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Nightmare Cinema

2018

Mick Garris, Joe Dante ...

Mickey Rourke, Richard Chamberlain, Adam Godley, Orson Chaplin ...

4.7

998

Horror Mick Garris, Joe Dante, David Slade, Ryuhei Kitamura and Alejandro Brugues each helm a short in the movie. It centers on a group of down-on-their-luck individuals who enter the decrepit Rialto Theatre. Their deepest and darkest fears are brought to life onscreen by The Projectionist (Rourke), a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend — and cannot escape — his screenings.

	Media	Author	Review
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A gore-crazed romp offering laughs, twists and the occasional scare (...) More fluid in its conception than most and boasting gruesome fun of a generally high level"
		Dennis Harvey Variety	"Each segment here has strengths and weaknesses. If there are no outright duds, there’s no real triumph either. But the whole is certainly diverse (...) enough to please horror fans attracted to this kind of enterprise"
		Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"It all feels like a tired exercise (...) It’s oddly annoying too, how the shorts can overlap thematically and aesthetically, but without meaning anything"
		Katie Rife AV Club	"Although 'Mirari' is nothing groundbreaking, it's nice to see Dante having fun behind the camera again."
		Kurt Halfyard Screen Anarchy	"Marquee movie houses and 35mm film might be fading away, but 'Nightmare Cinema' intends to keeps the dream alive, one scary story at a time."
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"A mixed bag (...) [It] is worth the watch, but not one that you’ll likely revisit after (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Haleigh Foutch Collider	"A stronger-than-average anthology with some good-to-great material worth checking out."

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