Nails (2017)

Recovering after a terrible accident, Dana struggles to regain her life and family when she encounters a malevolent ghost in her hospital room.

Director:

Dennis Bartok

Writers:

Tom Abrams, Dennis Bartok

Stars:

Shauna Macdonald, Steve Wall, Leah McNamara

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shauna Macdonald	...	Dana Milgrom
Steve Wall	...	Steve Milgrom
Leah McNamara	...	Gemma Milgrom
Ross Noble	...	Trevor Helms
Richard Foster-King	...	Eric Nilsson / Nails
Robert O'Mahoney	...	Dr. Ron Stengel
Charlotte Bradley	...	Elizabeth Leaming
Muireann D'Arcy	...	Ashley
Veronica O'Reilly	...	Ellie
Conor Scott	...	AV Technician
Trish Groves	...	Nurse Rossa / Second Paramedic #2
Eileen Doyle	...	Nightnurse
Simon O'Connor	...	Doctor
Dennis Bartok	...	Earl Rossiter
Frances Murphy	...	Wicca Woman

Storyline

Dana Milgrom (Shauna Macdonald) is a track coach and mother who's survived a near-death car accident, only to find herself paralyzed and trapped inside her own body. Forced to communicate via an artificial voice program and hooked to a breathing machine, she becomes convinced that a terrifying presence called Nails exists inside her hospital room. No one believes her - not even her own husband, who think she's experiencing a mental breakdown. As her marriage disintegrates and her grip on reality starts to shred, Dana fights to convince the doctors and staff that Nails is real and intent on destroying her.

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Plot Keywords:

one word title | female protagonist | evil presence | husband wife relationship | younger version of character | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The film marks a complete departure for Ross Noble, who plays male nurse Trevor Helms in the film. Since the age of 15 he's worked as a stand-up comedian, building an extremely successful comedy career over a number of decades.

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Goofs

The news article about the child killings at the hospital uses the same paragraph in the second and third columns, presumably to make the article look longer without having to create any additional text.

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Quotes

Dana Milgrom: [on Nails] He died in this room... in that cupboard
Trevor Helms: [deeply concerned] I didn't know that

User Reviews

You won't be biting your nails!

Very poor. I was attracted to this because I love a good horror movie, and it seemed to have a good cast. After twenty minutes of viewing it became abundantly clear a good horror movie was not what I was getting.

It was the same predictable, cheap scare (monsterous face to the camera with a sound effect - you know the one) wrapped around some dreadful acting. Ross Noble's performance in this was more akin to an early episode of Byker Grove than a feature film. And poor Shauna. Quite why she took part in this fecal fest, I don't know. Perhaps the electric bill was due.

The below par script; littered with exposition problems, poor dialogue, characters who you don't care for, a villain that makes no sense in a situation that makes no sense.

All in all it was pretty bad.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nails

Box Office

Budget:

EUR5,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$41,249

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fantastic Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1