I have been on the prowl for new horror flicks that have recently been
released by After Dark Horror Fest. Nightmare Man in particular is one
of these new 8 Films To Die For.
Even though was totally not thrilled; or scared over the first batch
of horror flicks, I was still anticipating this new batch.
Nightmare Man begins with this extremely dumb gal who seems to have
some sort of odd overbite, or under bite that messed with her speech. It
actually annoyed me so much that I nearly turned the flick off before
even giving it a 10 minute chance. I figured though, hey, I rented it, so may as well at least finish it...or try to.
So this chicks name is Ellen. She has ordered a fertility mask, (they
sort of screw it up in the beginning though because we learn her husband
has issues with keeping his schlong up... guess she should of ordered the erectile dysfunction mask)
but quickly we learn that this mask is evil, and Ellen now believes
that the evil demon has possessed her (it's inside of her) and her
husband thinks shes nuts.
So while driving along to bring Ellen to a mental hospital, the car
conveniently runs out of gas. So her husband tells her to stay behind
while he hikes the 10 miles to the gas station. Real nice; because as he
leaves he tells her she won't be alone, that she has 'company in the trunk'. Yes her douche-bag husband decided to pack the fertility mask. The same mask that Ellen is freaked out by.
Ellen actually stays behind, and waits in the car. She keeps popping
these white pills (that look oddly similar to white tic tacs) whenever
she begins freaking out and seeing things. I began to have deja vu,
because this scene was very much like 'Penny Dreadful', a flick that was horribly pathetic.
As time goes on, suddenly the demon, she calls Nightmare Man is after
her. She is running, running, running... and comes across a cabin in the
woods. Oddly enough this cabin is filled with a flock of young adults
who are in the middle of some perverted sex game.
Like any killer on the loose horror flick, sex always is thrown into
the mix, which is bothersome. I mean come on, enough of the titty shots
in horror flicks. You seen one boob, you seen em all.
Anyhow, the flick sort of takes a turn I knew it would take. The
Nightmare Man picks the occupants of the house off one by one, till
there are only 2 standing. The crazy chick with the over bite, and some
hot girl in a thong.
The ending though takes a twist I truly sort of saw coming, yet wasn't
expecting. But just when it takes that on the obvious twist, it goes
and takes a double twist which I totally did not see coming. Even though
the twist was slightly humorous, it was also a pretty good one.
The Acting:
The actors were all sort of cheesy, and watching them die was not a
big deal because there were none in particular that I cared for or made a
connection with. Not even the main crazy one, Ellen.
Some of the actors and actresses did a better job at being believable
than others. For instance when one of the friends die, they don't really
seem all that concerned. Just a few, ahhh's... oh no's.
What I Didn't Like:
Well the reference of sex positions during a time when they should of
been more concerned with their lives, was a bit retardando to throw into
one particular scene.
The costumes for the 'scary' characters were straight up lame. I mean
they could of worked a bit more with theatrical makeup, and made things
look scary; instead they came off as ridiculously hilarious.
Overall:
Even though Nightmare Man was all around cheesy, it still kept me
entertained, and even had me laughing a few times. I'm sure that was not
the goal; to turn a horror flick into a slightly humorous horror
flick...but it was how it came off.
Recommended:
I wouldn't recommend Nightmare Man as a movie you'd want to add to
your DVD collection, but as a rent it's not so bad. I guess it was the
quirkiness of the movie that made it an okay flick, and the double
twists at the end that were somewhat entertaining.
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