Nightmare Cinema

"The price of admission is your life"

Jul 10 2019 R 1h 59m
Horror

A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.

Plot

Mick Garris directs the linking sequences set in a cinema theatre where Mickey Rourke is the projectionist and the audience are lured in to view films which feature strangely familiar characters. The Thing in the Woods, directed by Alejandro Brugués is a pastiche which throws in every cliche from slashers to alien spiders. Mirare directed by Joe Dante deals with the weirder aspects of cosmetic surgery philia, taking it far beyond any logical conclusion. Mashit directed by Ryûhei Kitamura takes place in a Boarding School where staff and pupils are possessed by Demons. This Way to Egress directed by David Slade is filmed in dark monochrome, a woman loses touch with reality and seems to have crossed into a frightening parallel universe. Dead directed by Mick Garris is set in a hospital where a boy fights evil spirits and a real life murder.

Written by

Mick Garris, Alejandro Brugués, Richard Christian Matheson

Directed by

Alejandro Brugués, Joe Dante, Mick Garris

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Cranked Up Films, Cinelou Films

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
5,357
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
60
Popularity
NA