A mental patient escapes from the institution and cannot seem to stop himself from killing innocent people.
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Cast
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George Tatum
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Susan Temper
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C.J. Temper
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Bob Rosen
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Kathy the Babysitter
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Man with Cigar
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Paul Williamson
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Young George
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William Kirksey | ... |
George's Father
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Tammy Temper
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Kim Temper
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Barbara
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Steve
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Joe
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A mental-patient, who is troubled with horrible nightmares, has escaped from his hospital. Now on the streets he can't help killing innocent people. But there is one family he is more than interested in and when he tries to kill them, he finds that it's not that easy. Written by Tobias Broljung <larry@algonet.se>
Plot Keywords:
serial murder | killing | nightmare | extreme violence | graphic violence |Taglines:
If you were terrified by "Dawn of the Dead" & "Friday the 13th" you must see NIGHTMARE. See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 October 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The scenes at the asylum were filmed at an actual sanatorium. See more »Goofs
Despite the axe hitting George's father in the head, no blood gushes out immediately; a latter shot shows the head bleeding. See more »Quotes
Man with Cigar: Now Paul, you... you believed in these drugs. And, you rebuilt this man. And you DID put him back out on the street. But now, he's out there killing people. And we can't have that. Now you find him... and you fix it.See more »
OK i'm a little rusty right now when it comes to reviews as I haven't written one in years.
I won't bother explaining the plot, courtesy of the IMDb plot profile and other users you should be able to get a rough idea about it yourself.
So lets get down to the nitty gritty. Nightmare(s) (in a damaged brain) is kind of like the horror film you watch through the eyes of a child. Remember when you were a kid and horrors weren't so much entertaining as they were (mildly) traumatising? That would give you sleepless nights for quite some time? Well nightmare is one of those films that can have that effect on you AS AN ADULT.
Imagine the original 'texas chain saw massacre' but a lot more psychological and involving children, and A lot more gore, and you get the rough idea of what this film is all about.
Now I'm a big fan of horror, I can sit through (almost) anything but I've seen this film one and a half times (the uncut version) and have had it for quite some time. And thats NOT because the film is bad, its cause its so frigging' creepy. First time was a curiosity as I'd heard so much about it and was desperate to see why it had been banned, the second (half) time was because I hadn't seen it in a while and fancied giving it a second go. I couldn't do it! It really is one of those type of horrors thats hard to sit through, its tone is so sinister and you feel almost perverted and sick and evil for just watching it, even though there are no real animal killings or anything like cannibal holocaust/ferox and it's only a movie and nothing more.
Anyways, if you like genuine, creepy, under the skin horror then this one is for you. If, however, your not a fan of the whole 'grind-house' scene, don't like films with low production values and risible acting and prefer your horror to be modern, over produced and polished, then avoid this one.
In either case its very underrated as being 'one of the scariest horror films of all time'.