Nightmare Man (2006)

After receiving an African fertility mask as a gift Ellen tells her husband William that she's been attacked by masked phantom called 'the Nightmare Man'. As Ellen's paranoia increases, ... See full summary »

Director:

Rolfe Kanefsky

Writer:

Rolfe Kanefsky

Stars:

Blythe Metz, Luciano Szafir, Aaron Sherry

Cast

Cast overview:
Blythe Metz	...	Ellen
Luciano Szafir	...	William
Aaron Sherry	...	Nightmare Man
Jack Sway	...	Ed
Tiffany Shepis	...	Mia
Hanna Putnam	...	Trinity
James Ferris	...	Jack
Victor Kanefsky	...	Officer Val
Alice Glenn	...	Officer Kan
Richard Moll	...	Captain McCormack
Gwen Davis	...	Officer Simmons
Robert Donavan	...	Dr. Evans

Storyline

After receiving an African fertility mask as a gift Ellen tells her husband William that she's been attacked by masked phantom called 'the Nightmare Man'. As Ellen's paranoia increases, William takes Ellen for a road trip to a clinic, only to have their car break down, and when William goes off, Ellen is attacked for real by the Nightmare Man. Fleeing through the dense woods, Ellen seeks shelter in the remote cabin home of Mia, with her friends Jack, Ed, and Trinity, who give her shelter, but are soon besieges in their home by Nightmare Man. But the real horror comes when Ellen slowly reveals to harbor a MORE evil and deadly thing within her which could spell death for everyone involved.

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Plot Keywords:

nightmare | mask | woods | fertility mask | paranoid schizophrenic | 

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Taglines:

Your dreams won't save you.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence, gore, some sexuality/nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 August 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Efialtis

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$250,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paradign Pictures, Delusional Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Writer/director Rolfe Kanefsky wrote the script in seven days.

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Goofs

After Tiffany Shepis lowers the blinds, the are up again in the next scene.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ellen: It arrived!
William: What?
Ellen: The package I ordered from Rome. They imported it from Africa. It's a hand-craved mask, it's supposed to represent the goddess of fertility. I thought we could use all the help we could get.

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Connections

References The Exorcist (1973)

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Soundtracks

"Sleepwalker"
Written by Donette Thayer
Performed by Donette Thayer

User Reviews

Wow...

I have to say, I have never walked out of a movie before. I've seen some pretty crap movies, too, but I stick around and watch them, and then laugh later.

I can only say that this movie was so horrible (perhaps the reason it made it into the Horrorfest line up, because it was so terrible as to be horrifying?), that I was insulted by it. Heralding back to the days of cheesy 80's horror, this was by far even worse than those amusing flicks.

Bad acting, horrible effects and makeup, terrible filming, irritating music...did I mention the bad acting? There's a place for movies like this...it's called Blockbuster, where you spend $3 to go home and be disappointed. My wife and I spent over $20 on this one movie to end up walking out, it was atrocious.

To the people in charge of selecting the Horrorfest lineup...please bother to pick something a bit more worth our time and money. More selections like this in the future will only land you crappy reviews and less ticket sales. Try living up to at least SOME kind of standards.

To those of you that got through the entire movie, bravo! You have more stamina than I...we seriously had to leave, or I might have hurt myself laughing.