Nightmare (1981)

Director:

Romano Scavolini

Writer:

Romano Scavolini

Release Date:

9 June 1982 (France)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

From the man who terrified you in "Dawn of the Dead" & "Friday the 13th"!

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | 42nd Street Manhattan New York City | Bloodshed | Child Uses Gun | Airport

Cast

Baird Stafford	...	George Tatum
Sharon Smith	...	Susan Temper
C.J. Cooke	...	C.J. Temper
Mik Cribben	...	Bob Rosen
Danny Ronan	...	Kathy the Babysitter
John L. Watkins	...	Man with Cigar (as John Watkins)
Bill Milling	...	Paul Williamson (as William Milling)
Scott Praetorius	...	Young George
William Kirksey	...	George's Father (as William S. Kirksey)
Christina Keefe	...	George's Mother
Tammy Patterson	...	Tammy Temper
Kim Patterson	...	Kim Temper
Kathleen Ferguson	...	Barbara
William Paul	...	Steve
Tommy Bouvier	...	Joe
Candy Marchese	...	Candy, the Jogger
Geoffrey Marchese	...	Tony Walker
Michael Sweney	...	Burt Daniels
George Kruger	...	Chief Cotter
Ray Baker	...	Real Estate Agent
Lonnie Griffis	...	Gatsby's Singer
Tara Alexander	...	Woman in Booth
Miranda Stevens	...	Show World Dancer (as Danielle Galiana)
Carl Clifford	...	Hospital Attendant
David Massar	...	Hospital Attendant
Mary Lee Parise	...	Police Officer
Randy Arieux	...	Police Officer
Craig Cain	...	Police Officer
Mark Davis	...	Police Officer
Ken Thomas	...	Police Officer
Robert Tenvooren	...	Police Officer
Susan Webb	...	Police Officer
Frank Rothery	...	Police Officer
Scott Trotter	...	Police Officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kevin J. O'Neill	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Romano Scavolini

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Romano Scavolini

Produced by
Christopher Cronyn	....	associate producer (as Chris Cronyn)
Bill Milling	....	producer: Florida (as William Milling)
William Paul	....	associate producer (as Bill Paul)
John L. Watkins	....	producer

Original Music by
Jack Eric Williams

Cinematography by
Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci		(as Gianni Fiore)

Film Editing by
Robert T. Megginson
Jim Markovic		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
Darryl Ferrucci	....	special makeup effects assistant: New York
Ed French	....	special makeup effects artist: New York
Johanne Hansen	....	makeup artist: New York (as Jo Hansen)
Robin Stevens	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Carl Clifford	....	production manager
Mik Cribben	....	unit manager
Simon Nuchtern	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Miller	....	second assistant director
Stephanie Rogers	....	second assistant director: Florida
Michael Sweney	....	assistant director

Art Department
William Bilowit	....	assistant art director: New York
Shelley Boucher	....	props: Florida
Ian Foster	....	art director: New York
Gary Olson	....	art director: Florida

Sound Department
Robbie Anderson	....	boom operator: Florida
Jack Cooley	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mik Cribben	....	sound mixer
James Hebron	....	boom operator: New York (as Jim Hebron)
Alex Pfau	....	sound effects

Special Effects by
Anita J. Baldwin	....	second special effects assistant: Florida
Walt Barrows	....	second special effects assistant: Florida
Chris Doggett	....	special effects assistant: New York
David W. Donoho	....	second special effects assistant
Cleve Hall	....	first special effects assistant
Leslie Larraine	....	special effects: Florida (as Les Larrain)
Bill Milling	....	special effects
Tom Savini	....	special effects
Steve Sleap	....	second special effects assistant

Stunts
Kevin J. O'Neill	....	stunts: Florida (as Kevin O'Neill)

