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Molly just
moved back to her hometown from Nebraska to
study sleep disorders. Her mother died in a car crash
when Molly was only eight years old and she's been
having problems sleeping ever since. What she doesn't
know is that her nightmares can in fact hurt her, and
by moving back to her hometown, she's just unleashed
an evil that's not of this world.
As if it wasn't enough that the rental stores are
filling up with new low-budget DTV horror flicks every
week, now the smaller tv-networks are also trying to
get a piece of the cake, and this time it's Lifetime
who's attempted to make a chilling ghost story. Does
it work? Well you're about to find out.
Haylie Duff, the more talented one of the Duff sisters
(in my opinion anyway, but maybe that's just because
I hate Hilary's rich brat attitude) stars in this
generic ghost story where A Nightmare On Elm Street
meets Darkness Falls (and a bunch of other movies).
She plays the character of Molly, a teenage girl
mastering in sleep disorder studies, a subject which
she is way too familiar with. She's just returned to
her home town to try to get some answers about her
past - and if you seek you shall find. Unfortunately,
some secrets are better left alone as Molly and her
new friends are soon terrorized in their sleep by a
vicious hag who's out to kill anyone in Molly's life.
As you can tell, this is a pretty unoriginal concept
which has been done to death lately (They, Darkness
Falls etc), but I have to say, it turned out to be
a surprisingly watchable ride. While generic, the
story is actually pretty intriguing (if occasionally
a bit confusing) and keeps your interest through and
through - which is pretty much all a made-for-TV movie
has to do. The movie isn't filled with cheap scares
or long-haired ghost girls like most ghost movies these
days, instead it focuses on creating a creepy atmosphere
and a solid storyline. It also takes time to develop
the characters so that you really root for each and
everyone of them. But the fact that the cast is pretty
damn good (for a TV-movie) also helps.
Nightmare is more of a drama-thriller than a horror
movie though, but for once, I actually didn't mind
this. I think that had they made it more into a pure
horror flick, it would probably have fell flat since
it's not an original story. The main reason to why
the movie ended up being as entertaining as it was,
was because they took a different approach to the
concept (and thank god we didn't see much of the hag
because that ending was just beyond cheesy). If you
feel like watching a solid thriller with some horror
elements in it, Nightmare is a surprisingly decent
movie and it will definitely keep you watching till
the end - just don't expect too much, because it is
still a made-for-TV movie.
PG stuff.
Is there like a webpage where you can download free
horror music or something? Because it felt like we
had heard the same melodies several times before.
Atmospheric and occasionally mildly creepy TV-movie
which takes a generic concept into a different
direction, which was very much appreciated. It's
surprisingly good for a TV-movie, and let's face it,
making an original horror flick these days is hard
since everything's been done more or less. Worth a
watch if you happen to catch it on TV.
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