Nightmare Man (2006)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Rolfe Kanefsky

Writer:

Rolfe Kanefsky (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

After receiving an African fertility mask as a gift Ellen tells her husband William that she's been...

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Woods | Mask | Paranoia | Demon

Cast

Tiffany Shepis	...	Mia
Blythe Metz	...	Ellen
Luciano Szafir	...	William
James Ferris	...	Jack
Jack Sway	...	Ed
Hanna Putnam	...	Trinity
Robert Donavan	...	Dr. Evans
Richard Moll	...	Captain McCormac
Aaron Sherry	...	The Nightmare Man
Victor Kanefsky	...	Officer Val
Alice Glenn	...	Officer Kan
Gwen Davis	...	Officer Wendy Simmons

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, gore, some sexuality/nudity and language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | UK:18 | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Paradign Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: The windows on both sides of the car are rolled up and then partway down, and back and forth many times, when they are driving to the asylum.

Quotes:

[glass crashes in basement]
Ellen: What was that?!
Mia: It sounded like a window breaking!
Mia: [pause] My guess? Not the cat.
Jack: Well do you have a cat?
Mia: No.

Movie Connections:

References There's Nothing Out There (1992)

Not Gonna Lie, This Was Bad

I had heard some good things about this Horrorfest film so I decided to give it a shot. I had fun with some parts of it but it's mostly an annoying, typical slasher mess. This is the only film of the 2007 Horrorfest I've seen but I'll probably be checking out the others as well. Though, they're usually pretty bad, to be honest.

The acting was okay, I guess but Tiffany Shepis' character was so extremely annoying that her performance alone could have ruined the whole movie. However, a lot of things did. The script is terrible, I am so tired of "trapped in a cabin in the middle of the woods with a killer on the loose" films. There was also very little suspense whatsoever. One thing I liked was the blood, it seems like a throw back to low budget horror of the 70's and 80's and that made me happy. Unfortunately, it was pretty much the only thing.

If you decide to see this, see it for the blood alone and expect nothing else. It truly is a tedious film that does absolutely nothing we haven't seen a million times before.