Movie

Nightmares
1983 · 99 min
Four nasty little campfire tales that lurch from creepy to silly, best enjoyed late at night with low expectations.
- Directed by
- Joseph Sargent
- Genres
- Horror, Science fiction
- Starring
- Cristina Raines, Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen
- Tagline
- Nightmares... is this year's sleeper.
- Overview
- A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.
- How it feels
- Eerie, tense, campy and dark. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Obsession, faith, survival, fate
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Joseph Sargent
- Genres
- Horror, Science fiction
- Starring
- Cristina Raines, Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen














