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Nightmare, The (15)

Documentary

A look at a frightening condition that plagues thousands; sleep paralysis.

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The critical consensus

Chilling but overly narrow documentary focusing on sleep paralysis.

***(*)(*)Nikki Baughan, The List, 05/10/2015

While Ascher brings the experiences to life in a way that could conceivably induce nightmares in casual viewers, the potency of these scenes is ultimately diminished by repetition.

***(*)(*)David Hughes, Empire Online, 05/10/2015

They are articulate about what they have endured but the film-makers might have served them better by either making a straight documentary without the over-stylised horror-movie frills, or by using their recollections as the starting point for a fictional drama.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 08/10/2015

Interviews with sleep paralysis sufferers makes a disturbingly persuasive case for the origins of nightmare tropes in art and literature.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 08/10/2015

Cheesy scares trump analysis in Rodney Ascher’s hokey docu-horror.

**(*)(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 11/10/2015

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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