"Nightmares" is a horror film divided in four tales:
(a) "Terror in Topanga" - An insane killer escapes and stabs a highway patrol officer. The news advises the residents to stay at home. However, the stressed and addicted Lisa (Cristina Raines) waits her husband Phil (Joe Lambie) goes to the bedroom of their little daughter to flee to a store to buy cigarettes and milk. On the way back home, she is forced to stop the car to put some gas and something happens to her.
(b) "The Bishop of Battle" - The famous videogame player J. J. Cooney (Emilio Estevez) is addicted on the game "The Bishop of Battle" and expects to reach the unattainable Level 13. One night, she flees from home and breaks in a shopping arcade to play the game. When he reaches the Level 13, he has a surprise.
(c) "The Benediction" - The priest of a small-town Frank MacLeod (Lance Henriksen) loses his faith and leaves his parish. When he is leaving, his friend Father Luis Del Amo (Tony Plana) comes to say goodbye and he takes his recipient of holy water since he will cross the desert. Out of the blue, a black pick-up truck hunts him down on the lonely road.
(d) "Night of the Rat" - Steven Houston (Richard Masur), his wife Claire (Veronica Cartwright) and their daughter Brooke (Bridgette Andersen) live in a comfortable house and they are saving money. When Claire overhears rats behind the wall, she wants to call the terminator Mel Keefer (Albert Hague) but Steven says that he can handle with the problem. Until the night they learn what is happening in their house.
"Nightmares" is an anthology of four horror tales divided in chapters. It seems that it is a rejected pilot of a television series. The first chapter is certainly the best one, with a tense story and a great twist. The second chapter is typical for the 80's with the intense use of videogames. The third chapter is also good, with great performance of Lance Henriksen. The fourth and last chapter is the silliest tale with an absurd plot. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Pesadelos Diabólicos" ("Devilish Nightmares")
(b) "The Bishop of Battle" - The famous videogame player J. J. Cooney (Emilio Estevez) is addicted on the game "The Bishop of Battle" and expects to reach the unattainable Level 13. One night, she flees from home and breaks in a shopping arcade to play the game. When he reaches the Level 13, he has a surprise.
(c) "The Benediction" - The priest of a small-town Frank MacLeod (Lance Henriksen) loses his faith and leaves his parish. When he is leaving, his friend Father Luis Del Amo (Tony Plana) comes to say goodbye and he takes his recipient of holy water since he will cross the desert. Out of the blue, a black pick-up truck hunts him down on the lonely road.
(d) "Night of the Rat" - Steven Houston (Richard Masur), his wife Claire (Veronica Cartwright) and their daughter Brooke (Bridgette Andersen) live in a comfortable house and they are saving money. When Claire overhears rats behind the wall, she wants to call the terminator Mel Keefer (Albert Hague) but Steven says that he can handle with the problem. Until the night they learn what is happening in their house.
"Nightmares" is an anthology of four horror tales divided in chapters. It seems that it is a rejected pilot of a television series. The first chapter is certainly the best one, with a tense story and a great twist. The second chapter is typical for the 80's with the intense use of videogames. The third chapter is also good, with great performance of Lance Henriksen. The fourth and last chapter is the silliest tale with an absurd plot. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Pesadelos Diabólicos" ("Devilish Nightmares")