the disastrous lighting and overly serious tone make it a frustrating experience that most viewers will end up fast-forwarding through
Audio:
The Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track is another miss. Why have 5.1 sound for a movie that doesn´t really use it? The effects and music all sound like they were taken directly from a public-domain CD.
Extras:
Of all the eight films released in the After Dark Horrorfest, why does "Nightmare Man" have the most special features? Half of the eight discs don´t have any, and then this waste of time is overflowing with bonus junk. Luckily, most of the extras are better than the actual film.
The feature-length commentary with Kanefsky, Shepis, and producer Ester Goodstein is an enjoyable way to kill ninety-four minutes without having to actually sit through the movie. Listening to Shepis refrain from revealing her true feelings about co-star Blythe Metz alone makes it worthwhile. It´s also a prime showcase for a director whose delusions of grandeur rival those of the now-infamous Uwe Boll. Kanefsky compares shots in "Nightmare Man" to films by Hitchcock, De Palma, and several other movies that Kanefsky shouldn´t even be allowed to rent, let alone compare his dreck to.
Another fun feature is "Tiffany´s Behind the Scenes," seventeen minutes with everybody´s favorite former Tromette behind the camera. And if that´s not enough behind-the-scenes footage for you, check out "Creating a Nightmare: The Making of Nightmare Man," over twenty-one minutes´ worth of well-documented on-set footage and interviews.
The sixteen minutes´ worth of "Extended Scenes" amount to five moments that were wisely cut short in the final print of the film. "Flubbing a Nightmare (Gag Reel)" is without a doubt one of the least-funny blooper reels I´ve ever seen, a waste of seven minutes. Another skippable feature is the "Still Gallery," a five-minute slide show of pics from the flick. The Miss Horrorfest webisodes are also included here, just as they are on the other eight releases.
Film Value:
"Nightmare Man" has a few moments of good gore and two hot girls that are kind enough to drop their tops for the audience. But even Blythe Metz´s impressively ample "lung power" and Tiffany Shepis´s shapely "assets" aren´t enough to warrant a viewing of this disappointment. I really wanted to like this movie, but the disastrous lighting and overly serious tone make it a frustrating experience that most viewers will end up fast-forwarding through. I´m a big fan of low-budget horror, but if the filmmakers can´t even bother to correctly light the flick, why should I be expected to sit through it? If you can´t afford lighting equipment, they should shoot in the daylight. One of the reasons I was so excited to see "Nightmare Man" was for the multiple quotes of praise from some of the best-known horror Web sites. After sitting through multiple viewings of this mess, I am going to have to seriously reconsider ever trusting them again.
There haven´t been any "good" independent horror films that share any similar themes with "Nightmare Man" that I´ve seen in the past few years. The closest thing I can think of is 2006´s "Feast." It´s one of the most outright entertaining horror film´s I´ve seen in a long time, and it shares the idea of a group of people trapped together in a building after somebody rushes in the doors claiming that "something outside is going to kill me." I realize that it´s not a direct parallel to "Nightmare Man," but that alone should be enough of an endorsement.
The Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track is another miss. Why have 5.1 sound for a movie that doesn´t really use it? The effects and music all sound like they were taken directly from a public-domain CD.
Extras:
Of all the eight films released in the After Dark Horrorfest, why does "Nightmare Man" have the most special features? Half of the eight discs don´t have any, and then this waste of time is overflowing with bonus junk. Luckily, most of the extras are better than the actual film.
The feature-length commentary with Kanefsky, Shepis, and producer Ester Goodstein is an enjoyable way to kill ninety-four minutes without having to actually sit through the movie. Listening to Shepis refrain from revealing her true feelings about co-star Blythe Metz alone makes it worthwhile. It´s also a prime showcase for a director whose delusions of grandeur rival those of the now-infamous Uwe Boll. Kanefsky compares shots in "Nightmare Man" to films by Hitchcock, De Palma, and several other movies that Kanefsky shouldn´t even be allowed to rent, let alone compare his dreck to.
Another fun feature is "Tiffany´s Behind the Scenes," seventeen minutes with everybody´s favorite former Tromette behind the camera. And if that´s not enough behind-the-scenes footage for you, check out "Creating a Nightmare: The Making of Nightmare Man," over twenty-one minutes´ worth of well-documented on-set footage and interviews.
The sixteen minutes´ worth of "Extended Scenes" amount to five moments that were wisely cut short in the final print of the film. "Flubbing a Nightmare (Gag Reel)" is without a doubt one of the least-funny blooper reels I´ve ever seen, a waste of seven minutes. Another skippable feature is the "Still Gallery," a five-minute slide show of pics from the flick. The Miss Horrorfest webisodes are also included here, just as they are on the other eight releases.
Film Value:
"Nightmare Man" has a few moments of good gore and two hot girls that are kind enough to drop their tops for the audience. But even Blythe Metz´s impressively ample "lung power" and Tiffany Shepis´s shapely "assets" aren´t enough to warrant a viewing of this disappointment. I really wanted to like this movie, but the disastrous lighting and overly serious tone make it a frustrating experience that most viewers will end up fast-forwarding through. I´m a big fan of low-budget horror, but if the filmmakers can´t even bother to correctly light the flick, why should I be expected to sit through it? If you can´t afford lighting equipment, they should shoot in the daylight. One of the reasons I was so excited to see "Nightmare Man" was for the multiple quotes of praise from some of the best-known horror Web sites. After sitting through multiple viewings of this mess, I am going to have to seriously reconsider ever trusting them again.
There haven´t been any "good" independent horror films that share any similar themes with "Nightmare Man" that I´ve seen in the past few years. The closest thing I can think of is 2006´s "Feast." It´s one of the most outright entertaining horror film´s I´ve seen in a long time, and it shares the idea of a group of people trapped together in a building after somebody rushes in the doors claiming that "something outside is going to kill me." I realize that it´s not a direct parallel to "Nightmare Man," but that alone should be enough of an endorsement.
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