Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

lathe-of-heaven I truly do not understand all the negative comments about this director and his films; I quite honestly think that for the genre he is very good, with sharp writing, good editing, and effective camera work! Remember, this is a low budget Horror film we are talking about, so in weighing in along with films of a similar type I think this guy stands above many of the others. The actors are directed in such a way that good performances are brought out; the dialog is funny, sharp, and effective. The editing is very well done, especially during the chase scenes through the forest (MAN, I'll tell you... I REALLY kept hoping that actress would frigg'n DIE I hated her and her horse teeth and strident voice and manner so damn much! Always smacking her lips, I SWEAR I wanted to run her through myself!!!) Anyway... sorry about that... If you can endure the first 18 minutes or so until they get to the woods, the movie is well worth it. As you probably gather, I cannot frigg'n STAND the primary actress who leads the film off, but later on things really get going and she is THANKFULLY not the focus of the film any more.Ms. Shepis too is quite good; I find her style very refreshing in both this film and 'CORPSES', the only 2 I've seen so far from this director and with this actress. She strikes an excellent balance between being strong and funny, but without being just shallow and obnoxious. Some of her sarcastic lines are quite good; the writing is also done very well. The sound design is also good; I REALLY liked the heavy footfalls of the demon during the chase scenes in the forest! The direct style of direction REALLY reminds me or Argento! Straight forward, not terribly subtle, but very effective. Smoother and much more competent than Argento though...I'm glad to have found this new director of Horror films (new to me, that is) and I very much look forward to seeing more of his work as time goes on. So far, with the two films that I have seen, I have found them refreshing and well put together, especially for low budget Horror, and most especially compared to the mountainous drivel that passes for both Horror and entertainment these days...

pianomangidley It seems that After Dark decided to distribute a film that was in that "so bad it's funny" category, worthy of MST3K-style commentary throughout. In fact, that's really the only way I'd recommend watching this film, because anything else will lead to utter disappointment. This movie starts off featuring Ellen, a woman who receives an African mask of a fertility deity she ordered to help her and her husband with their sex life, only it looks nothing like what she expected—a all-too- classic devil/demon looking face, which she insists leads to an actual demon taking over her body and mind (and haunting her dreams). Her husband, Bill (an Antonio Banderas knock-off), is driving her to have her committed to a mental hospital, when the car runs out of gas in a remote location. He goes off to get more gas, leaving her alone to see that this demon is in the woods where the car stalled and is actually after her. It pursues her to a house where four young adults are having a small party, and people start dying.There's so much I wasn't expecting from this film (due to the level of professional cinema making I've come to expect from the movies distributed by After Dark) that I was already disappointed three minutes in. The camera quality is no better than a mid-grade porno and the acting and scriptwriting are no better. There's pretty much no exposition whatsoever—no character building to see Ellen's decline from a simple married woman to a possessed psychotic/schizophrenic, so don't expect to feel any sort of connection or sympathy for her...or any other character, for that matter. The editing, the blood-and-gore effects, the music—it's all pretty cheap. Even the demon mask itself looks like a cheap plastic mask you could find in any Halloween or general costume shop with a "Made in Taiwan" sticker on the back.Even the "twist" an hour in is something I saw coming...but, admittedly, the second twist a short while later was sort of a saving grace for the film (if you can even think of it that way). In fact, the last 15-or-so minutes had me reminiscing a little of "Evil Dead." Perhaps that's the sort of cheesy, hokey mood of horror film making these people were out to accomplish. It's just about as cheap, if you factor in the difference of years between the two films. So, if you're really in the mood to watch something that's so bad that's it becomes all too easy to make fun of it during the entire ride, you could give "Nightmare Man" a try. There might be better films to suit that style of MST3K "horror," but I don't normally go in for such flicks myself, to be honest. Of course, if you're looking for an actually well-made scary movie to truly unsettle and disturb you, avoid this like the plague.

Woodyanders Troubled and mentally unstable Ellen Morris (a solid and sympathetic performance by Blythe Metz) is being stalked by an evil and deadly demonic being known as the Nightmare Man (a genuinely creepy portrayal by Aaron Sherry). Ellen seeks shelter at a cabin in the isolated woods where two young adult couples are staying. Naturally, the Nightmare Man comes after all of them. Writer/director Rolfe Kanefsky ably crafts a dandy and dynamic blend of in-your-face visceral horror, wickedly amusing dark sarcastic humor, cheerfully nasty splatter, and truly enticing titillation; he keeps the pace brisk swift and constant throughout, builds a considerable amount of suspense, relates the simple, yet effective and engrossing premise in an admirably snappy and straightforward manner, delivers a few nifty plot twists, makes excellent and unsettling use of the remote nocturnal sylvan setting, and further spices things up with some yummy female nudity and a handy helping of graphic gore. Moreover, the game and attractive cast really sink their teeth into the fun material: Metz makes for an appealing heroine, the always sexy and vibrant Tiffany Shepis nearly steals the whole show with her delightfully sassy'n'spunky portrayal of the brash and resolute Mia, plus there are fine turns by Luciano Szafir as Ellen's duplicitous husband William, James Ferris as the practical, take-charge Jack, Hanna Putnam as the sweet Trinity, and Jack Sway as the boyish Ed. Paul Deng's slick and lively cinematography gives the picture an extra invigorating adrenaline rush with its whiplash pans and vertiginous Steadicam work. Christopher Farrell's robust and shivery score hits the spine-tingling spot. A very worthwhile and enjoyable fright feature.

Doddi As a film enthusiast I've got some demands on how a movie should be. Horror movies for me should include tense moments, blood and gore and of course the unmissable breasts scenes. We got it all in this movie. However, I wasn't totally satisfied.Acting in horror films doesn't have to be at Oscar caliber but it has to be believable and for me the only believable people here were Tiffany Shepis and maybe James Ferris. Tiffany had a much harder role. Maybe the problem I had with the acting is related to poor scripting or directing, but I cannot pinpoint for sure. What probably dragged me down the most was the music: terrible horror film music. I love film music and my favorite composers are Danny Elfman, Howard Shore, James Horner, John Williams and many more. But music in movies has to help the story - it certainly didn't here.The plot was good, and that twist at the end with the demon actually coming out was great. The necessity of having Tiffany bare breasted at the end... maybe it was because I couldn't hear what the demon was saying, but was it necessary for the story? Of course not. But was it necessary for me as a horror movie fan? - Sure! And so near the end ... probably raised the grade from 5 to 6 :-)