The Nightmare
2015 · Movie · 88 min · ★ 6.4 · 68% critics
After a wild night at a party, a teenager starts having disturbing visions of a strange creature that no one else seems to notice. As the encounters grow more intense, everyday life begins to feel confusing, isolating, and increasingly unreal.
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Details
- Original title
- Der Nachtmahr
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-07-01
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (111 votes)
About
If you like unsettling, experimental horror with a dreamlike mood, this could work for you, especially if Hatching or Dorm appealed to you; Not for you if you dislike confusing stories or intense flashing, noise, and discomfort.
Pros: unsettling atmosphere; bold visual style; intensely disorienting | Cons: confusing story beats; very disturbing imagery; sensory overload
Themes
- friendship
- surreal
- coming of age
- hospital
- creature
- psychiatrist
- mental illness
- fractal
- psychotronic film
Cast & crew
Carolyn Genzkow
as Tina
Arnd Klawitter
as Father
Julika Jenkins
as Mother
- AS
Alexander Scheer
as Psychiatrist
Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht
as Adam
Kim Gordon
as Teacher
Sina Tkotsch
as Barbara
- LF
Lynn Femme
as Monika
- LL
Lucia Luciano
as Julia
Nura Habib Omer
as Ashley
Directed by Achim Bornhak