GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

HeadlinesExotic Boring

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

t_atzmueller What would be a good reason for a horror-flick fan to pick up a horror-flick in the late 80's / mid 90's? Well, the flick starring Robert Englund was always one good reason. Even though Englund will forever be associated with the "A Nightmare on Elm Street"-franchise, the actor has starred in numerous other, no less memorable roles. One would be him playing the "Phantom of the Opera" in Dwight Little's gory remake, another, the depiction of the Marquise de Sade in "Living Nightmare".This said, this performance remains the only reason to go anywhere near "Living Nightmare". The movie starts off rather promising, opening up with a monstrous, one-eyed de Sade, locked up in a Parisian madhouse and Fredd… pardon me, Englund being as creepy as ever. Then the storyline unexpectedly flips to the present and we get the story of an American college girl, who, while visiting her father in Egypt, falls into the thrall of a cult, led by Paul Chevaller (again, Freddy Englund), a descendant of the Marquise.From there it just goes downhill. Englund as Paul Chevaller is trying to ham it up as good as he can, but it cannot rescue the film – we want to see Englund as a super-serial-killer, not a super-pervert. The story drags on and on, a very thin skeleton for a series of mildly erotic scenes, slight elements of s/m and non-existent gore. One constantly feels tempted to finger the 'fast forward'-button, racing forward to those scenes, that take place in the madhouse. Alas, those retro-scenes are few and far between, being only a fraction of the movie. Even the final scene is cheating, showing us (historically accurate) the Marquise, croaking pitifully in the insane asylum. Film over, two hours wasted.The mid-90's marked a sharp decline for Tobe Hooper, having gone from directing cult classics like "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Salem's Lot" and "Poltergeist" (if you believe it), to directing straight-to-video dreck like "The Mangler" and, more recently, "The Toolbox Murder"; unfortunately, "Living Nightmare" was the film that started this decline.So let's just call the movie for what it is: it's just simply lame. If you're interested in the works of Marquise de Sade, I'd recommend Pier Paolo Pasolinis "Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom" – it's infinitely more of a living nightmare than "Living Nightmare" 2 points from 10

slayrrr666 "Night Terrors" is a rather decent entry in the style, even if there's some problems with it.**SPOILERS**Arriving in Egypt, Dr. Matteson, (William Finley) meets up with daughter Genie, (Zoe Trilling) while looking for a new archaeological site. Touring the city, she is then rescued from an altercation by Sabina, (Alona Kimli) a local friend of her father. As she spends more time with her, to the detriment of her friend Beth, (Chandra West) and her father, the more she begins to pull away. She begins to pill away the most when introduced to the writings of the Marquis De Sade, (Robert Englund) the famous writer, as she feels he is trying to contact her and seek out revenge for his imprisonment. Soon haunted by visions of various cult members trying to get at her, she soon learns of the true intentions behind the cult and does her best to survive the torture they inflict.The Good News: This one here wasn't that bad of a film. One of the great things about it is the gradual build-up this employs. There's a real slow approach here to it's finale, which makes it all the more suitable at the end. Things begin at a small scale, get more severe as it plows forward and eventually gets to a fever point. This is the way to do a slow-burning film, as it's the anticipation of what's going to happen next that brings in some sound suspense techniques. That it all comes out at the end, which is some of the best scenes in the film where the torture begins and the pieces from before finally come to a head in these sequences. With the real intentions of the film coming into view and the actions finally being represented, this is the film's best spot. These also come with some nice chasing to lead up to them, including a really warped spot through the tunnels underneath the city that's quite brilliant. The hallucinatory dreams and visions are all quite startling, and several can be pretty chilling. The crucifixion one in particular stands out as one of the better ones, and the later romance dream is quite nice. The fact that this also deals with the dark themes of pain and pleasure, with as recent a time as it did to come out, makes it feel quite a bit like the old-school films where it dwelled in those styles rather than avoided them. These all make the film feel much better than it should be.The Bad News: The film doesn't really have a whole lot wrong with it. The low-key nature of is perhaps the biggest flaw. There's a lot more dialog than normal, and anytime anything happens it's a big shot of excitement but then there's not a lot of emphasis placed on them. They're over quite rapidly, meaning that there's not a whole lot to get behind for those who enjoy that kind of film. There's a feeling that not a whole lot could've been shoe-horned in to up the excitement as well, since this one is pretty lean as is, but the fact that there's such a low-key feeling to this one could be something to get through for those not that interested in this style. Even more is that the action scenes do come at the end, meaning that the beginning is full of scenes that basically amount to just talking between everyone. Every now and then something happens, but there's far more of the dialog scenes and they go on longer than the action scenes, giving this something of a rough beginning to also get through. The film's other big problem is that there's way too much confusion at what happens in the end. The flashbacks to the previous time, unexplained hallucinations and the random turn are just part of what makes this confusing, and this makes it a lot harder to really understand. These, though, are the film's main problems.The Final Verdict: While not all that spectacular, this one does have enough positive points to give it a viewing. Those in the mood for the more subtle end of the genre or are fans of the style should give it a shot, while those who prefer more action-oriented films should heed caution with it.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity and Language

capkronos Genie (Zoe Trilling) arrives in Egypt to visit her hypocritical, bible-quoting archeologist father (William Finley) and attracts the attention of a group of cultists led by a descendant of the Marquis de Sade (Robert Englund). Englund also plays de Sade in flashbacks, ranting in his cell. Genie is led astray by Mohammed (Juliano Merr), who rides around naked on a horse and Sabina (Alona Kamhi), a bisexual who introduces her to opium smoking, which leads to a wild hallucination featuring topless harem dancers, a woman simulating oral sex on a snake, an orgy and her father preaching in the background! Meanwhile, black hooded cult members decapitate, gouge out eyeballs and slit throats. When Genie is slipped drugs in her tea, she imagines de Sade hanging from a cross, a gold-painted woman in a leafy g-string and herself bloody on a bed covered in snakes. It's all because she's the reincarnation of de Sade's lost love.This typically sleazy Harry Alan Towers production is redundant, seedy and pretty senseless, but the sets, costumes, cinematography and location work are all excellent and at least there's always something going on.Score: 3 out of 10

smatysia I don't know much about Tobe Hooper, or why he gets his name in the title, but maybe he shouldn't have bothered. As another commenter mentioned, there isn't really enough horror or erotica to bring in fans of either genre. The plot is incoherent, the Sade sequences are gratuitous, and most of the acting is so-so. Englund was doing his best with weak material, and Zoe Trilling has a really great bottom, but neither is enough to carry this film. This one's a tape-over. Grade: F