Night Terrors (1993)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Director:

Tobe Hooper

Writers:

Rom Globus (writer)
Daniel Matmor (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A young girl travels to Cairo to visit her father, and becomes unwillingly involved with a bizarre sadomasochistic...

Plot Keywords:

Marquis De Sade | Sadomasochism | Flashback Sequence | Dungeon | Lesbian Scene

Cast

Robert Englund	...	Marquis De Sade / Paul Chevaller
Zoe Trilling	...	Genie
Alona Kimhi	...	Sabina
Juliano Mer	...	Mahmoud
Chandra West	...	Beth
William Finley	...	Dr. Matteson
Irit Sheleg	...	Fatima
Niv Cohen	...	Chuck
Doron Barbi	...	Ali
David Menachem	...	Arab Market Hustler
Jonathan Cherchi	...	Arab Market Hustler
Howard Ripp	...	Harry, Matteson's Assistant
Zachi Noy	...	Chuck's Father
Ya'ackov Banai	...	Chevalier's Servant (as Yakov Banai)
Joel Drori	...	Chevalier's Servant
Uri Gavriel	...	Yousuf
Joseph Shiloach	...	Pardy Hardy (as Yosef Shiloach)
Moti Bootbool	...	Black Taxi Driver
Tamar Shamir	...	Snake Woman
Babi Neeman	...	Gnostic Leader
Daniel Matmor	...	Priest
Dimitri Phillips	...	Duval
Shmuel Omani	...	Torturer
Dov Ben	...	Torturer's Assistant
Dudi Cohen	...	Warden
Gregory Tal	...	Warden's Assistant
Adam Zilberman	...	Prisoner
Didi Lukov	...	Prisoner
Shmuel Aizer	...	Market Vendor
Fitcho Ben-Zur	...	Blind Beggar
Charlie Buzaglo	...	Mirage Servant
Atzmon Itshak	...	Sabina's Servant
Liz Fachima	...	Gnostic Woman
Amiram Gavriel	...	Akim, Matteson's Assistant
Racheli Hanig	...	Arab Girl

Directed by
Tobe Hooper

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rom Globus		writer
Daniel Matmor		writer

Produced by
Yoram Globus	....	executive producer
Christopher Pearce	....	executive producer
Harry Alan Towers	....	producer

Original Music by
Dov Seltzer

Cinematography by
Amnon Salomon

Film Editing by
Alain Jakubowicz

Art Direction by
Yossi Peled

Set Decoration by
David Varod

Costume Design by
Rona Doron

Makeup Department
Nancy Balwin	....	hair stylist
Maskit Korem	....	makeup artist
Louis Lazzara	....	makeup artist: Robert Englund
David B. Miller	....	makeup effects

Production Management
Amitan Manelzon	....	production manager (as Amitan Manelson)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Assaf Amir	....	first assistant director
Avichai Henig	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Zvika Aloni	....	property master

Sound Department
Yann Delpuech	....	sound effects editor
Gregory King	....	supervising sound editor
Yohai Moshe	....	sound mixer
Rob Nokes	....	assistant sound editor
Daniel Pellerin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Werth	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Bashir Abu Rabi'a	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Danny Ben Menahem	....	gaffer
Yoni Hamenachem	....	still photographer
Amnon Salomon	....	camera operator

Music Department
Gregory King	....	composer: additional music
Rob Nokes	....	composer: additional music
David Trevis	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Gaby Weismann	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Rita Bartlett	....	executive consultant

Production Companies

• Global Pictures

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Home Video (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Motion Picture Company of Australia Limited (worldwide)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Nightmare
Tobe Hooper's Night Terrors (USA) (complete title)
Tobe Hooper's Nightmare

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Canada | Egypt | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Matrix Surround

Certification:

Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | France:-16 (TV rating) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Jaffa, Israel

Company:

Global Pictures

Trivia:

Director Gerry O'Hara left the project because he didn't want to shoot a screenplay which envisioned the De Sade character in the 18th century.

Soundtrack:

Libera Me

Contains the most hilarious scene in movie history.

This is one of those movies you see in the video store that you just HAVE to get because it just looks so horribly bad. And indeed, we couldn't take most of it. There was a lot of fast-forwarding going on.

But then we came across a scene where Robert Englund seduces the female protagonist (her name somehow slips my mind at this time). CRIPES. I've never watched a single scene from a film so many times (I'm estimating forty or so). And I've never laughed so hard in my life. You see, Englund has this thing for showing off his loins. I last saw the film a couple months ago, but I can't stop laughing as I type. Anyway, the scene is a montage of shots-- Englund ripping off the lingerie of the girl, Englund riding a horse naked, and some mysterious woman fellating a snake's head. This is absolute genius. You've got to see it for yourself.