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After receiving a mysterious demonic African mask in the mail, Ellen Morris is attacked by a "being" she refers to as THE NIGHTMARE MAN. Her doctors and husband, William believe Ellen is a paranoid schizophrenic and needs to spend some quality time at a mental facility for further examination.
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Review by Crispy
Added: August 4, 2009
All right let's cut to the chase. This movie sucked and I'd like to review it and forget about it in as little amount of time possible. And away we go.
So apparently, Ellen and William are having some issues getting knocked up, so she does the only logical thing: drops a shit-ton of cash on an African fertility mask. Due to a mix-up at the shipping outlet, she gets a mean looking demon mask instead. Soon, she's plagued by nightmares of being raped by a creature she calls (are you ready for this) the Nightmare Man, and is convinced that it's an actual demon trying to take over her body as a host. She becomes so wrapped up in this that William is bringing her to a mental hospital, but along the way, they run out of gas. After a huge fight ensues when Ellen discovers her husband brought the mask along, he heads off to get some help, and she is left behind after winging the mask deep into the woods. Night falls, and suddenly Ellen is aware of a presence outside the car. A knife wielding man wearing the mask begins his attack, chasing her through the woods to a nearby house where two young couples are inside partying.
While the back of the DVD case and all of the promotional trailers would have you believe this is a supernatural horror flick, in truth, it's actually a really shitty slasher movie. This guy has to be the worst killer in the history of the genre. I lost track of the number of times that he would have her pinned down, only to get kicked in the crotch or smacked with a nearby rock and the chase would begin again. The God awful attacks went hand in hand with the God awful script though. Every line out of someone's mouth resulted in eyes rolling, since every bit of it is that unnatural "nobody talks like that in real life" amateur bullshit. And our introduction to the kids in the cabin is just thrown in there, literally right in the middle of an attack on Ellen. We catch up with them involved in a game of "Erotic" Truth or Dare. I swear to God, you could actually hear Kanefsky saying to himself, "This movie sucks, we need T&A!" Except he couldn't even do that right. The sole bit we get is a small strip tease by Shepis down to her bra and panties. It's almost as bad as the "Strip Ouija" scene from Terror Toons. Worst of all, the whole movie was just so predictable. I mean, I figured the big twist ending out literally twenty minutes into the movie. And when that twist hit, I immediately realized that this was a double whammy, and I knew what twist would be coming in about ten or fifteen minutes or so. It was there in five. Somehow, I was not overwhelmed with the excitement of starting a new career in precognition; instead, I was just annoyed I wasted ninety minutes on this shit.
Actors: they sucked. Doesn't matter who you're talking about here. Luciano Szafir. Blythe Metz. Jack Sway. Hanna Putnam. They were all horrible. However, one name sucks above the rest. Tiffany Shepis. Oh my God, I wanted her character dead the moment she first opened her mouth so I wouldn't have to listen to her anymore. Picture, if you will, a woman who spits out more one liners than Freddy Krueger and Arnold Schwarzenegger combined, without the foggiest clue of comedic timing. In fact, every time she lets one go, the viewer is left with an unyielding need to punch this woman in the face. There is actually a scene from her that is a spitting image of Anna Faris' "What are you waiting for?!" outburst from Scary Movie, except sadly, there's not a hint of comedy in this. Well, at least not intentionally.
If it isn't already obvious, my recommendation is to avoid this garbage at all costs. In fact, I'm going to do one better, and borrow a quote from Rodney Carrington. If you ever get an opportunity to watch this film, jump off a fucking cliff. And make sure there are sharp rocks at the bottom because you don't want to live through that shit! 0/10 That's right, I'm not even giving it my usual bonus point for wanton nudity.
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