- Nightmare (1981 film)
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Nightmare Directed by Romano Scavolini Produced by John L. Watkins Written by Romano Scavolini Starring Baird Stafford
Sharon Smith
C.J. Cooke
Mik CribbenMusic by Jack Eric Williams Cinematography Gianni Fiore[1] Editing by Robert T. Megginson[1] Distributed by Goldmine Productions/21st Century Film Corporation[1] Release date(s) 1981[1] Running time 97 minutes[1] Country USA[1] Language English Nightmare (also known as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain and Blood Splash) is a 1981 horror film directed by Romano Scavolini.[1]
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Synopsis
George Tatum wanders the streets, which is bad for everyone else as he's seriously warped and potentially homicidal to boot. In an effort to cure him of his never-ending sleepless nights and waking moments of nightmarish hallucinations and disturbingly real visions of carnage and brutality, he is dosed with experimental drugs which although outwardly to seemingly cure him of his night terrors and with it his psychosis, inwardly they brew a hidden unforeseen volatile streak that slowly empowers him until he is completely overwhelmed by it. Now having been prematurely freed from the Northeastern loony bin that has housed him for most of his natural life, he begins a spontaneous impulsive systematic slaughtering spree across the states on his journey back to his original home in Florida and to a certain specific family whose offspring is connected to him.
Cast
Actor Role Kathleen Ferguson Barbara George Kruger Chief Cotter Geoffrey Marchese Tony Walker Controversy and reception
Nightmare gained instant notoriety among horror fans when it was banned in the UK as a video nasty and its distributor sentenced to 18 months in prison for refusing to edit out a sequence lasting one second from the film.[2] It has maintained a reputation as one of the most disturbing slasher movies ever made.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Brennan, Sanrdra. "Nightmare:Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/nightmare-35350. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ http://www.eofftv.com/notes/n/nightmare_1981_notes.htm
- ^ http://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/hysterialives/Hysteria/nightmares_in_a_damaged_brain.html
External links
- Nightmare at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- American horror films
- English-language films
- Serial killer films
- 1980s horror films
- 1981 films
- American films
- Films directed by Romano Scavolini
- Slasher films
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