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Nightmares

1980 · 83 min

A grimy, slow-burning slasher that lingers on backstage unease and childhood scars before turning nasty.

Directed by
John D. Lamond
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Tagline
Screams of terror… silenced only by the splintering of glass!
Overview
A little girl named Cathy tries to keep her mother from making out with a man while driving one day, and she inadvertently causes her mother's death in the car crash. 16 years later, Cathy has changed her name to Helen and has become a psychotic actress. Things are going fine until horrible things starts to happened with the cast of her new play.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Trauma, madness, obsession, death
Content
Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
Note
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Directed by
John D. Lamond
Genres
Horror, Thriller
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore strong
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror7
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    horror, thriller
    Directed by
    John D. Lamond
    Written by
    Colin Eggleston
    Starring
    Jenny Neumann, Gary Sweet, Nina Landis, Max Phipps, John-Michael Howson, Edmund Pegge, Sue Jones, Adele Lewin
    Music
    Brian May
    Cinematography
    Garry Wapshott
    Runtime
    83 min
    Country
    Australia
    Languages
    English

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