Nattevagten (Nightwatch)

Nattevagten (Nightwatch) (1994)

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    (1,492 ratings)

The debut feature from Danish director Ole Bornedal, Nattevagten is a psychological thriller starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. While a serial killer is on the loose, brutally murdering several prostitutes, college-student Martin (Coster-Waldau) takes a job as the night watchman at the local mortuary… More

R, 1 hr. 44 min.
Directed By
Ole Bornedal
Genres
Horror, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Feb 25, 1994 Wide
On DVD
Aug 6, 2002

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    A crackerjack little thriller from Holland, of all places.

  • Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies

    A lot of the shocks were new, the acting was above average, and director Ole Bornedal had me by the short hairs, both dreading and anticipating each new twist.

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    Ole Borendal's Nattevagten is a little more than the sum of its parts--and its parts are pretty damned fine.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lady D


    A much longer film than it?s remake or so it seemed. You can certainly see why Ewan Mcgregor was picked to play the role in the American version of this film, there are times throughout the film where you can see quite a likeness between the two. I had remembered the ending of… More

  • Adam M


    Influential Danish thriller. A student gets a night job in the local morgue and if this isn't a creepy enough job, someone is murdering prostitues. The students friend is a bit of a nutcase who likes to push things to far which puts him in the frame straight away but with some… More

  • John M


    "Nightwatch" is a decent Danish horror/suspense movie. The atmosphere of the morgue is interesting, and there are some suspenseful moments but despite the interesting story the narrative was poor and there aren't enough suspects to go around turning the movie pretty… More

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