

Alice Cooper plays Steven, a character from his album "Welcome to My Nightmare", who encounters a surreal dream fantasy, guided by the spirit of the nightmare, Vincent Price.

Director:

Jørn Winther

Writers:

Tony Hudz, Alan Rudolph

Stars:

Alice Cooper, Vincent Price, Linda Googh

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Alice Cooper	...	Steven
Vincent Price	...	The Spirit of the Nightmare
Linda Googh	...	Cold Ethyl
Robyn Blythe	...	Dancer
Sheryl Cooper	...	Dancer (as Sheryl Goddard)
Gene Montoya	...	Dancer (as Eugene Montoya)
Uchi Sugiyama	...	Dancer

Storyline

Alice Cooper plays Steven, a character from his album Welcome to My Nightmare, who encounters a surreal dream fantasy, guided by the spirit of the nightmare, Vincent Price.

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Plot Keywords:

nightmare | dream | giant monster | based on album | television | 

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Taglines:

Alice Cooper's wildest dreams come to life!

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Genres:

Horror | Musical

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Nightmare

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alive Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

66 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Alice Cooper band was under contract with Warner Bros. records when frontman Alice Cooper decided to pursue a solo career. To sidestep contractual obligations they shot "The Nightmare" and issued the LP "Welcome to My Nightmare" on the company's Atlantic Records subsidiary as the soundtrack from the TV special.

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Quotes

Steven: Welcome to my nightmare. I think you're gonna like it.

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Connections

Featured in Elvira's Halloween Special (1986)

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Soundtracks

"The Awakening"

User Reviews

Creepy Fun

This is NOT the concert film "Welcome To My Nightmare," but rather a prime-time special from 1975. "The Nightmare" is sort of a revue of the songs from the popular "Welcome To My Nightmare" album within the loose framework of Steven (Alice Cooper) being taken on a tour of his nightmares by The Master Of The Nightmare (Vincent Price).

"The Nightmare" lacks the strong, cohesive plot of "Tommy," "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Hair," and other rock musicals, and some of the "monsters" look cheesy and dated in this day and age, but it's still a lot of creepy fun, like an EC Horror comic book set to music. Linda Googh is frighteningly sexy as Steven's necrophile lover, Cold Ethyl. Perfect for rainy autumn afternoons.