The Nightmare

The Nightmare (Movie Review)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: ROOM 237 director Rodney Ascher continues his pseudo-documentary stylings by interviewing eight people victimized by sleep paralysis. The common thread? They’re all more or less vexed by the same suffocating NIGHTMARE: sleep paralysis! REVIEW: After leaving the doc world...

New stills from Rodney Ascher’s The Nightmare

Posted 11 years ago

Rodney Ascher's new documentary, THE NIGHTMARE, is set for a VOD and limited theatrical release in just a few weeks, June 5th, and what’s on tap for today is a handful of creepy new stills, giving us a quick look...

New trailer for Rodney Ascher’s The Nightmare

Posted 11 years ago

Rodney Ascher's new documentary, THE NIGHTMARE, is getting set for its VOD and limited theatrical release on June 5th, and today we have an all-new trailer that sneaks up behind you. Dig it below! “This project was a once in...

The trailer for documentary The Nightmare will likely give you bad dreams

Posted 11 years ago

When someone asks for a scary movie, chances are slim that anyone will recommend a documentary. But, THE NIGHTMARE may change that. Coming from ROOM 237 director Rodney Ascher, THE NIGHTMARE explores the science behind sleep paralysis. But, this is...

Peep the trailer for Rodney Ascher’s The Nightmare

Posted 11 years ago

A little over a week it's been since seeing the newest poster for Rodney Ascher's THE NIGHTMARE, the much anticipated follow up to his doc ROOM 237. Well now we have a look at the first official trailer for the...

First poster for Rodney Ascher’s sleep paralysis doc The Nightmare

Posted 11 years ago

Rodney Ascher's new documentary, THE NIGHTMARE, is getting set for its premiere at the Stanley Film Festival before it hits VOD and limited theaters on June 5th. The first poster, from Badass Digest, is fantastic and terrifying in its simplicity—an...

Rodney Ascher’s sleep paralysis doc The Nightmare gets a release date

Posted 11 years ago

Rodney Ascher’s follow-up to ROOM 237 is the sleep paralysis documentary THE NIGHTMARE, which made its world premiere in February at the Sundance Film Festival (read our review HERE). Ascher’s film uses cinematic recreations to get the audience into the...

2015 SXSW Midnighters lineup revealed

Posted 11 years ago

Riding on the heels of the first wave of films to make a splash at this year’s SXSW Film Festival is the revealing of the Midnighters lineup, one that will surely leave horror fans smiling like a butcher’s dog. What...

Review: The Nightmare (Sundance 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A documentary focusing on the phenomenon of sleep paralysis as experienced by eight strangers. REVIEW: Rodney Ascher’s THE NIGHTMARE should have been a slam­dunk. His SHINING doc, ROOM 237, was unsettling even if most if the interpretations put across...

New look at Rodney Ascher’s sleep paralysis doc The Nightmare

Posted 12 years ago

The mind behind ROOM 237, a documentary that explores the batshit crazy interpretations of Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING, will be hitting the Sundance Film Festival in January with his new film, THE NIGHTMARE. Directed by Rodney Ascher, THE NIGHTMARE focuses...