Review by Stephen Tronicek
Great horror movies stick with us because they have a great story and a chilling underlying fear sitting under the surface to stick with us. Subpar horror films have the story, but lack the underlying fear. Bad horror films lack both. Nightmare Code is a subpar horror film because it’s missing something. The same problem afflicted this year’s highly acclaimed It Follows, but in reverse order. It had the deep seeded fear, but lacked the storytelling chops to actually do anything with them. Nightmare Code has the story, but lacks deep seeded fear.
Nightmare Code is the story of Brett Desmond (a surprisingly excellent Andrew J. West), a convicted ex-hacker who is brought in to finish a code with a team of experts. The code in question is thought to have caused the last lead coder to go on a massacre in the office before executing himself.
Great horror movies stick with us because they have a great story and a chilling underlying fear sitting under the surface to stick with us. Subpar horror films have the story, but lack the underlying fear. Bad horror films lack both. Nightmare Code is a subpar horror film because it’s missing something. The same problem afflicted this year’s highly acclaimed It Follows, but in reverse order. It had the deep seeded fear, but lacked the storytelling chops to actually do anything with them. Nightmare Code has the story, but lacks deep seeded fear.
Nightmare Code is the story of Brett Desmond (a surprisingly excellent Andrew J. West), a convicted ex-hacker who is brought in to finish a code with a team of experts. The code in question is thought to have caused the last lead coder to go on a massacre in the office before executing himself.
- 1/13/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Andrew J. West, Mei Melançon, Googy Gress, Ivan Shaw, Nicholas Guest, Caitlyn Folley, Bret Roberts, Albert Thakur, Tonya Kay, Jamie Parker, Reginald Huc, Paul Yen, Wes Whitehead, Jamie VanDyke, Stephen Bralver | Written and Directed by Mark Netter
Nightmare Code is a psychological sci-fi thriller about behaviour recognition technology and 24/7 surveillance. Brett Desmond, a genius programmer with a troubled past, is called in to finish a top-secret behaviour recognition program, Roper, after the previous Lead Programmer went insane. But the deeper Brett delves into the code, the more his own behaviour begins changing… in increasingly terrifying ways. Suspense builds with surveillance, PC, and eyeglass cameras – often with four images onscreen at once… as if Roper itself is telling the story.
Computers are going to take over the world and kill us all! I knew it! No one is safe! Turn off your devices, run for the hills and live in...
Nightmare Code is a psychological sci-fi thriller about behaviour recognition technology and 24/7 surveillance. Brett Desmond, a genius programmer with a troubled past, is called in to finish a top-secret behaviour recognition program, Roper, after the previous Lead Programmer went insane. But the deeper Brett delves into the code, the more his own behaviour begins changing… in increasingly terrifying ways. Suspense builds with surveillance, PC, and eyeglass cameras – often with four images onscreen at once… as if Roper itself is telling the story.
Computers are going to take over the world and kill us all! I knew it! No one is safe! Turn off your devices, run for the hills and live in...
- 11/7/2015
- by Richard Axtell
- Nerdly
Yesterday, Cassandra Peterson, also known as Elvira, celebrated her birthday, and in this morning's round-up we have details on Sideshow and Tweeterhead's Elvira statue. Also: L. Gustavo Cooper's June on DVD and release details for The Art of Horror and Nightmare Code.
Elvira Statue: "Have you been naughty or nice?
Sideshow Collectibles and Tweeterhead are proud to introduce the Elvira: Scary Christmas Deluxe Maquette. The Mistress of the Dark is decked out in her holiday best with a bag of scare-fully picked toys for naughty girls and boys. Standing 18” tall on a rooftop base, this beautifully detailed statue is the perfect addition to your Elvira collection!"
This figure is expected to ship December 2015 / January 2016 and is available to purchase for $274.00.
To learn more about this product, visit Sideshow Collectible's website at:
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/elvira-elvira-scary-christmas-tweeterhead-902544/
Images via Sideshow Collectibles:
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June: Press Release: "Los Angeles (Sept...
Elvira Statue: "Have you been naughty or nice?
Sideshow Collectibles and Tweeterhead are proud to introduce the Elvira: Scary Christmas Deluxe Maquette. The Mistress of the Dark is decked out in her holiday best with a bag of scare-fully picked toys for naughty girls and boys. Standing 18” tall on a rooftop base, this beautifully detailed statue is the perfect addition to your Elvira collection!"
This figure is expected to ship December 2015 / January 2016 and is available to purchase for $274.00.
