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Nightmares Come at Night

Original title: Les cauchemars naissent la nuit
  • 1970
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
742
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Soledad Miranda in Nightmares Come at Night (1970)
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Two exotic dancers embark on an erotic relationship, which takes a turn when one of them starts to experience murderous nightmares that blur the line between fantasy and reality.Two exotic dancers embark on an erotic relationship, which takes a turn when one of them starts to experience murderous nightmares that blur the line between fantasy and reality.Two exotic dancers embark on an erotic relationship, which takes a turn when one of them starts to experience murderous nightmares that blur the line between fantasy and reality.

  • Director
    • Jesús Franco
  • Writers
    • Jesús Franco
    • Josyane Gibert
    • Stephen G. Horatio
  • Stars
    • Diana Lorys
    • Paul Muller
    • Jack Taylor
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    742
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jesús Franco
    • Writers
      • Jesús Franco
      • Josyane Gibert
      • Stephen G. Horatio
    • Stars
      • Diana Lorys
      • Paul Muller
      • Jack Taylor
    • 19User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
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    Diana Lorys
    Diana Lorys
    • Anna de Istria
    Paul Muller
    Paul Muller
    • Dr. Paul Lucas
    Jack Taylor
    Jack Taylor
    • Cynthia's Lover
    Colette Jack
    • Cynthia Robins
    Andrea Montchal
    • The Neighbour
    • (as André Montchall)
    Soledad Miranda
    Soledad Miranda
    • Neighbour's Girlfriend
    • (as Susan Korda)
    • Director
      • Jesús Franco
    • Writers
      • Jesús Franco
      • Josyane Gibert
      • Stephen G. Horatio
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    4kosmasp

    Dreams come true - what about nightmares?

    Well some argue this movie is a nightmare and they have quite the reasonable case to make. This is sleazy and dirty and I would totally understand if you are rating this way lower than I already have. Saying that, I also would understand if your taste would be different and you are into the nudity and the craziness presented here.

    Filthy dreams and nightmares and things that may or may not happen during nighttime. The fact that you most likely won't care about the line between dreams and reality is something that either is working for you or annoys the hell out of you ... your choice or preference of course matters
    2Bezenby

    Shitemares come at Shite

    I paid twenty-five pence for this and still feel ripped off. I only bought it because my kids had already chosen three films and you get four for a pound in Cash Generators (certain branches only). I was also curious to see what the fuss is about Soledad Miranda, only to spend most of the running time wondering why the main lady prancing about and mumbling looked nothing like the girl on the cover.

    Turns out Jess Franco has pulled a Godfrey Ho on us and spliced two films together, one of which contains Soledad (and her arse) hanging around an attic somewhere talking crap while the other concerns a psychotic stripper who keeps dreaming of killing people while having a relationship with a naughty lady in a big mansion. She also spends most of the film naked, as does most of the people here.

    In the hands of a good director (or even a good bad director, like Bruno Mattei) the story of a psychotic stripper who may or may not be killing people while hunting for underwear would make for a hilarious and gory experience, but in the nicotine stained hands of Franco, every scene is drawn out beyond endurance, the whole thing is narrated by the lady in a slightly reverbed voice for extra crapness, and the nudity is probably more likely to bring those Cheese and Onion flavour Aldi crisps back up your throat. One woman's boob looked like a huge celeriac with an unfurled condom sitting on top of it and another looked like she'd been hit between the legs with a bag of soot. And since this is 1970's Europe, everyone looks like they stink.

    Yet another winner from Franco then! Love the fact that during her strip scene, the lady narrates that her boss told her to make it seem like it went on forever and to be a slow as possible. Consider your job done, missus!
    2BA_Harrison

    Some films are best left undiscovered.

    Although the packaging for Nightmares Come At Night promotes Soledad Miranda as its star, it is Diana Lorys who takes centre stage as Anna de Istria, a stripper who is seduced by Cynthia Robins (Colette Giacobine), a mysterious blonde who frequents her show. After being lured to Cynthia's home, Anna suffers a series of nightmares in which she sees herself committing murder, but despite help from her doctor, Paul Lucas (Paul Muller), she gradually begins to lose all grip on reality.

