Stars: Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Mik Cribben, Danny Ronan, John L. Watkins, Bill Milling, Scott Praetorius, Tammy Patterson, Kim Patterson, Kathleen Ferguson, William Paul | Written and Directed by Romano Scavolini
I think I need to brush up on my eighties horror knowledge and film watching because I realised when I had the chance to watch Nightmares In A Damaged Brain that I had barely even heard about it and had no idea what the movie was actually about. In fact, outside of the big hitters I haven’t watched as many as I should have, and the ‘video nasties’ are a good place to start.
For those that somehow don’t know the video nasty era in Britain was a period of time when films were banned, often copies destroyed and occasionally people who sold or released the films were imprisoned (it was a crazy time and the...
I think I need to brush up on my eighties horror knowledge and film watching because I realised when I had the chance to watch Nightmares In A Damaged Brain that I had barely even heard about it and had no idea what the movie was actually about. In fact, outside of the big hitters I haven’t watched as many as I should have, and the ‘video nasties’ are a good place to start.
For those that somehow don’t know the video nasty era in Britain was a period of time when films were banned, often copies destroyed and occasionally people who sold or released the films were imprisoned (it was a crazy time and the...
- 2/27/2024
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
To celebrate the release of Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, on Special Edition 4K Uhd/Blu-Ray 26 February 2024, we are giving away a Special Edition 4K Uhd/Blu-Ray to 1 lucky winner!
Hailed as ‘brutally effective’ (Screen Rant) And ‘a forgotten classic’ (Horror News), Nightmares in a Damaged Brain remains one of the most reviled, controversial and misunderstood genre films of the 1980s. Now ‘the most repulsive, degrading and horrifying movie ever made’ (NY Daily News), can be experienced like never before, as Severin Films presents a brand new Special Edition, which comprises of two-discs, including a never-before-seen restored version and more than five-hours of brand new special features. This must-have box set will be available from 26 February 2024, alongside a standard edition Blu-ray.
Baird Stafford (Dog Tags) gives an enduringly disturbing performance as a seriously disturbed, homicidal patient who escapes from a psychiatric hospital, during an experimental drug programme. What follows is...
Hailed as ‘brutally effective’ (Screen Rant) And ‘a forgotten classic’ (Horror News), Nightmares in a Damaged Brain remains one of the most reviled, controversial and misunderstood genre films of the 1980s. Now ‘the most repulsive, degrading and horrifying movie ever made’ (NY Daily News), can be experienced like never before, as Severin Films presents a brand new Special Edition, which comprises of two-discs, including a never-before-seen restored version and more than five-hours of brand new special features. This must-have box set will be available from 26 February 2024, alongside a standard edition Blu-ray.
Baird Stafford (Dog Tags) gives an enduringly disturbing performance as a seriously disturbed, homicidal patient who escapes from a psychiatric hospital, during an experimental drug programme. What follows is...
- 2/19/2024
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Writer/director Romano Scavolini’s 1981 film Nightmare, a.k.a. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, stirred up a lot of controversy when it was released. It was given an X rating in the US, banned as a video nasty in the UK, and a couple distribution executives did prison time for putting the film out in the UK. Plus special effects legend Tom Savini, who is credited on the film, denied having any involvement with it. And now Severin Films is honoring the movie with a three disc 4K Uhd release! Copies will be available for pre-order on the Severin webstore when their summer sale launches this Friday.
Rue Morgue reports that Nightmares in a Damaged Brain “will be presented in a never-before-seen 4K 1.85:1 scan of the most complete version ever assembled. The region-free discs will come packaged in a limited-edition slipcover with reversible wrap, plus a booklet written...
Rue Morgue reports that Nightmares in a Damaged Brain “will be presented in a never-before-seen 4K 1.85:1 scan of the most complete version ever assembled. The region-free discs will come packaged in a limited-edition slipcover with reversible wrap, plus a booklet written...
- 6/26/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The controversial 1981 horror movie Nightmare – also known as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain – is coming back to life on 4K Uhd from Severin Films, Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report this afternoon. The film has been scanned from the internegative and various foreign print sources to create the most complete version ever assembled!
Severin is also publishing a 193 page novelization of the film, written by Rue Morgue’s Michael Gingold, based on the original screenplay by Romano Scavolini.
It’s been called “graphic and unapologetic” (SexGoreMutants), “brutally effective” (Screen Rant) and “a forgotten classic” (Horror News). It remains the most reviled, controversial and misunderstood genre film of the ‘80s. Now “the most repulsive, degrading and horrifying movie ever made” (NY Daily News) can be experienced like never before.
