I love a good horror as much as the next guy, but they rarely have any effect on me. The problem is that some of the horrors of real life are just infinitely more terrifying and having seen some horrendous shit first hand, horror movies just generally don't come close.
With this in mind, I watched the trailer for The Nightmare, a documentary from Rodney Ascher, the man who gave us the brilliantly weird Room 237, and I gotta say, it looks brilliantly scary. The documentary went down a storm at Sundance where many felt it worked almost like a straight up horror rather than a documentary following people afflicted with Sleep Paralysis.
The condition causes people to lose control of their bodies, while their minds remain fully alert and experiencing waking nightmares. While some of the things they see and hear are fantastical in nature, what makes it so utterly frightening is the fact that they can't turn away, can't run, can't fully wake. they just simply get to lie there and ride it out.
The trailer does a great job of selling the doc and Ascher isn't afraid to incorporate some cliched horror imagery to compliment the narrative. Looks great, and for once I feel like I'll be sitting down to watch something that may give me a sleepless night or two.
With this in mind, I watched the trailer for The Nightmare, a documentary from Rodney Ascher, the man who gave us the brilliantly weird Room 237, and I gotta say, it looks brilliantly scary. The documentary went down a storm at Sundance where many felt it worked almost like a straight up horror rather than a documentary following people afflicted with Sleep Paralysis.
The condition causes people to lose control of their bodies, while their minds remain fully alert and experiencing waking nightmares. While some of the things they see and hear are fantastical in nature, what makes it so utterly frightening is the fact that they can't turn away, can't run, can't fully wake. they just simply get to lie there and ride it out.
The trailer does a great job of selling the doc and Ascher isn't afraid to incorporate some cliched horror imagery to compliment the narrative. Looks great, and for once I feel like I'll be sitting down to watch something that may give me a sleepless night or two.
