Nightmare (1981)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Romano Scavolini

Writer:

Romano Scavolini (writer)

Release Date:

9 June 1982 (France)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The Dream You Can't Escape ALIVE!

Plot:

A mental-patient, who is troubled with horrible nightmares, has escaped from his hospital. Now on the streets he can't help killing innocent people...

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Sadist | Child Murder | Bondage | Paranoid Schizophrenia

Cast

Baird Stafford	...	George Tatum
Sharon Smith	...	Susan Temper
C.J. Cooke	...	C.J. Temper
Mik Cribben	...	Bob Rosen
Danny Ronan	...	Kathy the Babysitter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tara Alexander	...	Woman in Booth
Randy Arieux	...	Police Officer
Ray Baker	...	Real Estate Agent
Tommy Bouvier	...	Joey
Craig Cain	...	Police Officer
Carl Clifford	...	Hospital Attendant
Mark Davis	...	Police Officer
Kathleen Ferguson	...	Barbara
Christina Keefe	...	George's Mother
William Kirksey	...	George's father
George Kruger	...	Chief Cotter
Candy Marchese	...	Jogger / Candy
Geoffrey Marchese	...	Tony Walker
David Massar	...	Hospital Attendant
Bill Milling	...	Paul Williamson
Kevin J. O'Neill
Mary Lee Parise	...	Police Officer
Kim Patterson	...	Kim Temper
Tammy Patterson	...	Tammy Temper
William Paul	...	Steve
Scott Praetorius	...	Young George
Miranda Stevens	...	Show World Dancer (as Danielle Galiana)
Michael Sweney	...	Burt Daniels
Robert Tenvooren	...	Police Officer
Ken Thomas	...	Police Officer
John L. Watkins	...	Man with Cigar
Susan Webb	...	Police Officer

Also Known As:

Blood Splash
Nightmare in a Damaged Brain
Schizo (Australia) (video title)

Runtime:

97 min | UK:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R | Finland:(Banned) | UK:18 | USA:R (cut) | USA:Unrated | West Germany:(Banned) | Canada:(Banned) (Nova Scotia) | France:-16

Filming Locations:

Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

Company:

Goldmine Productions

Trivia:

Banned as a Video Nasty in the UK during the 1980s.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the young man is smoking on the stair, he is only wearing his underpants, the scene then cuts to his girlfriend taking a shower, then we see him back on the stair, smoking, and then he is wearing a t-shirt too.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005) (V)

make sure you see it uncut!

Caught this at an Arizona drive-in, back about 1983. It truly bothered some of my friends, but we all thought it was better than the co-feature, "Happy Birthday To Me". I hunted for quite a while looking for this, and finally found it at a Pawn shop in St. Paul, on VHS. Guess some folks have also been looking, and it is on DVD as "Nightmares In A Damaged Brain". But the disc runs about 94 minutes, and is missing some gory highlights, as well as a few touches of plot. the one you want was just "Nightmare", and runs about 98 minutes. the version you want came from 21st Century releasing, and is worth the hunt, if this is your sort of thriller. I wish everyone good luck, but I'm not giving mine up.