Ascher’s follow-up to the brilliantly bizarre Room 237 is an exploration of ‘sleep paralysis’, a condition in which sufferers are trapped between sleep and wakefulness, experiencing terrifying visual and aural hallucinations. Eight sufferers are interviewed on camera, while Ascher brings their experiences to life in a way that could conceivably induce nightmares in casual viewers — although the potency of these scenes is ultimately diminished by repetition. Equally problematic is Ascher’s determination to explore the phenomenon empirically rather than scientifically: at no point is a white-coated polysomnographist wheeled out to talk about the possible causes.
Nightmare, The Review
An exploration of sleep paralysis, a condition in which sufferers are trapped between sleep and wakefulness, experiencing terrifying visual and aural hallucinations.
Release Date:
08 Oct 2015
Running Time:
87 minutes
Certificate:
15
Original Title:
The Nightmare
Official Site URL:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3317522/
While Ascher brings the experiences to life in a way that could conceivably induce nightmares in casual viewers, the potency of these scenes is ultimately diminished by repetition.
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