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Nightmare at Shadow Woods

1987 · 79 min

A grimy, gleefully nasty slasher that lurches from deadpan family drama to over-the-top gore with a strange, almost dreamlike detachment.

Directed by
John Grissmer
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Tagline
Not all the evil is on Elm Street ...
Overview
Twins Todd and Terry seem like sweet boys -- that is, until one of them takes an axe to the face of a fellow patron at the local drive-in.

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Directed by
John Grissmer
Genres
Horror, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • identity
  • family
  • betrayal
  • violence
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror7
Humour3
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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