When a homicidal mental patient (an enduringly disturbing performance by Baird Stafford) flees an experimental drug program, he’ll leave a 5-day trail...
Severin is also publishing a 193 page novelization of the film, written by Rue Morgue’s Michael Gingold, based on the original screenplay by Romano Scavolini.
It’s been called “graphic and unapologetic” (SexGoreMutants), “brutally effective” (Screen Rant) and “a forgotten classic” (Horror News). It remains the most reviled, controversial and misunderstood genre film of the ‘80s. Now “the most repulsive, degrading and horrifying movie ever made” (NY Daily News) can be experienced like never before.
When a homicidal mental patient (an enduringly disturbing performance by Baird Stafford) flees an experimental drug program, he’ll leave a 5-day trail...
- 6/26/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
No movie fundamentally changed the horror genre as much as the original Halloween. The Shape’s iconic debut inspired — and continues to inspire — countless other slashers. And while most of these movies are only vaguely similar to Halloween, such as Friday the 13th, others were more blatant in their design and execution.
The flicks in question aren’t always set on Halloween, the victim doesn’t have to be a babysitter, and the antagonist may or may not even be masked. However, despite the superficial differences, these ten examples are unmistakably influenced by Michael Myers’ first killing spree.
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (or simply Nightmare) has a well-earned reputation for being sleazy and gruesome. Romano Scavolini‘s previous work in pornography comes out often in this erotic slasher, but if there’s anything to take away from this exercise in lust and grisliness, the...
The flicks in question aren’t always set on Halloween, the victim doesn’t have to be a babysitter, and the antagonist may or may not even be masked. However, despite the superficial differences, these ten examples are unmistakably influenced by Michael Myers’ first killing spree.
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (or simply Nightmare) has a well-earned reputation for being sleazy and gruesome. Romano Scavolini‘s previous work in pornography comes out often in this erotic slasher, but if there’s anything to take away from this exercise in lust and grisliness, the...
- 10/13/2022
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
"If you were terrified by Dawn of the Dead & Friday the 13th, you must see Nightmare." Ahead of its release this July from Kino Lorber, the special features for Code Red's uncut Blu-ray of the 1981 slasher movie Nightmare have been announced.
Directed by Romano Scavolini and starring Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Mik Cribben, and Danny Ronan, the Nightmare Uncut Blu-ray will be released on July 17th. You can view the full special features and cover art below:
Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): "Mentally unbalanced patient, George Tatum, is released from a New York mental hospital, slums it up on sleazy 42nd Street, and then travels to Florida to terrorize an unsuspecting family. Brutal, uncompromising, and graphic, this is one Nightmare that you'll never forget! Originally released unrated to theaters during the height of the slasher craze in the early 1980s, this slasher-splatter classic has garnered a huge...
Directed by Romano Scavolini and starring Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Mik Cribben, and Danny Ronan, the Nightmare Uncut Blu-ray will be released on July 17th. You can view the full special features and cover art below:
Synopsis (via Blu-ray.com): "Mentally unbalanced patient, George Tatum, is released from a New York mental hospital, slums it up on sleazy 42nd Street, and then travels to Florida to terrorize an unsuspecting family. Brutal, uncompromising, and graphic, this is one Nightmare that you'll never forget! Originally released unrated to theaters during the height of the slasher craze in the early 1980s, this slasher-splatter classic has garnered a huge...
- 5/16/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
This Halloween season, Kino Lorber and Code Red will offer horror hounds a nice batch of treats with their DVD releases of Neon Maniacs, Nightmare, Shakma, and Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary.
From Kino Lorber: "Code Red in conjunction with Kino Lorber presents the following October 13 releases only on DVD and Just in time for Halloween!
Neon Maniacs (1986) - Directed by Joseph Mangine $19.95 Nightmare (1981) - Directed by Romano Scavolini $19.95
Bonus: Audio commentary with stars Baird Stafford and make-up artist Cleve Hall, moderated by Filmmaker David Decoteau Shakma (1990) - Directed by Tom Logan and Hugh Parks $19.95
Bonus: Watch In: Katarina's Bucket List Mode Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975) - Dir by Joan Lopez Moctezuma $19.95
Bonus: Interview with Producer Henri Bollinger"
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From Kino Lorber: "Code Red in conjunction with Kino Lorber presents the following October 13 releases only on DVD and Just in time for Halloween!
