Emilio Estevez, Cristina Raines, Lance Henriksen

Four horror tales with a supernatural twist based on urban ledgends.

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Joseph Sargent

Release Date: September 2, 1983

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DVD Release Date: August 24, 1999

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  • November 1, 2007
    Pretty much a hot chick quits smoking, Emilio Estevez gets abducted by a video game, Lance Hendrixson kills satans truck with holy water and a family gets terrorized by the demon rodent. A lot like outer limits. Pretty fun.
  • July 14, 2007
    A quartet of tales with a Nightmare theme!

    Terror in Topanga - standard "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" fare about a motorist on an empty country road, and an escaped mental patient.

    The Bishop of Battle - screams 1980's decade with a young Emilio Estevez hooked on a video arca...( read more)de game which gets progressively harder. This was my favorite tale; worth the price of the movie alone.

    The Benediction - forgettable tale about a priest being chased by an evil black truck.

    Night of the Rat - a silly tale about a family being terrorized by a giant rat; cool ending.

    I wish this anthology had a framing story.
  • June 9, 2008
    Not too good.
  • July 23, 2009
    Some decent horror tales. Nothing like Edward Bloch would write, but a respectable lineup nevertheless.
  • November 14, 2008
    Emilio Estevez in "The Bishop Of Battle" as a suburban acrade addict, blasting "Black Flag" and "Fear" on his head phones until he is sucked fabled into the 13th level of the game. That's most of why you should watch "Nightmares", which is somewhere between "Creepshow" and "Tales...( read more) From The Darkside".

    The other story here worth seeing is "Night Of The Rat" about the most hilariously gigantic and evil rat, ever to grace cinema, the legendary "Devil Rat" as it cleverly named, which terrorizes a small family.

    The other two stories, "Terror In Topanga", which is only mildly funny if youve ever lived in the valley, because Topnaga Canyon is one the least threatening places on earth. Then there's "Benediction" which is about a priest bieng chased by a truck, also possibly driven by the devil or something. There is one scene where truck comes out of the earth, that looks eerily real, but aside from that it's pretty worthless.

    I like anthology films, like this, even the bad ones, between "Bishop Of Battle" and "Night Of The Rat", there's just enough laughs (zero scares), to make this one worth seeing.

    Also oddly no framing story, you just get 1-2-3-4 the end. Makes the whole thing feel incomplete.
  • December 27, 2007
    I saw this a looong time ago...need to see it again.
  • November 1, 2007
    Not interested. I usually try to avoid horror movies.
  • August 14, 2007
    A good collection of horror stories with a Tales from the Darkside feel.
  • July 14, 2007
    Saw this as a kid, but would love to see it again. The video game story was the best.

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