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Nightmares
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5.7A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.
Released: 1983-09-0299 minDir: Joseph SargentHorror, Science FictionBox office: $6.7M
Cast
- Cristina Raines as Lisa the Wife (segment "Terror in Topanga")
- Emilio Estevez as J.J. Cooney (segment "Bishop of Battle")
- Lance Henriksen as MacLeod (segment "The Benediction")
- Richard Masur as Steven Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
- Veronica Cartwright as Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
- Moon Unit Zappa as Pamela (segment "Bishop of Battle")
Themes
- monster
- video game
- supernatural
- animal attack
- anthology
- truck
- urban legend
- priest
- serial killer
- scientist
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Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
3,818 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
29%
Metacritic
39/100
- Year
- 1983
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- monster film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- computing
- Director
- Joseph Sargent
- Cast member
- Billy Jayne
- Composer
- Craig Safan
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Gerald Finnerman
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 270744
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1984-00-00
- title
- Nightmares
- review score
- 5.9/10
- budget
- 6000000
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