Neon Maniacs (1986) - Directed by Joseph Mangine $19.95 Nightmare (1981) - Directed by Romano Scavolini $19.95
Bonus: Audio commentary with stars Baird Stafford and make-up artist Cleve Hall, moderated by Filmmaker David Decoteau Shakma (1990) - Directed by Tom Logan and Hugh Parks $19.95
Bonus: Watch In: Katarina's Bucket List Mode Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975) - Dir by Joan Lopez Moctezuma $19.95
Bonus: Interview with Producer Henri Bollinger"
The post DVD Release Details for Neon Maniacs, Nightmare, Shakma & More appeared first on Daily Dead.
- 7/22/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
As if St. Louis didn't have enough of a nightmare last month when Albert Pujols went down with a broken arm, Late Nite Grindhouse is bringing an ultra-rare 35mm print of Romano Scavolini's 1981 film Nightmare to the Hi-Pointe Theatre on August 5 and 6 for two midnight showings.
Featuring the special F/X work of Tom Savini, Nightmare is classic 80's horror at its finest with bottomless buckets of blood and gore. Check out the no-holds-barred trailer below to get an idea what those of you in St. Lou are in for!
From the Press Release
Destroy the Brain presents a 30th anniversary screening of Romano Scavolini’s Nightmare. We will be showing a rare 35mm print of this lost film of the 80′s slasher genre. Nightmare is a unique film which pulls no punches and includes one of the best decapitation scenes of 80′s horror cinema.
Synopsis
Escaped mental patient...
Featuring the special F/X work of Tom Savini, Nightmare is classic 80's horror at its finest with bottomless buckets of blood and gore. Check out the no-holds-barred trailer below to get an idea what those of you in St. Lou are in for!
From the Press Release
Destroy the Brain presents a 30th anniversary screening of Romano Scavolini’s Nightmare. We will be showing a rare 35mm print of this lost film of the 80′s slasher genre. Nightmare is a unique film which pulls no punches and includes one of the best decapitation scenes of 80′s horror cinema.
Synopsis
Escaped mental patient...
- 7/15/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
Hey Fiends! For those of you that don’t know, Destroy the Brain hosts a monthly midnight program called Late Nite Grindhouse. Next month, we are showing a very obscure horror flick. It is a film that has a demand among the underground and people have been waiting almost half a decade or more for the official DVD to be released. In celebration of the DVD release, which is due out on July 26th from Code Red DVD, we will be showing a rare 35mm print of Romano Scavolini’s Nightmare (aka Nightmares In A Damaged Brain). We are so excited to show this flick that we created a poster for the event which you can see beyond the break.
Synopsis for Nightmare:
Escaped mental patient George (Baird Stafford) repeatedly suffers a graphic nightmare that depicts the axe murders of a couple making love. In Florida, a prowler stalks...
Synopsis for Nightmare:
Escaped mental patient George (Baird Stafford) repeatedly suffers a graphic nightmare that depicts the axe murders of a couple making love. In Florida, a prowler stalks...
- 7/14/2011
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Destroy The Brain Presents a 30th Anniversary screening of Romano Scavolini’s Nightmare. We will be showing a rare 35mm Print of this lost film of the 80′s slasher films. Nightmare is a unique film which pulls no punches and includes one of the best decapitation scenes of 80′s horror cinema.
We are so pumped to show this film that we even created an exclusive web poster for it!
Synopsis:
Escaped mental patient George (Baird Stafford) repeatedly suffers a graphic nightmare that depicts the axe murders of a couple making love. In Florida, a prowler stalks a babysitter – when she is attacked the youngest child she is looking after just sits and laughs… George begins a journey of brutal murder, death and destruction until the final moment of truth when his nightmares come to frightening life! aka Nightmare in a Damaged Brain and Blood Splash.
Trailer:
This is a very...
We are so pumped to show this film that we even created an exclusive web poster for it!
Synopsis:
Escaped mental patient George (Baird Stafford) repeatedly suffers a graphic nightmare that depicts the axe murders of a couple making love. In Florida, a prowler stalks a babysitter – when she is attacked the youngest child she is looking after just sits and laughs… George begins a journey of brutal murder, death and destruction until the final moment of truth when his nightmares come to frightening life! aka Nightmare in a Damaged Brain and Blood Splash.
Trailer:
This is a very...
- 7/8/2011
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
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