Nightmares Come at Night

Fairly thin, slow-moving film that really serves as a showcase for the beauty of Spanish actress Diana Lorys. And my God is she beautiful. It’s like a fashion show of different clothes, make-up & hairstyles on her and of course tons of nudity.It doesn’t help the plot any but if you are a fan of Diana Lorys this might be the most satisfying film of hers for you to own.The other actress of interest is poor Soledad Miranda who would be killed in a car accident in Lisbon the same year this film was released. Her part is small but she’s undeniably gorgeous and haunting. Her fans will want this as well to complete her filmography.The Redemption Blu-ray is just alright in terms of video quality. There is more print damage than you’d like to see but I can imagine the source material was limited.

"Nightmares Come at Night" (1969-70) is directed by Jess Franco (Vampyros Lesbos). Watching this film I realized that I can actually get over the fact that a film could be shot in such low resolution with a dust speckled image, and still actually enjoy the film. This film looks rough, but it also might be one of Franco's more personal films. There are also some parts that have an amazing jazz score that adds to the hallucination scenes of the film. It turns out that our lead, played by Diana Lorys, is being drugged and appears to be slowly losing it. Soledad Miranda shows up for maybe 3 minutes in this film even though she is given equal billing on the front cover, and she plays the part of one of two theives who are on the wings waiting to confront another thief, one of which is responsible for the drugging. This might not be a great film, but it does have its moments and it's important for showing Franco's development and shift to later films like "Vampyros Lesbos". It was actually thought to have been lost until around 2004 when it was rediscovered.There are also a couple of special features, including a 20 minute documentary about the making of the film with interviews with movie critics, and Jess Franco, as well as an 8 minute homage to Jess Franco featuring interviews with Franco's friends.

Advanced Franco, not for the beginner. Don't know why I own so many Franco films, but I do. Tim Lucas's commentary is very interesting and informative. The extras and picture quality are good considering the history of this film. This isn't a blu-ray or movie I'd recommend to many people, but if you like Franco or Tim Lucas commentaries it's well worth checking out.

A nice surrealistic Franco piece with the lead actress literally nude throughout the entire film. Soledad is underused, but the reasons for that can be found in other reviews. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the "scenery". Of note: this Bluray edition is anamorphic widescreen at 1.77, I believe, which differs from the full frame Shreik Show DVD from some years back.

I had to fast forward thru some of this movie. The plot was easy to figure out and a lot of scenes were so fuzzy it was tough to make it out. I would only recommend this title if you want a little nudity and waste your time.

I’ve seen this movie about three times it is really good I don’t have time to write a review I have to leave, pretty much just want to rate it.

Regular

I really enjoyed this film. The quality of the bluray and packaging and mailing and receipt date was exactly as claimed!

‘Nightmares Come At Night’ has a simple plot told with the usual French pretentiousness to drag out the film time of only 121mins. Even the vandalism scrawled on a bedroom wall was written in English, that’s how pretentious the French can be at times. Plenty of nudity and lovely women including only a few minutes of one of my personal retro favourites - Soledad Miranda, credited as Susan Korda. Even so, it is hard work to watch. Direction and editing were amateurish and I’ve seen better quality Grindhouse films. Lots of scratches and even moments of blank screens or lighting so bad there is nothing to see on screen. I know it was filmed in the 70s but even allowing for that, it was a poor film. The actors deserved better and a better director would have improved it. The DVD does have a reversible sleeve as advertised on the DVD cover but no collectable art cards. Franco fans only.

Nightmares Come at Night is one of those Jess Franco movies you may want to see when you've already seen his best work. There's not much of a plot here, but then that's usually not what you watch a Franco movie for. Unfortunately it also doesn't have the stunning visual qualities of Vampyros Lesbos or She Killed in Ecstasy. If you're a Soledad Miranda fan you should be aware that she only has a few minutes of screen time before you decide whether to buy it or not. The stars here are Diana Lorys, Colette Giacobine and Franco regulars Paul Muller and Jack Taylor.This is not the place to start if you're new to Franco, but if you're already addicted and want to see one more of his lesser efforts, go ahead.A weak three star rating.

No gore, neither would I class it as a horror film. Plenty of nudity though. For Francophiles only