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"The Nightmare Gallery" 🌠🌠🌠 This film is a C+ or B- movie across the board. The acting, Music, Cinematography and special FX have the feel of a cheesy made for TV minuscule budget movie. I personally loathe these kind of films so regardless of the storyline or direction these films take it's basically a waste of time when their's a massive amount of good movies to watch and so little time to watch them. I suggest a hard pass on this one.

"The Nightmare Gallery" came without as much as a fanfare, and it will leave without as much as a whisper. I hadn't heard anything about this movie prior to finding it one year after it was initially released. I was lured in by the movie's cover/poster, because it seemed rather interesting.

And I was even more intrigued when I noticed that the Rand family lived on Innsmouth Ave., so I thought maybe I was going to be in for some Lovecraftian inspired horror. Instead, I suffered through one hour and six minutes of sheer self-inflicted torture by watching this movie, as I should have given up after thirty minutes. But I thought the movie would pick up and become interesting. I just never did. And I didn't even finish the movie, having about thirty minutes left or so, and having no intention of returning to finish it.

Why? Well, because the storyline was tedious and utter rubbish, to be bluntly honest. It made no sense and it seemed more like the work of several directors whom had no collaboration and were told to direct individual segments with the same character, then piece it together afterwards. The script was just boring and all over the place. So not a great accomplishment by writers Jhan Harp and Rob Stith.

Director Gene Blalock didn't really have much to work with, and it was definitely reflected on the screen.

The characters in the movie were fairly adequate, they were not overly interesting, but served the story well enough. And while not being in the lead role, then it was actually Mieko Hillman (playing Dawn Rand) whom carried the movie with her performance.

I have no idea what this was supposed to be, but an hour and six minutes of nothing happening was not my sense of entertainment. And with no interest in the remaining thirty minutes "The Nightmare Gallery" was exactly what the name is; a nightmare gallery.

There is nothing I could or would recommend in this movie, so it is not worth the effort.

Wow was this a sleeper kind of movie or what?!? Long time since I've seen such a production, taking itself so seriously yet delivering on no levels whatsoever, with actors that tried to show emotions but with no clear reasons to do so, The Nightmare Gallery felt far too long.

I got nothing good to say about it, so I won't bash it but try to present some facts: camera work with acting are quite ok for such an indie movie, there is a plot which is kinda hard to understand how it got green lighted and a final act that came a little too late. It is part horror, part super natural but hard to digest really, so unless you're immune to low budget horrors go try on something else. Nothing to see here really.

Again, I do appreciate the effort put into it, and the fact that it tried, and you can clearly see it, but I do believe it got lost in its own thoughts and came out as boring and confusing.

Cheers!

Not going to lie, I was disappointed in this. Not because it was bad necessarily, but like others I was expecting more of a budget and more traditional horror elements. That doesn't mean it was terrible, just that it didn't meet my initial expectations. Unfortunately I think a lot of people are going to end up hating this movie due to its budget restraints and 90s made for TV feel. Seems like with this generation low budget is fine for slasher boob and gore flicks, but not for movies that you actually have to pay attention to details to fully grasp the plot. This movie is more of an existential supernatural crossing of realities kind of story that just isn't going to hold viewers attention if they're going to get hung up on subpar effects and acting. That's not to say the acting is bad, but there are a few good performances (namely Amber Benson, Mieko Hillman, and Mat Devine) and a few that are really not. Admittedly the nots can be distracting while they're on screen though. And some of the writing and dialogue could definitely be better. It feels almost soap opera-ish at times.

But I think if you go in knowing the overall production value is going to be more like an episode of some 80s or 90s horror anthology series (think Amazing Stories, Ray Bradbury Theater, Twilight Zone, or Tales From The Darkside) then you'll be better off and more open minded about it. But don't go in expecting theater quality or even Netflix or cable budget. And don't expect anything fast paced either. It's definitely a slow burn psychological mystery thriller, but it does still qualify for the horror genre, just not the hack and slash, torture porn, or even jump scare supernatural that gets the most attention in the genre these days.

It's a cheap movie nobody should spent time on.

Theoretically, there's somewhere a potentially interesting story, but that's absolutely not enough to endure everything else, like a lousy screenplay, characters you don't care for, and acting that's, while not totally bad by some, quite poor.

Oh, and to the person who that said that Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans would love this: What the heck??? I liked Buffy the series, freaky action with humor and actually good acting. Buffy the Movie was pretty bad as I vaguely recall, yet it rocked compared to this one. There's simply no whatsoever similarity detectable, apart from tiniest fractures regarding one certain and only minor supernatural aspect, and no, it's not vampires...

A low budget doesn't have to mean a bad film but this was a bit of a slog. That said, I found the overall production values perfectly fine, to be honest; the problem lay predominantly in the writing / script.

I had my interest piqued as a Buffy The Vampire Slayer vampire by the presence of Amber Benson, unfortunately all this film helped do was highlight her shortcomings as an actress. The acting throughout the film was generally a bit on the amateurish side, the only exception probably being Meiko Hillman who played the wife of Benson's character.

