Movie · 1983
Nightmares
“Nightmares... is this year's sleeper.”
Released 2 September 1983 99 min Horror / Science Fiction More from 1983 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.
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How old were they?
Albert Hague
as Mel Keefer (segment "Night of the Rat")
Mariclare Costello
as Adele Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")
Robin Gammell
as The Bishop (segment "The Benediction")
Lance Henriksen
as MacLeod (segment "The Benediction")
William Sanderson
as Gas station attendant (segment "Terror in Topanga") (uncredited)
Louis Giambalvo
as Jerry Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")
Richard Masur
as Steven Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Veronica Cartwright
as Claire Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Lee Ving
as William Henry Glazier (segment "Terror in Topanga") (as Lee James Jude)
Cristina Raines
as Lisa the Wife (segment "Terror in Topanga")
Tony Plana
as Father Luis Del Amo (segment "The Benediction")
Emilio Estevez
as J.J. Cooney (segment "Bishop of Battle")
Moon Unit Zappa
as Pamela (segment "Bishop of Battle")
Bridgette Andersen
as Brooke Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
Joe Lambie
as Phil the Husband (segment "Terror in Topanga")
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The numbers
$7mworldwide box office
54years between the oldest and youngest billed
62Albert Hague — oldest on the call sheet
8Bridgette Andersen — youngest billed
34average age of the credited cast