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Jan 30, 2015 · Mixing talking heads, surreal bedtime re-creations and shamelessly assaultive scare tactics, Ascher’s playful, visually inventive sophomore feature isn’t at the same level as “Room 237 ...
Jan 28, 2015 · The Nightmare uses much of the energy and technique that Ascher displayed in Room 237, his documentary about people obsessed with Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. He uses voiceover and there's...
- Germain Lussier
Jun 4, 2015 · The Nightmare isn’t a scientific inquiry any more than Room 237 is a showcase for out-of-the-box critical insight. Ascher limits his scope to these eight people, rather than attempting a sweeping overview of sleep paralysis, and as with Room 237, there’s plenty of room for skepticism on the audience’s part. What’s common to both films ...
Jun 5, 2015 · “The Nightmare” is more effective than the esoteric “Room 237” because it represents a full immersion into a common human experience. The re-enactments are superb. While there are similarities in the stories, each person has a different version of the same experience, and Ascher and his production team has worked beautifully to help ...
Jun 4, 2015 · While “Room 237” sought evidence for its most outlandish conceits, “The Nightmare” declines to delve. As the testimonies grow repetitive, the strategy suggests willful ignorance.
- Rodney Ascher
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Jun 2, 2015 · His feature documentary debut, 2012's " Room 237 ," earned cult status by carving various rabbit holes of conspiracy theories about Stanley Kubrick's " The Shining ," in which off-screen voices vigorously interpret the most minute details of the film to references of the Holocaust, or the moon landing, among many others. Advertisement.
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