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The Nightmare

The Nightmare

2015
Documentary, Horror
1h 31m
The documentary focuses on eight people suffering from sleep paralysis, a phenomenon where people find themselves temporarily unable to move, speak, or react to anything while they are falling asleep or awakening. Occasionally this paralysis will be accompanied by physical experiences or hallucinations that have the potential to terrify the individual. In the film Ascher interviews each participant and then tries to re-create their experiences on film with professional actors. (en.wikipedia.org)

Directed by:

Rodney Ascher

Starring:

Siegfried Peters, Steven Yvette, Age Wilson

Genres:

Documentary, Horror

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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The Nightmare

2015
Documentary, Horror
1h 31m
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jodamicojodamico
Rated 05 Nov 2017
70
28th
This is a movie about abuse trauma that's convinced it's a movie about demons.
Rated 05 Nov 2017
jerkyJerky
Rated 31 Jul 2016
50
45th
I've experienced sleep paralysis once a few years ago....scariest shit ever. No joke. What I didn't know about, were the shadow people who come for you when it happens regularly. Well that's just great. I didn't want to ever sleep again anyways!
Rated 31 Jul 2016
chemical404chemical404
Rated 12 Jun 2015
28
9th
I experienced sleep paralysis once few years back - shit was scary, my experience was very similar to those told in this film. Is this documentary informative? Not at all; it's just a few random people telling their experiences, and those are reenacted Rescue 911 style. You won't learn any scientific explanation of this phenomena. It might be eye-opening documentary for people who had experiences sleep paralysis, and have no idea that this is pretty common, but otherwise skip it.
Rated 12 Jun 2015
snallygastersnallygaster
Rated 22 Nov 2016
33
23rd
I'm sure Ascher spent some time contemplating whether to actually attempt to depict the subjects' experiences. There may well be a way to do it without diluting the horror but I don't think Ascher managed to find it. By the way, at any time and without warning or reason, this could suddenly be your life. Ta!
Rated 22 Nov 2016
nobletNoblet
Rated 22 Aug 2016
44
19th
Tedious and goofy.
Rated 22 Aug 2016
payenspayens
Rated 08 May 2016
50
18th
At least it was useful to understand the "extra-terrestrial abductions".
Rated 08 May 2016
punqPUNQ
Rated 10 Feb 2016
50
77th
The Nightmare (2015) is a documentary where 8 people talk about their sleep paralysis. I'm glad I'm not these guys and can sleep peacefully. Must be a total mindfuck! While somewhat interesting, the documentary at times could put you to sleep. Have nice dreams....
Rated 10 Feb 2016
theficionadotheficionado
Rated 16 Oct 2015
25
20th
Turns out listening to people talk about their dreams is tedious in the documentary format, too. Certainly not helped out by the really unconvincing re-enactments, which serve to undermine the horror the victims experience. Favorite part was the idea (not particularly new -- see: Cure) that sleep paralysis is a "contagious" ailment -- a condition that is "viral" in the newer sense and kinda makes the filmmakers and subjects, through their participation here, complicit in its spread.
Rated 16 Oct 2015
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 14 Oct 2015
60
36th
Interesting documentary in terms of just people telling their stories as they see them. Do not expect any professionals or science to be discussed regarding sleep paralysis because there is none. The recreations are done in an interesting way although I probably would have preferred the science over attempts to be scary.
Rated 14 Oct 2015
visceroidvisceroid
Rated 10 Sep 2015
60
21st
Pretty disturbing...
Rated 10 Sep 2015
trash_puppetTrash Puppet
Rated 15 Aug 2015
5
23rd
The people in this were awful, and not even interesting awful.
Rated 15 Aug 2015
donquixoticdonquixotic
Rated 11 Jun 2015
60
52nd
Silly as hell in its reenactments. Sporadically interesting examination of sleep paralysis but overall watchable
Rated 11 Jun 2015

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