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The Nightmare is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 5 june 2015 with Johnny Depp

The Nightmare (2015)

The Nightmare
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Released in USA 5 june 2015
Length 1h30
OriginUSA
Genres Documentary,    Horror
Rating56% 2.8475452.8475452.8475452.8475452.847545

The Nightmare is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Rodney Ascher. The film had its world premiere on January 26, 2015 at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and focuses on the topic of sleep paralysis. Ascher chose his subject because it had happened to him in the past.

The film's crew initially began approaching participants via "message groups, YouTube videos, and a half dozen books that had been written", but found that participants began approaching them after the documentary's premise was announced.

Synopsis

The documentary focuses on eight people suffering from sleep paralysis, a phenomenon where people find themselves temporarily unable to move, speak, or react to anything while they are falling asleep or awakening. Occasionally this paralysis will be accompanied by physical experiences or hallucinations that have the potential to terrify the individual. In the film, Ascher interviews each participant and then tries to re-create their experiences on film with professional actors.

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Johnny Depp

(Self (archive footage))
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