I could be wrong but the film seemed like it was largely populated by queer characters / actors, which is nice to see for a change but it doesn't mitigate the poor end product.

Also, I don't mean to be a cynic but I do wonder how many of these 8, 9, and 10 reviews are from the people who backed the film on Kickstarter (having spotted this detail in the film credits while waiting for the post-credits scene, which was mentioned at the start), as I can't for the life of me see how anyone could rate this film THAT highly.

This movie is so awfull that i had to come here to write my first review so that the other users don't waste a hour and a half of their lives. For one it so chep witch is a sorry because the story had potentional and for two the lead actress is a total fail because her acting is so bad and here reactions looks so fake in every scene of the movie i think its her that ruined the whole movie for me. The only brith thing is the suspence music and the beautiful professors wife

Subpar acting no character building no direction or plot No stimulating in any way.

This movie is so awful that I could only watch 29 minutes of it and that was too long. Talk about awkward pauses. It wasn't even an "It's so bad it's funny" type of movies. It's just baaaad! Worst acting I've seen in ages.

It was recommended that I watch this by a friend of one of the filmmakers. I don't usually watch a lot of movies as that I'm more of a television series viewer. This very much reminded me of a series you may see on Netflix or Hulu and that's where it may have been better suited. I feel the filmmakers tried to pack too much into an hour and a half film. This content would have certainly been better explored over the course of 10 or so hours. Nonetheless I still enjoyed it and thought that cast did a stellar job. If you like intellectual drama that plays more like a television series than a traditional movie, give this one a go.

This is a film about a college anthropology professor who is on the search for her missing student. She begins following clues received in the mail, which puts her career and marriage in jeopardy. The core problem is we never see the relationship between her and the student, so viewers don't feel connected to the plot. Because of this all we know is the main character is rude, disregards her responsibilities, the feelings of those close to her, and comes off and unlikable and weird. Then as we start to get glimpses of Sanjay the missing student, he is just as unlikable and creepy as she is. To sum it up, the music is generic, the actors chew the hell out of the scenery (so many wide eyed head tilts), the characters are unlikable and un-relatable, and the plot is silly and nonsensical for the sake of sounding profound.

I failed to see how this movie could be anyway related to horror. An absolutely contrived storyline which made absolutely no sense throughout and wasn't scary in the least. Horror movies are not designed to be intellectuallized that's why they are called horror movies. They are designed to shock the audience, they are meant to instill fear in the viewer and at the very least they are supposed to be creepy. All of which were absent here. A total waste of time.

Dont waste your time It doesnt worth to spend even 10 min.watching this bullsh**t

I was quite disappointed watching this. Even for an indie film I was expecting something better produced considering the cast and the budget.

Unfortunately, right from the start there was little atmosphere, and what there was reminded me of some cheap 1980s TV one-off.

The lighting was awful for most of the film and little attention seems to have gone in set preparation in-line with the story.

The acting was quite poor considering the experience of the cast, with one or two exceptions.

The story was good and could have been done better justice with more attention to detail.

Before I watch a movie now i always check a lot of the over 7/10 reviews to gauge if the movie might be a howler and EVERY single review on this with a value of over 3/10 has only done one review most of them on June 27-29th which did not bode well but I watched it anyway as the opening scene was quite promising!

Boy was I wrong such a load of pontificating reviewers on here; Hypnagogic to Hypnopompic lol

Terrible acting from virtually every cast member this was utter Piffle & Balderdash of a movie and no mistake; so pretentious it disappeared up its own hosepipe 30 minutes in!

Sorry but pretension and the "ever so clever" crew are at work here on the reviews; the types who thought Arrival was utterly profound and beyond us mere mortals ie a director and producer who got a bit butt hurt at the bad reviews and decided to traduce the few reviewers who actually gave this the meagre 3/10 it deserves!

One of the worst 2nd degree movies ever made in America.

Despite the low budget and the meh acting, I was intrigued on where this story was going. This made it a better movie than what it was although I did feel the plot was convoluted. The after credits scene really adds to the movie - might want to move it to the end. But at least it tells you at the beginning. Unfortunately, I almost forgot in the attempts to make it through the film.

I've already watched it twice! My husband said "this is not a comfortable movie," which means it was near on perfect. If you like psychological horror and weird stuff you will love this movie!

This picture is all about dialog and there is lots of it. The weakest part about this is the writing. It seems the authors suffer from the word salad affliction that a lot of new scriptwriters do, but the director and talent surprisingly make it work. Great creativity and framing. Purposeful and focused camera work. A valiant attempt at an indie production. Carry on, lads.

I didn't know what to expect going into this, and it's not your typical horror movie. If you're expecting lots of blood or jump scares, you probably want to skip this one. If you like a slow burn that is something akin to reading an E.A. Poe story while drinking absinthe, than this may just be the movie for you. Great performances by a great cast. Colton steals the show!

I think horror is probably the wrong category for this movie. It's more of an intellectual thriller and I think that's why so many people seem disappointed by it. Yes, it's a bit long and you have to pay attention to everything that's said for the movie to make any sense, but I think that's kind of the point. Like all indy movies, there are problems, but f you like cult movies that make you think, this is a good watch.