It is about a guy who gets horrible nightmares and is getting treatment for it in an asylum. See Full Cast + Crew for Nightmare (1981) Features Load More Features Movie Reviews Presented by Rotten Tomatoes. C.J. Scavolini was inspired to write the screenplay for the film after reading articles in Time and Newsweek concerning psychiatric patients who had been administered powerful drugs that altered their behavior. Four college students are stalked by an unknown assailant while staying on campus over the Christmas holidays to help clear out a dormitory which is to be demolished. Who's been decapitating the innocent girls at a local night school? Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’ Three Main Villains Reportedly Revealed, Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Now Casting Two Main Villains, Video Nasties: Section 1 Prosecuted Films. Escaped mental patient George (Baird Stafford) repeatedly suffers a graphic nightmare that depicts the axe murders of a couple making love. [11], Prior to receiving distribution through 21st Century Film Corporation, Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures screened the film, expressing potential interest, but only agreed to purchase it for distribution contingent on the film's gore sequences being significantly truncated. "[10] 21st Century Film Corporation purchased the film for distribution, though it was released with an X rating in 117 New York theaters[10] on October 23, 1981. Guess some folks have also been looking, and it is on DVD as "Nightmares In A Damaged Brain". 13 of 15 people found this review helpful. Cooke, Mik Cribben. It was produced by Ron Craddock (a former producer of Z-Cars) and directed by Douglas Camfield. The Dream You Can’t Escape ALIVE! After donning one of C.J. C.J. A mental-patient, who is troubled with horrible nightmares, has escaped from his hospital. On 3 February 1984, Grant was imprisoned for distributing ‘video nasty’ Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981… 's Halloween masks, George pursues the children, who have barricaded themselves in the upstairs bedrooms. It truly bothered some of my friends, but we all thought it was better than the co-feature, "Happy Birthday To Me". Nightmare gained instant notoriety among horror fans when it was banned in the UK as a video nasty and it's distributor was sentenced to 18 months in prison for refusing to edit one second of violent footage. Garotting, slicing, puncturing and chopping are filmed at close range and accompanied by gurgling sounds. 56 R 1 hr 37 min Oct 23rd, 1981 Horror A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares escapes from the hospital and goes on a killing spree. A woman is pursued by her murderous, psychopathic twin sister in the days leading up to their birthday. (1981). ... Nightmare (1981) Parents Guide Add to guide . A site that allows users to express their feelings about the latest movies in Hollywood. The massacre of the father and mother by the young Tatum is not the explosion of a mental disorder but flows from the inability of him to "understand" that his parents love to have sex through sadomasochistic practices...In my film there is no hope, because the real and final message is that we are all at the mercy of our demons. Back in New York, George's psychiatrists discover he has fled the city, and begin tracking his movements. Fullscreen, in English, no subtitles. Susan returns home to find police at her house removing George's body while C.J., sitting in a police car, winks into the camera knowingly. [2] Its plot follows a deranged man, subject to a medical experiment, who leaves his New York City psychiatric institute to murder his ex-wife and child in Florida. Caught this at an Arizona drive-in, back about 1983. 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