Review of Nightmare Man (2006) by Rob M — 09 Jul 2010

It's not news to say that many of the movies in the After Dark Horrorfest series are of borderline watchability. Nightmare Man is in a wretched class of its own, however. A married couple finds themselves in possession of an African fertility mask, and no sooner is it out of the box than the wife begins having hallucinations (or are they?) of a masked guy chasing her with a knife. When the wife finds herself pursued through the woods, she takes refuge with a group of horny 20-somethings, and it's only then that we come to learn the secret of the mask.

This is horribly schlocky stuff, even by low-budget movie standards. Script, acting, editing, cinematography, directing ? it all comes straight from the bottom of the filmmaking barrel. And pity poor Richard Moll (Bull from Night Court), whose career has sunk so low he's relegated to making a late-innings appearance as a local cop. A dire enterprise.