Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Woodyanders Sexy, but troubled stripper Anna de Istria (a convincingly distraught performance by lovely and well-built brunette Diana Lorys) gets involved with the aloof and domineering Cynthia Robins (an effectively icy portrayal by yummy buxom blonde Colette Giacobine). Anna suffers from disturbing nightmares. Is Anna going crazy? Or is someone trying to drive her mad? Writer/director Jess Franco relates the absorbing story with his usual singularly languid, yet engrossing style: the seething erotic content (Anna's seemingly endless lethargic striptease act in a seedy nightclub in particular is simply priceless), deliberate pace, and meandering flashback-ridden narrative combine together to create a strangely hypnotic dream-like atmosphere. Naturally, we also get a plethora of tasty distaff nudity and a smidgen of sizzling lesbian soft-core sex. This film further benefits from sound acting by the capable cast: Lorys and Giacobine do excellent work in the lead roles, Paul Muller lends sturdy support as sympathetic psychiatrist Dr. Paul Lucas, Jack Taylor has a stand-out cameo as Cynthia's amorous and charismatic lover, and the striking and mesmerizing Soledad Miranda makes a strong impression in the regrettably small part of a flighty and impatient tramp. Jose Climet's roving and restless cinematography boasts a wealth of wonky zoom-ins as the camera goes in and out of focus throughout. Bruno Nicolai's groovy score hits the get-down funky spot. The surprise downbeat ending packs one hell of a punch. Well worth a look for Franco fans.

Carlos_Lohan Nightmares Come at Night isn't one of Jess Franco's most famous movies. And it's not his best either. But it really does deserves more attention than it gets. It's a very entertainment and erotic thriller starring the beautiful Diana Lorys (The Awful Dr. Orloff) and Paul Muller. The plot is about a woman (Anna) who starts having weird and scary nightmares of her killing people. To make things worse, the people in her dreams appear dead the next morning. Is Anna really going insane or she's the victim of a much more sinister plan? As I said before, this is not one of Franco's best films. It has an uneven pace, bad acting and he really waste the talent of actress Soledad Miranda, who appears in a tiny and incidental character. But the movie also has good things going on. The story is very worthy, there's a lot of nudity, there are some scenes that are very hypnotic and the score by Bruno Nicolai is brilliant (one of the best of his career in my opinion). The opening credits are a very nice touch also.Very underrated Franco flick. A 7/10 from me.

bensonmum2 When things go bad in a Franco film, they really go bad. Even by Franco's standards, Nightmares Come at Night is a total bore. The plot deals with a woman who may be going insane. She has reoccurring dreams of killing people and cannot distinguish what's real and what's part of her dreams. But the plot is secondary to Nightmares Come at Night's primary purpose – show as much pointless nudity as possible. Most of the movie consists of Diana Lorys walking around with little or nothing on. I felt like screaming "Do Something!" at the screen. And it doesn't help that it's filmed in the most unimaginable way possible. To make matters worse, Franco introduces a diamond heist subplot in the final third of the movie and gives it little more than lip service. It adds nothing to the film.When you pick up the DVD, you would understandably think that Soledad Miranda was the star of Nightmares Come at Night. I mean it's her face on the DVD cover. However, as was the case with Lina Romay in Franco's The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein, Miranda has only 10 minutes of screen time. Plus, she has no connection with anything else in the movie. Her scenes were obviously filmed at a different time and location from the rest of the film.

LARSONRD Dreary erotic thriller from Jess Franco, with Soledad Miranda wasted in a tiny role as the girlfriend of a jewel thief waiting for his share of a robbery cut. Main story has to do with a psychotic stripper under the hypnotic influence of the woman in charge of the jewel heist who uses the stripper to kill off the rest of the gang. Film is intriguingly told, with a nice bit of poetic voice-over narration by the protagonist, but visually the film is completely uninteresting, as are the two main characters, despite their usually appearing naked. Miranda's performance and appearance is the sole jewel in a film wherein even the attempted erotic sequences are boring. DVD's only other appeal is a neat new interview with Franco about this film and about Miranda.