Nightmares
“Nightmares... is this year's sleeper.”
A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Nightmares performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$6.7M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Lisa the Wife (segment "Terror in Topanga")
Cristina Raines
Lisa the Wife (segment "Terror in Topanga")
J.J. Cooney (segment "Bishop of Battle")
Emilio Estevez
J.J. Cooney (segment "Bishop of Battle")
MacLeod (segment "The Benediction")
Lance Henriksen
MacLeod (segment "The Benediction")
Steven Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Richard Masur
Steven Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Veronica Cartwright
Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Pamela (segment "Bishop of Battle")
Moon Unit Zappa
Pamela (segment "Bishop of Battle")
Father Luis Del Amo (segment "The Benediction")
Tony Plana
Father Luis Del Amo (segment "The Benediction")
Phil the Husband (segment "Terror in Topanga")
Joe Lambie
Phil the Husband (segment "Terror in Topanga")
The Bishop (segment "The Benediction")
Robin Gammell
The Bishop (segment "The Benediction")
Brooke Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Bridgette Andersen
Brooke Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Mel Keefer (segment "Night of the Rat")
Albert Hague
Mel Keefer (segment "Night of the Rat")
William Henry Glazier (segment "Terror in Topanga") (as Lee James Jude)
Lee Ving
William Henry Glazier (segment "Terror in Topanga") (as Lee James Jude)
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