Nightmare (1981)

R10/23/1981Horror1h 39m
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The Dream You Can't Escape ALIVE!

Overview

A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Baird Stafford

    George Tatum

  2. Sharon Smith

    Susan Temper

  3. C.J. Cooke

    C.J. Temper

  4. Mik Cribben

    Bob Rosen

  5. Danny Ronan

    Kathy the Babysitter

  6. Bill Milling

    Paul Williamson (as William Milling)

  7. Scott Praetorius

    Young George

  8. William Kirksey

    George's Father (as William S. Kirksey)

  9. Christina Keefe

    George's Mother

**_Psychological study of a psycho-slayer traveling from Manhattan to Cocoa Beach_** A man with obvious mental issues is deemed well by his handers at the asylum and so he's let loose in New York City whereupon he falls back into his murderous ways and naturally travels to Florida in order to see some former family members. “Nightmare” (1981) is serious psychological horror, like "Don't Go in the House" (1979), except that this is a slasher. The psycho escaping the sanitarium with the ultimate goal of killing former relatives recalls “Halloween” (1978), but this is way bloodier and has s...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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