FILM
Nightmare
1964
MYSTERY
1hr 22mn

Nightmare is a tale of two movies. To the consternation of fellow boarding school students, a teenage girl is racked with nightmares of her insane-asylum-committed mother. She decides to leave school and return to the family home, a large estate with built-in housekeeper, cook and chauffeur. But matters only get worse and the tale changes from her issues to those of the people around her. It is my steadfast rule to never need spoiler alerts attached to a review. But I can tell you the second act of this two-act play is far more engaging than the first. I suppose that is as it should be except act one is so contrived it taints a compelling performance by Moira Redmond (Jigsaw) in slightly less-contrived act two.
CAST: David Knight, Moira Redmond, Jennie Linden
DIRECTED BY: Freddie Francis
WRITER: Jimmy Sangster
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