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Nightmare

- THREE SHOCKING MURDERS...did she DREAM them? ...or DO them?

A young student is haunted by recurring dreams of her mother murdering her father, but her nightmare is just beginning as she tries to prove to her loved ones that she is not insane.

Release Date : 1964-02-28

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hammer Film Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Henry Baxter

Original Name : David Knight

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grace Maddox

Original Name : Moira Redmond

Gender : Female

Character Name : Janet Freeman

Original Name : Jennie Linden

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mary Lewis

Original Name : Brenda Bruce

Gender : Female

Character Name : John

Original Name : George A. Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Gibbs

Original Name : Irene Richmond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Bartender

Original Name : Timothy Bateson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Janet

Original Name : Elizabeth Dear

Gender : Female

Character Name : Woman in White

Original Name : Clytie Jessop

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : John Welsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother

Original Name : Isla Cameron

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maid

Original Name : Julie Samuel

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-02

"Janet" (Jennie Linden) has been having some ghastly nightmares, so is sent home from her posh "Hatcher's School for Young Ladies" ostensibly to recuperate. We learn quite quickly that she has good reason for her troubles - only a few years earlier her mother had rather lost the plot and murdered her father. Now the young woman fears that perhaps she might be suffering from a similar mental illness - and sadly things really don't fare much better for her in her new surroundings. Freddie Francis has done quite a good job with Jimmy Sangster's story - he gives the film a Hammer look and feel to it, but in a far more sophisticated way. Much more of the mystery is psychological and presented to us with subtlety (and a decent score from Don Banks) - we are drawn into the story rather more. The fact that the acting talents here are consistent rather than stellar, gives the story more of a chance to shine. The script is quite well paced, too - all in all helping to deliver quite an intriguing mystery that does keep the pot boiling well for 80 minutes.