Nightmare (1964 film)
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Nightmare is a 1964 horror/suspense film from Hammer Films. The film was directed by Freddie Francis and written by Hammer Films regular Jimmy Sangster.
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[edit] Plot
The film's protagonist, Janet, is a young student attending boarding school. After a number of nightmares concerning her mother, whom she saw kill her father when she was young, the girl is sent home to her guardian, Attorney Henry Baxter. At home, she is assigned a nurse. Janet begins having more nightmares this time concerning an unknown woman with a scar and a birthday cake. The dreams get worse and worse. Finally, her guardian brings home his wife, whom Janet has never met. Janet is introduced to the woman at her birthday celebration. The cake and woman from her dreams with the scar appearing at once is enough to make Janet snap. She kills the woman by stabbing her - the same way her mother killed her father. Janet is committed. Meanwhile, her guardian Henry and the nurse, who was disguised to look like the woman with a scar to drive Janet mad, celebrate the loss of Janet. However, the two do not go unpunished.
[edit] Cast
- David Knight (Henry Baxter)
- Moira Redmond (Grace Maddox)
- Jennie Linden (Janet)
- Brenda Bruce (Mary Lewis)
- George A. Cooper (John)
- Irene Richmond
- Timothy Bateson
- Clytie Jessop (Woman in White)
- John Welsh
- Elizabeth Dear
[edit] Credits
- Directed by Freddie Francis
- Written and produced by Jimmy Sangster
- Music by Don Banks
- Musical supervisor: John Hollingsworth
- Director of photography: John Wilcox
- Production design by Bernard Robinson
- Supervising editor: James Needs
- Make-up by Roy Ashton
[edit] Trivia
- The British Film Institute has the only 35mm print in the UK.
- Jennie Linden was an 11th hour casting choice replacing an actress who dropped out to do another film.
- This was final film performance of American actor David Knight who subsequently focused on theatre work.
[edit] External links
- Nightmare at the Internet Movie Database
| Hammer thrillers |
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| Taste of Fear (1961) | Paranoiac (1963) | Nightmare (1964) | The Nanny (1965) |
