★ 5 / 10
**_Mid-80’s cult oddity is creative and entertaining, but
Wuchak
**_Mid-80’s cult oddity is creative and entertaining, but loses its mojo in the second half_** Three college females in central Florida are enlisted for an…
**_Mid-80’s cult oddity is creative and entertaining, but loses its mojo in the second half_**
Three college females in central Florida are enlisted for an experiment that supposedly improves behavior by a woman of dubious morality (Debbie Laster), the assistant of a genius computer scientist. The latter’s loving daughter (Debra Hunter) falls for a courier who works for the psychotic woman (Dale Midkiff) while a couple of lustful barflies are attracted to the proceedings due to the alluring gals. Havoc ensues.
Made by a French crew in Florida, "Nightmare Weekend" (1986) is not an example of great filmmaking, but it is entertaining to a point with imaginative bits, several attractive women and amusing thrills. One of the “imaginative bits” is an Artificial Intelligence puppet named George, which acts as Jessica’s buddy and counselor at home.
Debra Hunter (Jessica), Lori Lewis (Annie) and Kimberley Stahl (Pamela) are highlights on the feminine front. Andrea Thompson of the forthcoming NYPD Blue is also on hand as Linda while Kim Dossin plays Mary-Rose.
The second half becomes tedious because the flick is sidetracked by redundant softcore sequences and generally just doesn’t live up to the potential of the set-up. There are other issues, such as the dialogue being dubbed and not matching the character’s lips, not to mention somewhat nonsensical filmmaking (storytelling). So, this isn’t a good movie, technically speaking, but it’s kinda fun for those interested in low-budget weirdness and all things mid-80’s, as long as a little nudity doesn’t offend you.
The film runs 1 hour, 25 minutes, and was shot in Ocala, Florida.
GRADE: C
★ 5 / 10
Kind of a Time Capsule Movie
Griking
I enjoyed watching this movie because of how 80s it was. I'm an 80s arcade geek and there were a few scenes in an arcade and the main character's family has a…
I enjoyed watching this movie because of how 80s it was. I'm an 80s arcade geek and there were a few scenes in an arcade and the main character's family has a "super computer" of sorts which is actually part Colecovision which made me smile.Other than that the movie itself is a mix of some kind of combination or Wargames where the bad guys can somehow control and kill people remotely, cheezy porn flick, there's a fair share of of nudity and sex scenes and the actors and actresses really do look like they just came out of a cheesy 70s porn, an attempt of a sweet love story. Oh, and zombies of some sort.I'm be honest, I have no idea what was going on most of the flick but it was fun to watch because of the reasons above and because it was just so odd.Worth watching if you're into cheesy B movies and aren't expecting much.
★ 4 / 10
Nightmares are not supposed to be this funny?
Coventry
Right! Okay. