UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

pianomangidley It seems that After Dark decided to distribute a film that was in that "so bad it's funny" category, worthy of MST3K-style commentary throughout. In fact, that's really the only way I'd recommend watching this film, because anything else will lead to utter disappointment. This movie starts off featuring Ellen, a woman who receives an African mask of a fertility deity she ordered to help her and her husband with their sex life, only it looks nothing like what she expected—a all-too- classic devil/demon looking face, which she insists leads to an actual demon taking over her body and mind (and haunting her dreams). Her husband, Bill (an Antonio Banderas knock-off), is driving her to have her committed to a mental hospital, when the car runs out of gas in a remote location. He goes off to get more gas, leaving her alone to see that this demon is in the woods where the car stalled and is actually after her. It pursues her to a house where four young adults are having a small party, and people start dying.There's so much I wasn't expecting from this film (due to the level of professional cinema making I've come to expect from the movies distributed by After Dark) that I was already disappointed three minutes in. The camera quality is no better than a mid-grade porno and the acting and scriptwriting are no better. There's pretty much no exposition whatsoever—no character building to see Ellen's decline from a simple married woman to a possessed psychotic/schizophrenic, so don't expect to feel any sort of connection or sympathy for her...or any other character, for that matter. The editing, the blood-and-gore effects, the music—it's all pretty cheap. Even the demon mask itself looks like a cheap plastic mask you could find in any Halloween or general costume shop with a "Made in Taiwan" sticker on the back.Even the "twist" an hour in is something I saw coming...but, admittedly, the second twist a short while later was sort of a saving grace for the film (if you can even think of it that way). In fact, the last 15-or-so minutes had me reminiscing a little of "Evil Dead." Perhaps that's the sort of cheesy, hokey mood of horror film making these people were out to accomplish. It's just about as cheap, if you factor in the difference of years between the two films. So, if you're really in the mood to watch something that's so bad that's it becomes all too easy to make fun of it during the entire ride, you could give "Nightmare Man" a try. There might be better films to suit that style of MST3K "horror," but I don't normally go in for such flicks myself, to be honest. Of course, if you're looking for an actually well-made scary movie to truly unsettle and disturb you, avoid this like the plague.

slayrrr666 "Nightmare Man" is an enjoyable, if slightly flawed entry.**SPOILERS**After receiving a new fertility mask, Ellen Morris, (Blythe Metz) suddenly starts having strange nightmares and visions, which her husband William, (Luciano Szafir) immediately writes off. When it starts getting worse, she begins to feel like she's being stalking by a figure known as The Nightmare Man, who is represented by their mask. Finally deciding to get away from the mask and go on a trip out in the woods, they are attacked by the creature and forcing them to take refuge with Mia, (Tiffany Shepis) and her friends Jack, (James Ferris) Ed, (Jack Sway) and Trinity, (Hanna Putnam) who are in a small cabin nearby. Realizing that her stories are true, they band together with whatever they can and hold off the deadly creature without being taken out one-by-one.The Good News: There was a lot of good stuff here in this one. Easily its best feature is that the film manages to throw one of the greatest second halves together with so much good stuff as to be nearly impossible to count against it. From the moment of the car attack, this just gets better and better and has an absolutely fun time that is quite obvious to watch. That car attack itself is one of the best features of the film, as it's an old-school style scene that's protracted and extended, but feels natural about it and not simply because of unnecessary reasons, and the different tactics to keep it going make it energetic and exciting, and then it segues into an equally-outstanding chase through the forest which is just eerie, creepy and good enough to really keep the film going rather nicely with a spectacular setting, a really healthy amount of action and some better-than-expected moments which are responsible for getting this one across as a fun scene. What makes this the best is that, while there's a life-or-death struggle in the woods between a knife-wielding, devil-masked man of her nightmares with the hyperventilating victim screaming for her life, it's being crosscut with scenes of one of the characters performing a striptease while another fakes an orgasm to further annoy her prudish boyfriend. The scenes there, both before and after that, are just as fun and slightly sleazy as that one, most of which comes from the highly-unsubtle flirting going on following the lesbian revelation. Sprinkled with highly-enjoyable nudity, coming just shy of revealing everything, from most of the main female cast which is greatly appreciated, these scenes work incredibly well and have a lot going for them. It then gets chilling and quite tense once it gets the creature there, which is where most of this one works. From the incredible stalking around the cabin to the antics of surviving the matter and the constant attempts at getting to them, this is an incredibly well-done series of scenes that, combined with the earlier stuff, makes for some outstanding moments that make this so fun. By making the killer look rather great, with the use of the tribal mask which is rather creepy-looking on it's own, giving into a fantastic-looking killer that works well. That there's a couple of rather nice kills doesn't really hurt either, as there's a really great arrow-bow through the neck, a knife through the head, some stabbing and impaling, and one is run over by a car that splatters across the windshield, which is about all it can afford due to the body count but it still good enough to really work. The last plus to this is the film's nice attention to it's killer, which has a great history and really feels more complete than most other slashers' back-stories and makes him a more complete villain. All of these here make this a great entry.The Bad News: There are a couple problems with this one that hold it down. One of them is the premise doesn't have nearly enough set-up before the husband is ready to get to the insane asylum. The movie opens with her receiving the mask before getting the effects of that, and within a matter of six minutes in, the film is ready to have her dropped of at the asylum. It really could have used more set-up, and the basic premise behind what ultimately happens remains rather underdeveloped throughout the film and needs a bit more fleshing out. The biggest problem, though, is the horrible camera work and nonexistent lighting. There are entire moments of outdoor scenes where all that's visible was one dark blob interacting with another dark blob. This is especially true during the last half, which takes place at night for the most part, and it gets really hard to see most of what's happening when out in the woods. The scenes inside the cabin are somewhat better, but even still aren't that greatly-lit and seem to be quite hard to fully see through. Otherwise, this one wasn't bad at all.The Final Verdict: A lot of good points mixed in with some minor flaws really helps this one out, making it a highly enjoyable and entertaining film. Definitely recommended to slasher fans, those who have liked the others in the series or are fans of the creative crew, while those who aren't should heed caution.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity and Graphic Language

MidnightWarrior Don't listen to anyone who tells you this film isn't good. Sure there are parts of the film (maybe 10%) that clearly show the amateur nature of the director, but everyone starts from somewhere.Some of the editing was a little jerky and weird, in the beginning and during the climax, but overall it was spot on and made the film fun. There were scenes in which the director built up tension and did an incredible job at doing it.The dialog was really good and the script wasn't too bad at all. Perhaps I'm jaded and have seen too many horror films, but I wasn't scared by this one at all. One thing you have to remember is that horror films are dark, dark comedies. I saw the humor in this film and laughed.Credit should go to the director for making this film spunky, fun, sexy (the hot girl who played Mia and main character, her teasing the boyfriend, etc.) and then thrilling and horrific at the same time. These well blended qualities are what's missing from mainstream Hollywood horror films. Anyway, the cast and crew did an amazing job and this is really just a fun, fun film.To wrap it up, I think the director shows promising talent that can only get better with more films. Don't pass this one up, it's worth the rental price. 7/10

Anthony Pittore III (Shattered_Wake) After ordering an African mask (from Italy?) that promises increased fertility, Ellen (Blythe Metz) begins to experience demonic visions of a 'Nightmare Man' attacking her. To help rid her of these horrible visions, Ellen's flaccid husband, William (Luciano Szafir), takes her to a health clinic. En route, the couple's car breaks down and Ellen is attacked by the Nightmare Man yet again. Fleeing, she takes shelter in a lone cabin with a group of strangers. The unstoppable Nightmare Man, however, continues his attack on the group of Ellen's protectors.The batch in After Dark Horrorfest 2006 was a disappointment and I heard the same about this 2007's as well. Regardless of my disappointment in them, however, the films always did have a couple things going for them: they're original (mostly) and they have cool one-sheets. Other than a rare couple, I haven't seen any of the fest-horrors that I'd consider to be of any quality. Nightmare Man looked promising. . . again, creative story and a cool poster. Unfortunately, the actual film fell flat due to extremely poor execution by writer/director Rolfe Kanefsky. It wasn't COMPLETELY bad: The Nightmare Man was pretty cool-looking, even though he looked like Howie Mandel in Little Monsters ("Got 'em, got 'em, need 'em, got 'em"). And, again, the story was interesting. There were a few scenes of some very good tension & suspense. Also, a bit of gore & violence helped it along, though the gore wasn't very well done. The dialogue was in a league of its own of horrible and it was made even worse by some terrible performances by the leads (I understand and advocate the hiring of international actors, but c'mon, I could barely understand the husband). The script was jammed with clichés. Over the course of a two-minute period: The arguing couple's car runs out of gas, she accuses him, the phone gets no reception, no cars on the road for 'eighty miles,' 'Oh wait! I saw a gas station sign!,' the husband leaves the wife alone in the dark in the middle of the woods, etc. Yikes! I thought my head would explode out of lack of creativity there. The predictability of the ending is pathetic and, in an attempt to eliminate the predictability, gets even MORE predictable and downright stupid. And, it all comes together to make an ultimately crappy modern horror film.Final verdict: 3/10. PASS!