Review by Stephen Tronicek
Great horror movies stick with us because they have a great story and a chilling underlying fear sitting under the surface to stick with us. Subpar horror films have the story, but lack the underlying fear. Bad horror films lack both. Nightmare Code is a subpar horror film because it’s missing something. The same problem afflicted this year’s highly acclaimed It Follows, but in reverse order. It had the deep seeded fear, but lacked the storytelling chops to actually do anything with them. Nightmare Code has the story, but lacks deep seeded fear.
Nightmare Code is the story of Brett Desmond (a surprisingly excellent Andrew J. West), a convicted ex-hacker who is brought in to finish a code with a team of experts. The code in question is thought to have caused the last lead coder to go on a massacre in the office before executing himself.
Great horror movies stick with us because they have a great story and a chilling underlying fear sitting under the surface to stick with us. Subpar horror films have the story, but lack the underlying fear. Bad horror films lack both. Nightmare Code is a subpar horror film because it’s missing something. The same problem afflicted this year’s highly acclaimed It Follows, but in reverse order. It had the deep seeded fear, but lacked the storytelling chops to actually do anything with them. Nightmare Code has the story, but lacks deep seeded fear.
Nightmare Code is the story of Brett Desmond (a surprisingly excellent Andrew J. West), a convicted ex-hacker who is brought in to finish a code with a team of experts. The code in question is thought to have caused the last lead coder to go on a massacre in the office before executing himself.
- 1/13/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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