Nightmare Man (2006)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Ellen (Blythe Metz) orders an African hand-carved mask from Rome to resolve her fertility problem with her husband William (Luciano Szafir). After receiving a wrong mask, Ellen insists that the demon Nightmare Man is attacking her and she needs pills to keep him under control inside her, but the doctors diagnose her as paranoid schizophrenic. On the way to be committed in the remote Devonshine Institute, the car runs out of gas and Bill leaves Ellen in the car while he walks to a gas station 10 miles away. Ellen is attacked by the Nightmare Man but she escapes through the woods, reaching the house of Mia (Tiffany Shepis) that is receiving her boyfriend Ed (Jack Sway) and the friends Trinity (Hanna Putnam) and her fiancé Jack (James Ferris). They shelter her and call Bill that tells them about the delusional state of Ellen, and they do not call the police. Sooner they discover that the deadly Nightmare Man is outside threatening their lives and they realize that Ellen was telling the truth."Nightmare Man" is a good low-budget slash movie with many twists in the story. There are many bad reviews in IMDb but I liked this movie, maybe because I do not read reviews before watching the movie and writing mine. Unfortunately Rolfe Kanefsky should research before writing – he would discover that Brazil does not produce tequila and this drink is imported usually from Mexico. Therefore his reference to "Brazilian tequila" is absolutely wrong and does not exist; next time, try to use Brazilian "cachaça". My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): Not Available

As a film enthusiast I've got some demands on how a movie should be. Horror movies for me should include tense moments, blood and gore and of course the unmissable breasts scenes. We got it all in this movie. However, I wasn't totally satisfied.Acting in horror films doesn't have to be at Oscar caliber but it has to be believable and for me the only believable people here were Tiffany Shepis and maybe James Ferris. Tiffany had a much harder role. Maybe the problem I had with the acting is related to poor scripting or directing, but I cannot pinpoint for sure. What probably dragged me down the most was the music: terrible horror film music. I love film music and my favorite composers are Danny Elfman, Howard Shore, James Horner, John Williams and many more. But music in movies has to help the story - it certainly didn't here.The plot was good, and that twist at the end with the demon actually coming out was great. The necessity of having Tiffany bare breasted at the end... maybe it was because I couldn't hear what the demon was saying, but was it necessary for the story? Of course not. But was it necessary for me as a horror movie fan? - Sure! And so near the end ... probably raised the grade from 5 to 6 :-)

I rarely will write a review to say how bad a film is. Like many horror aficionados I will put up with a lot for a sublime moment. After hitting real pay dirt with this series' "Borderland" I thought I'd give this a try. Talk about a pointless exercise.Is it a demon film or another slasher flick? Who cares? Even the filmmakers didn't seem to care. The film begins in mid-action and never bothers to provide even a flimsy rational for why anything is happening. Does the mask connect to the demon? Was the mask really purchased for a sexual aid or was that a nightmare? Why does the husband want to kill his wife? Why does he hate her? Who is this guy he is paying? Are people like this listed in the phone book? How did the demon get into the wife in the first place? Does anyone care about any character in this film? Was there a point to any of the nudity in this film? It certainly wasn't to be erotic. Did they cover the camera lens with mud before shooting? I mean jeepers if you're going to take the time to raise the money to make a film why waste so much footage on such low grade material? Okay I'm done. JUST STAY AWAY!!! PS Suspect any of the 3 plus star ratings you read, they are probably the work of shills.

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.