Review of The Nightmare (2010) by Ralph M — 15 Sep 2017

Interesting experiment in horror/doc, but lacking in scientific evidence. has moments of effective creepy.

This review of The Nightmare (2010) was written by Ralph M on 15 Sep 2017.

The Nightmare has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

The Nightmare (2010) Movie Reviews (114)
The Nightmare (2010) Critic Reviews (39)
The Nightmare (2010) User Reviews (75)

More Reviews of The Nightmare

Review of The Nightmare (2010)

By Carlos M (2,069) on 03 Dec 2015

Honestly, this is a very dry documentary with little to no evidence proving what the people in the film say is true…

Read Review

Review of The Nightmare (2010)

By Kyle Anderson (153) for Nerdist (550) on 02 Jan 2016

The Nightmare is a completely singular work of documentary, unseen before to this degree of craftsmanship…

Read Review

Review of The Nightmare (2010)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 11 Oct 2015

Alongside the personal struggles recounted here is that wider shift of perspective that every documentary maker longs to achieve…

Read Review

Review of The Nightmare (2010)

By Joshua F (508) on 01 May 2017

The behind the scenes became more interesting than the subject matter at hand, but that alone makes it well worth the watch…

Read Review

Review of The Nightmare (2010)

By Riff J (755) on 14 Oct 2018

If you have had sleep paralysis this movie will confirm your fears. If you haven't it will terrify you…

Read Review

Review of The Nightmare (2010)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 31 Dec 2015

Both the re-creations and the interviews themselves are filmed for maximum spookiness…

Read Review

Review of The Nightmare (2010)

By Ricardo A (477) on 27 Oct 2015

The Nightmare mixes documentary and horror almost perfectly. The audience will leave the experience pretty scared…

Read Review

Review of The Nightmare (2010)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 22 Aug 2018

Spooky enough, but other people's dreams are rather like other people's holiday snaps, and once you've heard one version of the tale, you have…

Read Review

Review of The Nightmare (2010)

By Guido S (546) on 31 Oct 2015

I've give Rodney Ascher for making a horror documentary, but he should have stuck to a horror film instead of a documentary here…

Read Review

Review of The Nightmare (2010)

By Shawn R (752) on 18 Jan 2016

It's interesting and scary but only at surface level…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Waltz with Bashir (2008)

By Simonm (25) on 25 Jun 2009

Propaganda effort that attempts to excuse Israeli involvement in Lebanon…

Read Review

Review of Sleep (1964)

By Jojo S (57) on 12 Dec 2008

Five hours of some dude sleeping ? Only in Andy Warhols world . There is an amazing plot twist right at the end…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Nightmare

2010

42%114 Reviews

Cronos

1993

71%534 Reviews

Artworks

2003

45%2 Reviews

Black Book

2006

77%628 Reviews

Enemy Mine

1985

66%427 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Barbershop: The Next Cut

2016

62%379 Reviews

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

2015

69%1,020 Reviews

Saint

1997

61%446 Reviews

Carnage

1984

53%697 Reviews