First look at chilling horror doc The Nightmare from Rodney Ascher

Last Updated on July 22, 2021

Quite a few people really dug Rodney Ascher’s strangely fascinating documentary ROOM 237, which revolved around the various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING. Now, Ascher is back with his new documentary, THE NIGHTMARE, which explores just that—nightmares. Since production on the film just wrapped, they were nice enough to send over its first still. And what do you know, it's scary as shit.

“This project was a once in a lifetime opportunity to cross-breed two genres I love, documentary and horror. After exploring people's real-life waking nightmares in long, free-flowing personal interviews, it was a bizarre trip through the looking glass to bring them to life and get lost inside of them on the set,” said Director Rodney Ascher.

THE NIGHTMARE follows the disturbing investigation into the demonic visions experienced by victims of sleep paralysis and provoked by Ascher's own unsettling experiences with the condition.

The horror documentary is produced by Ross M. Dinerstein (THE PACT, THE DIVIDE) and Glen Zipper – producer of the Academy Award winning film, UNDEFEATED. The film is executive produced by Content Film President Jamie Carmichael (THE PACT, BLACK BOOK) and co-produced by Tim Kirk (ROOM 237).

Content is handling worldwide sales on THE NIGHTMARE and working with Preferred Content on North American sales. A teaser is being shown in Toronto during TIFF. The film has already been presold to the UK (Altitude) and France (The Jokers Films).