Nightmare
1964 · Movie · NR · 83 min · ★ 6.8 · 66% critics
A troubled young woman, haunted by nightmares tied to her mother’s time in an asylum, is sent back to her family home to recover. Once there, eerie sightings and growing fear make it hard to tell whether she is being haunted, manipulated, or losing her grip on reality.
Also known as Here's the Knife, Dear: Now Use It
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Details
- Years
- 1964
- Release date
- 1964-02-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (75 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like old-school psychological chillers with Gothic tension and a twisty mystery, especially if Paranoiac or Scream of Fear worked for you; Not for you if you want fast pacing, gore, or modern horror intensity.
Pros: creepy atmosphere; tense mystery; strong black-and-white mood | Cons: uneven first half; some melodrama; dated performances
Themes
- dreams
- nightmare
- father murder
- suicide attempt
- asylum
- girls' boarding school
- psychological thriller
- girls' school
Cast & crew
David Knight
as Henry Baxter
Moira Redmond
as Grace Maddox
Jennie Linden
as Janet Freeman
Brenda Bruce
as Mary Lewis
George A. Cooper
as John
- IR
Irene Richmond
as Mrs. Gibbs
Timothy Bateson
as Hotel Bartender
Elizabeth Dear
as Young Janet
Clytie Jessop
as Woman in White
John Welsh
as Doctor
Directed by Freddie Francis