    Recently rediscovered and never before released: so says the blurb on my DVD box for this erotic horror from prolific director Jess Franco. It's a statement that begs the question 'why did some idiot have to go and find the bloody thing?' because Nightmares Come At Night could have lain undiscovered for an eternity, and I couldn't have cared less: it's Franco at his most illogical, incomprehensible, and frustrating.

    The director takes a rather promising premise, packs it with quality naked Euro totty from start to finish, yet still somehow manages to produce a finished product that has the ability to make one's eyelids feel as though they have lead weights sewn into them, and as usual, his directorial style can be described charitably as 'unique', although I prefer the adjective 'crap' (this guy even shoves manic zooms into his opening credits!!!). Franco's story is extremely weak, and is merely a lame excuse to get his leading ladies to take their clothes off (although he can't even get this right: he has Anna partake in the most boring strip show to ever be captured on film).

    My version of this film was badly dubbed, something for which I suppose I should be grateful: I laughed a few times at the terrible dub track, and shudder to think how stupefyingly dull the film might have been without these unintentional moments of light relief. In fact, the highlight of the film for me was when the doctor uttered these words to Anna: 'you are a naughty little girl who, with a twitch of her magic stick, can transform her into a pink little pig or a stout and ugly black toad'. Whether this is an accurate translation I don't know (and what the hell it means is anyone's guess), but at least it made me chuckle! About the only other element worthy of note is the score, which lends a suitably grubby vibe and wouldn't be out of place playing in any sleazy 70s euro nightclub.

    There are those who have described this film as 'dreamlike'; my guess is that these viewers actually fell asleep whilst watching and dreamt of something far more interesting without realising.
    diabolicaldrz

    Good erotic thriller by Franco

    Nightmares Come at Night isn't one of Jess Franco's most famous movies. And it's not his best either. But it really does deserves more attention than it gets. It's a very entertainment and erotic thriller starring the beautiful Diana Lorys (The Awful Dr. Orloff) and Paul Muller. The plot is about a woman (Anna) who starts having weird and scary nightmares of her killing people. To make things worse, the people in her dreams appear dead the next morning. Is Anna really going insane or she's the victim of a much more sinister plan? As I said before, this is not one of Franco's best films. It has an uneven pace, bad acting and he really waste the talent of actress Soledad Miranda, who appears in a tiny and incidental character. But the movie also has good things going on. The story is very worthy, there's a lot of nudity, there are some scenes that are very hypnotic and the score by Bruno Nicolai is brilliant (one of the best of his career in my opinion). The opening credits are a very nice touch also.

    Very underrated Franco flick. A 7/10 from me.
    3claudio_carvalho

    Boring and Dull Exploitation with a Predictable and Disappointing Story

    In Zagreb, the striper Anna de Istria (Diana Lorys) works in a sleazy cabaret. She is seduced by the blonde Cynthia Robins (Colette Jack) that invites her to move to her house. Ana is disturbed by nightmares, where she kills a man with a spear, and Cynthia calls Dr. Paul Lucas (Paul Muller) to treat Ana. Meanwhile, a couple that lives in the next door house spies the movement in Cynthia's house.

    "Les Cauchemars Naissent la Nuit" is a boring and dull exploitation by Jess Franco with a predictable and disappointing story. To make it worse, the DVD released in Brazil by Continental Distributor is awfully dubbed in English and there are dramatic scenes that become laughable. My vote is three.

    Title (Brazil): "Pesadelos Noturnos" ("Nocturne Nightmares")

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    • Trivia
      This movie is a Mish Mash of two different unfinished Jesús Franco movies. One with Paul Muller from 1969, the other with Soledad Miranda from 1970.
    • Goofs
      When Anna is watching the couple dancing, the woman has a purple top on. Halfway through, it pans to Anna and then back to the couple, where the woman has a skin-color shirt on. Again panning back to Anna and then the couple, the woman has the purple shirt back on.
    • Connections
      Featured in Nightmares Come at Night: Eugenie's Nightmare of a Sex Charade (2013)

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    • Release date
      • January 18, 1973 (Belgium)
    • Country of origin
      • Liechtenstein
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Los ojos de la noche
    • Production companies
      • Prodif Ets.
      • Prodif Ets./ Vaduz
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    • Budget
      • ESP 100,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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