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Nightmares

Nightmares... is this year's sleeper.

  • Movie
  • 1983
  • R
  • 1h 39m

Directed by Joseph Sargent

5.9

TMDB audience rating
5.9 out of 10 from 107 votes

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Overview

A 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.

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Cast and crew

  • Cristina Raines

    Cristina RainesLisa the Wife (segment "Terror in Topanga")

  • Emilio Estevez

    Emilio EstevezJ.J. Cooney (segment "Bishop of Battle")

  • Lance Henriksen

    Lance HenriksenMacLeod (segment "The Benediction")

  • Richard Masur

    Richard MasurSteven Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")

  • Veronica Cartwright

    Veronica CartwrightClaire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")

  • Moon Unit Zappa

    Moon Unit ZappaPamela (segment "Bishop of Battle")

  • Tony Plana

    Tony PlanaFather Luis Del Amo (segment "The Benediction")

  • Joe LambiePhil the Husband (segment "Terror in Topanga")

  • Robin Gammell

    Robin GammellThe Bishop (segment "The Benediction")

  • Bridgette Andersen

    Bridgette AndersenBrooke Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")

  • Albert Hague

    Albert HagueMel Keefer (segment "Night of the Rat")

  • Lee Ving

    Lee VingWilliam Henry Glazier (segment "Terror in Topanga") (as Lee James Jude)

  • Mariclare Costello

    Mariclare CostelloAdele Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")

  • Louis Giambalvo

    Louis GiambalvoJerry Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")

  • William Sanderson

    William SandersonGas station attendant (segment "Terror in Topanga") (uncredited)

  • Billy Jayne

    Billy JayneZock (segment "Bishop of Battle")

  • Raleigh Bond

    Raleigh BondNorman, a Neighbor (segment "Terror in Topanga")

  • Flea

    FleaSinger (voice)

Director
Joseph Sargent
Writer
Christopher Crowe and Jeffrey Bloom
Music
Craig Safan
Cinematography
Mario DiLeo and Gerald Perry Finnerman