Nightmare Man (2006)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Rolfe Kanefsky

Writer:

Rolfe Kanefsky (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

After receiving an African fertility mask as a gift Ellen tells her husband William that she's been...

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Woods | Mask | Paranoia | Clothes Ripping

Cast

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

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Paradign Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: The windows on both sides of the car are rolled up and then partway down, and back and forth many times, when they are driving to the asylum.

Quotes:

[Mia is loading a crossbow]
Trinity: What are you doing?
Mia: Uh... it's called protection.
Trinity: I meant before. Ed's "two girls" question?
Mia: [laughs] It's an inside joke. Don't worry. Nobody caught on. Unless, you told him.
Trinity: Never. Got it? Never.
Mia: That's what you said in college.
Trinity: Well... uh... this time I really mean it.

Movie Connections:

References The Exorcist (1973)

The highlight of this film was the truth or dare scene.

Not that I am saying this movie was all bad, but that was the highlight and if the sexy talk is the highlight of a horror movie then it is not much of a horror film in the end. The story has this woman who seems to be having a bit of trouble on the marital front. Her solution to the problems seems to be to order some love god mask, they instead seem to send her the evil demon love god mask and throughout the movie you wander if this manifest ion is real or not. She is being driven to the mental institution by her husband they break down and she is seemingly stalked and attacked by this person or thing while her husband is getting gas. Meanwhile, somewhere in the woods there is a house with two couples. Two very cute girls who are friends and their boyfriends. They play truth or dare and then the crazy...or not, girl ends up in their care. Well lets just say there is somebody out there trying to get at her as he quickly steals a crossbow and handles the one guy while he is being mooned. However, you still don't know if it is the mysterious nightmare man the girl goes on about or something else. The husband is heading for the cabin though and soon afterward so are the police. This movie had potential as do most horror movies and like so many they just miss some stuff. On the plus side you get to see a couple of good kills, some good nudity, and the end was rather good too. However, I was kind of hoping for something more in the lines of say an Evil Dead movie rather than a typical slasher film with a twist here and there. So far out of the three Afterdark movies in this new batch this is the strongest, sadly though compared to the last batch this one would be tied with Penny Dreadful as the weakest in my eyes.