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Nightmares is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Joseph Sargent released in USA on 9 september 1983 with Cristina Raines

Nightmares (1983)

Nightmares
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Released in USA 9 september 1983
Length 1h39
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating57% 2.8500352.8500352.8500352.8500352.850035

Nightmares is a 1983 American horror anthology film directed by Joseph Sargent, and starring Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen, Cristina Raines, Veronica Cartwright and Richard Masur. The film is made up of four short films based on urban legends; the first concerns a woman who encounters a killer in the backseat of her car; the second concerns a video game-addicted teenager who is consumed by his game; the third focuses on a fallen priest who is stalked by a pickup truck from hell; and the last follows a suburban family battling a giant rat in their home.

The four segments of the film were initially conceived and shot for ABC's thriller anthology series Darkroom, but were deemed too intense for television. When Darkroom was canceled in 1982, Universal Pictures combined the four outstanding segments and released them theatrically as Nightmares in September 1983.

Synopsis

During a traffic stop at night, a cop is stabbed to death by someone leaping from the bushes. A killer is terrorizing a local California area and the TV and radio are reporting that the cop is his fifth victim.

Actors

Cristina Raines

(Lisa the Wife (segment "Terror in Topanga"))
Emilio Estevez

(J.J. Cooney (segment "Bishop of Battle"))
Lance Henriksen

(MacLeod (segment "The Benediction"))
Anthony James

(Store Clerk)
Richard Masur

(Steven Houston (segment "Night of the Rat"))
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