Camera and Electrical Department
Randy Davis	....	second electric: Florida
John Harhay	....	first camera assistant: Florida
John Harhay	....	first camera assistant: New York
Robert Lechterman	....	gaffer: New York
Gianmaria Majorana	....	second camera assistant: New York (as Gianmaria Majorana)
Bill O'Leary	....	second grip: New York
Jamie Stoney	....	second camera assistant: Florida
John Thomas	....	second electric: New York
Louis Yansen	....	gaffer: Florida (as Louis Yantzen)
Bob Zimmerman	....	grip: New York (as Robert Zimmerman)
Bob Zimmerman	....	key grip: Florida (as Robert Zimmerman)

Editorial Department
John Murray	....	first assistant editor
John Murray	....	post-production
Philip Stockton	....	second assistant editor
Joe Zwick	....	location editor: Florida

Music Department
Murri Barber	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Caroline Ashe	....	executive p.a.: Florida
Richard Belton	....	production assistant: Florida
Jim Blair	....	public relations: Florida
Bobbi B. Cooke	....	dialogue supervisor: Florida
Peter Fernandez	....	dubbing director: post-production
Ian Foster	....	production assistant: New York
Kenneth Fuchs	....	assistant to the composer
Bob Gallagher	....	office coordinator: Florida
Robin Grey	....	location manager: New York
Debra Griffin	....	caterer: New York
David Johnson	....	production assistant: Florida
Ron Kiroche	....	production assistant: New York
Claudia Obata	....	continuity: New York
John Oshima	....	production assistant: New York (as Jon Oshima)
Karen Patterson	....	production assistant: Florida
Barbara Reeves	....	production assistant: Florida
Steven Reiss	....	production assistant: Florida
Bruce Schaefer	....	production assistant: Florida
Gerrit van der Mere	....	location auditor
Hannah Watkins-Noethiger	....	production assistant: New York
Peter Zimmern	....	production assistant: New York

Production Companies

• Goldmine Productions

Distributors

• 21st Century Film Corporation (1981) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sunset Video (1982) (France) (VHS)
• Continental Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Astro Distribution (2000) (Germany) (VHS)
• Video Search of Miami (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Code Red DVD (2011) (USA) (DVD) (30th Anniversary Edition)
• New Star Video (video)
• Planet Video (video)
• VEC Video (1980s) (Canada) (video)
• Video Invest AB (????) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Video-Invest (1980s) (Finland) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Abacus  titles (post-production)
• August Films  post-production services (as August Films Inc.)
• Burt Schneiderman  production accounting
• Dynamic Effects  opticals (post-production) (as Dynamics Effects Ltd.)
• Magno Sound and Video  re-recording mixer (post-production) (as Magno Sound Inc.)
• Sound Mixers Studio  music recording (as Sound Mixers)
• Technicolor  color (post-production)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

97 min | UK:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 (re-rating) | Argentina:18 (original rating) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (2007) | Australia:R | Finland:(Banned) (1985) | UK:18 | USA:R (cut) | USA:Unrated | West Germany:(Banned) | Canada:(Banned) (Nova Scotia) | France:-16

Filming Locations:

Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

Company:

Goldmine Productions

Trivia:

Came to attention of the British censors as a video nasty in the early 1980s mainly because of several gimmicks, which included providing a vomit bag with the video and a competition to guess the weight of a 'brain' in a jar.

Goofs:

Factual errors: During the throat slashing scene near the beginning, blood does not gush out rapidly and nonstop as it should.

Movie Connections:

References Kung Fu Massacre (1974)

Rather lame

A mental patient has recurring dreams concerning a horrific event where a child kills his father and a hooker (I think) with an axe. He tells psychiatrists that he's not sure whether he IS the child, or simply watching from distance. Anyway, this model citizen gets released and shortly thereafter he starts killing people in gruesome fashion. He becomes fixated on a family living in Florida, a divorced wife with three kids, one of whom seems to be somewhat less than stable.

It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure out the dream sequences or why he chooses this particular family but this film is nonetheless very nonsensical. It looks cheap and not very professionally made, shaky and flavourless photography, mediocre script at best and very badly acted. The film is widely known for it's gore drenched set pieces, but I must have watched a censored edition because the gore here is nothing to write home about.

It picks up a bit in the end and what gore there is is pretty well done but overall this is a pretty lame horror film.