Nightmare Man (2006)

Director:

Rolfe Kanefsky

Writer:

Rolfe Kanefsky

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Your dreams won't save you.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Mask | Woods | Fertility Mask | Paranoid Schizophrenic

Cast

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

Directed by
Rolfe Kanefsky

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rolfe Kanefsky

Produced by
Esther Goodstein	....	producer
Rolfe Kanefsky	....	producer
Victor Kanefsky	....	producer
Frederico Lapenda	....	producer

Original Music by
Christopher Farrell

Cinematography by
Paul Deng

Film Editing by
Victor Kanefsky

Art Direction by
Ann Nord

Costume Design by
Stacy Ekstein		(as Stacy Owens)

Makeup Department
Christopher Bergschneider	....	prosthetics
Jeffrey S. Farley	....	conceptual designer
Heide Kacser	....	makeup designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Livanos	....	second assistant director
Kirsten Wagner	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Matt Bobb	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matt Bobb	....	supervising sound editor
Bret Jones	....	boom operator
Olivier Virmont	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Christopher Bergschneider	....	special effects
Torrence Hall	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Al Magliochetti	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
David Flournoy	....	stunts
James Rosenberg	....	stunt coordinator
James Rosenberg	....	stunt double: The Nightmare Man
Kat Wright	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Andrew Brown	....	grip
Federico Diaz	....	best boy electric
Chris Ekstein	....	still photographer
Sarah Keally	....	first assistant camera
Nicolas Martin	....	Steadicam operator
David Navarro	....	gaffer
David Navarro	....	lighting designer
Don Solo	....	still photographer
David Steinmetz	....	gaffer
Julien Zeitouni	....	crane operator
John Zivelonghi	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jesse Anderson	....	wardrobe supervisor
Barrie Kaufman	....	key set costumer

Editorial Department
Eric Chase	....	final high definition colorist

Music Department
Jeff Johns	....	executive producer: soundtrack album

Other crew
Andrew Brown	....	assistant to producers
Shelley Marie Brown	....	promotions
Khris Kaneff	....	promotional artwork
Kevin Mortensen	....	publicist
Shareen Pena	....	key set production assistant
Kristina Perez	....	script supervisor
Mike Tristano	....	armorer

Production Companies

• Paradign Pictures
• Delusional Films

Distributors

• After Dark Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Geneon Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Inter Film (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Murena International (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Obscure Artifacts

Other Companies

• Buzz Factory, The  

Also Known As:

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 | Singapore:M18 | Germany:18 | France:-12 | Argentina:18 | Norway:18 | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:R18

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Paradign Pictures

Trivia:

Blythe Metz kept to herself and stayed away from the other cast members in order to get into character.

Goofs:

Continuity: The car's sunroof is closed, then open a little bit, then closed again several times.

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.

Movie Connections:

References Trilogy of Terror (1975) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Wandering Eye

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.