Nightmares

Nightmares (1983)

  • 17% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 39% of users liked it
    (1,682 ratings)

In this murder mystery, a daughter begins to suspect that her father's death was not an accident after she observes her mother and a mortician during a seance. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

In Theaters
Sep 2, 1983 Wide
On DVD
Aug 24, 1999
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Milne, Time Out

    In general, though, the scripting is unimaginative, derivative, and desperately predictable.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Nothing spoils a horror story faster than a stupid victim. And Nightmares, an anthology of four supposedly scary episodes, has plenty of those.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    In this quartet of scary tales, two stories work and two don't.

  • Staci Layne Wilson, StaciWilson.com

    Click to read the article.

  • , Film4

    Plenty of short-story-type twists ensure that the ensuing drama plays second fiddle to cheap, unsatisfying pay-offs.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Nightmares is a well constructed anthology horror film that is very well acted and directed by Joseph Sargent. The stories are pretty entertaining and are fairly creepy in their tone and atmosphere. This is a far different anthology than Creepshow and it works well enough to keep the… More

  • AJ V


    I saw most of this on TV one day a long time ago, I got to see the great part with Emilio Estevez and the video arcade! It was so cool, but I want to see the rest of the movie!

  • Curtis L


    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.

  • Lafe F


    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… More

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