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Nightmare Cinema

2018 · 119 min

A creaky haunted-theater frame holds five nasty little shocks, veering from gory to surreal and back.

Directed by
Alejandro Brugués, Mick Garris
Genres
Horror
Starring
Mickey Rourke, Sarah Elizabeth Withers, Elizabeth Reaser
Tagline
The price of admission is your life
Overview
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.

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Directed by
Alejandro Brugués, Mick Garris
Genres
Horror
Starring
Mickey Rourke, Sarah Elizabeth Withers, Elizabeth Reaser
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • fate
  • guilt
  • madness
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour4
Realism4
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Genres
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Directed by
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Written by
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
119 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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