18. The Nightmare (FTV)
Documentary about people who suffer sleep paralysis and night terrors and the hallucinations that go with them. We see that there are recurring night visitors such as The Shadow People, the Grays, cat-like gargoyles, and the Man with the Black Hat (who I myself saw a couple times as a very young child, along with several of my siblings). Even though this is a doc, it was genuinely unsettling at times and really made me think, because it's based on actual experiences.
Anecdote after anecdote has similar motifs and occurrences, for what is a very personal experience, so it makes you wonder why. Most of the interviews are voice-overs accompanied by re-enactments, a few of which are a little cheesy, but for the most part they are good and enhance the film. Especially interesting was a segment on how these characters have gotten into popular culture and movies. The interview structure gets a little repetitive and perhaps could have been shorter, but there's a cumulative effect that creeped me out.
3 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2018 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. mother! 4/5 (FTV)
2. Marrowbone 4/5 (FTV)
3. Flora 2/5 (FTV)
4. Blood Fest 4/5 (FTV)
5. Chamber of Horrors 3/5 (FTV)
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 5/5
7. Poltergeist (1982) 5/5
8. Hatchet 3/5 (FTV)
9. The Devil and Father Amorth 3/5 (FTV)
10. Terrifier 3/5 (FTV)
11. Murder Party 3/5 (FTV)
12. Dig Two Graves 4/5 (FTV)
13. I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House 2/5 (FTV)
14. Images 3/5 (FTV)
15. Invisible Ghost 2/5(FTV)
16. The Lure 4/5 (FTV)
17. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 3/5 (FTV)
18. The Nightmare 3/5 (FTV)
Documentary about people who suffer sleep paralysis and night terrors and the hallucinations that go with them. We see that there are recurring night visitors such as The Shadow People, the Grays, cat-like gargoyles, and the Man with the Black Hat (who I myself saw a couple times as a very young child, along with several of my siblings). Even though this is a doc, it was genuinely unsettling at times and really made me think, because it's based on actual experiences.
Anecdote after anecdote has similar motifs and occurrences, for what is a very personal experience, so it makes you wonder why. Most of the interviews are voice-overs accompanied by re-enactments, a few of which are a little cheesy, but for the most part they are good and enhance the film. Especially interesting was a segment on how these characters have gotten into popular culture and movies. The interview structure gets a little repetitive and perhaps could have been shorter, but there's a cumulative effect that creeped me out.
3 out of 5 stars.
Bob's October 2018 Horror Movie List
*FTV denotes first-time viewings
1. mother! 4/5 (FTV)
2. Marrowbone 4/5 (FTV)
3. Flora 2/5 (FTV)
4. Blood Fest 4/5 (FTV)
5. Chamber of Horrors 3/5 (FTV)
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 5/5
7. Poltergeist (1982) 5/5
8. Hatchet 3/5 (FTV)
9. The Devil and Father Amorth 3/5 (FTV)
10. Terrifier 3/5 (FTV)
11. Murder Party 3/5 (FTV)
12. Dig Two Graves 4/5 (FTV)
13. I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House 2/5 (FTV)
14. Images 3/5 (FTV)
15. Invisible Ghost 2/5(FTV)
16. The Lure 4/5 (FTV)
17. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 3/5 (FTV)
18. The Nightmare 3/5 (FTV)