To learn more about this product, visit Sideshow Collectible's website at:
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/elvira-elvira-scary-christmas-tweeterhead-902544/
Images via Sideshow Collectibles:
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June: Press Release: "Los Angeles (Sept...
- 9/18/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes the fan film Spawn: The Recall, a trailer for Charlotte’s Song and Inner Demons, premiere details for Nightmare Code, and much more:
Spawn: The Recall Released: “Spawn: The Recall is the story of a former witch and her son, who try to live a normal life away from the darkness. While they’re shopping in a supermarket, the child suddenly disappears. She starts looking for him, freaked out knowing evil forces are still lurking. A security guard comes to her help but while they are checking on the surveillance cameras, something happens. She can sense it, they are here…
A film by Michael Paris. Starring: Johanna Genet (The Witch), Tom Maurice (Michael), Gregory Paris (Spawn), and J3.0 (voice). Music by James Bks Edjouma.”
For more information on this project,...
Spawn: The Recall Released: “Spawn: The Recall is the story of a former witch and her son, who try to live a normal life away from the darkness. While they’re shopping in a supermarket, the child suddenly disappears. She starts looking for him, freaked out knowing evil forces are still lurking. A security guard comes to her help but while they are checking on the surveillance cameras, something happens. She can sense it, they are here…
A film by Michael Paris. Starring: Johanna Genet (The Witch), Tom Maurice (Michael), Gregory Paris (Spawn), and J3.0 (voice). Music by James Bks Edjouma.”
For more information on this project,...
- 9/28/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Sosie Bacon may only be 21, but she has a lot going for her. On top of being 2014's Miss Golden Globe, through her father Kevin Bacon, she is connected to nearly everyone in Hollywood - including every other previous Miss Golden Globe, most of whom are also the daughters (or sons) of industry power players. And while some have a connection through their famous parents, others, such as Laura Dern (who happens to have famous parents), are also connected through their own work. Don't believe us? Here's how you get from young Ms. Bacon to all of her famous predecessors,...
- 1/11/2014
- by Nate Jones
- PEOPLE.com
Following a successful festival tour, Ashley.s Ashes is set to head to Video on Demand on May 23rd and M&C has an exclusive clip from the film! Ashley.s Ashes is a dramedy surrounding the journey of a man who works to uncover the mysterious origins of an urn of ashes that was left to him anonymously in a will. The film stars Lee Arenberg, Daniel Baldwin, Orson Bean, Christian Clemenson, Scott Michael Foster, Willie Garson, Googy Gress, Clint Howard, Gigi Rice, and Craig Sheffe. Synopsis: When Bob receives a letter from the county clerk.s office telling him that he has inherited property, he discovers it.s an urn of someone he doesn.t know. As Bob.s life begins to unravel,...
- 5/24/2012
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
Been enjoying Lee Arenberg’s performance as Grumpy and Leroy on Once Upon a Time? Wait until you see Arenberg in character in our exclusive clip from the upcoming VOD release Ashley’s Ashes. The film focuses on a man named Bob (Googy Gress) who’s got it a bit rough. He’s got a girlfriend that merely uses him, suffers from panic attacks and, to top it all off, he inherits a mysterious urn filled with the ashes of a person he doesn’t know. Rather than just toss them in the trash, Bob opts to make identifying the owner of the ashes in the urn priority #1 and sets out to do so. [ Read More ]...
- 5/16/2012
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
After an successful festival tour, Ashley’s Ashes will be heading to VOD on May 23rd. The film is a dramedy surrounding the journey of a man who works to uncover the mysterious origins of an urn of ashes that was left to him anonymously in a will. It stars Lee Arenberg, Daniel Baldwin, Orson Bean, Christian Clemenson, Scott Michael Foster, Willie Garson, Googy Gress, Clint Howard, Gigi Rice, and Craig Sheffe....
- 5/11/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
The new dramedy ‘Ashley’s Ashes,’ co-written and directed by Christopher Hutson and Chris Kazmier, is set to have a VOD release on May 23 after having a successful film festival tour. The film stars Googy Gress, Gigi Rice, Lee Arenberg, Daniel Baldwin, Orson Bean, Christian Clemenson, Scott Michael Foster, Willie Garson and Clint Howard. ‘Ashley’s Ashes’ follows Bob, played by Gress, as he receives a letter from the county clerk’s office, which informs him that he has inherited property. As he comes to discover that it’s an urn of someone he doesn’t know, his life begins to unravel. So Bob decides to find out who is in the urn. As [ Read More ]...
- 4/27/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
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