Fresh
It just isn't as informative as it could be. It's plenty scary, and on that level satisfying. It would be great to see Ascher make a full-on horror feature.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
The Nightmare
Welcome to the scariest place on earth.
2015 · 1h 30m · NOT RATED
Documentary, Horror
Directed by
Rodney Ascher
Overview
Eight people experience sleep paralysis, a condition which leaves them unable to move, speak or react.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In the faces of these men and women, ranging in age from their 20s to their 40s and spread out everywhere from Los Angeles to Manchester, you can see the genuine terror they suffered - and, in some cases, continue to suffer.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Rotten
Ascher is too content to let repetition of experience take over his film. No sleep studiers or brain experts or anybody else, for that matter, are interviewed.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
While "Room 237" sought evidence for its most outlandish conceits, "The Nightmare" declines to delve. As the testimonies grow repetitive, the strategy suggests willful ignorance.
Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times
Fresh
Less a straight doc than a psycho-cinematic inquiry into unknown territory, it's really something to see. Whether it's something to believe is another matter.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
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