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Nightmare

Nightmare

Thriller · Horror · Mystery · 1964

A young woman is plagued by nightmares of her asylum-patient mother. Upon returning to her family home, the nightmares become real when she sees a strange woman pacing the halls.

Movie details

Nightmare

“THREE SHOCKING MURDERS...did she DREAM them? ...or DO them?”

1964 Thriller · Horror · Mystery 1h 23m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

A young woman is plagued by nightmares of her asylum-patient mother. Upon returning to her family home, the nightmares become real when she sees a strange woman pacing the halls.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Nightmare?

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Twisted Nerve

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Kept Woman

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Peeping Tom

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Freddie Francis

Written by

Jimmy Sangster

David Knight

David Knight

Henry Baxter

Moira Redmond

Moira Redmond

Grace Maddox

Jennie Linden

Jennie Linden

Janet Freeman

Brenda Bruce

Brenda Bruce

Mary Lewis

George A. Cooper

George A. Cooper

John

I

Irene Richmond

Mrs. Gibbs

Timothy Bateson

Timothy Bateson

Hotel Bartender

Court is in session

Put Nightmare on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.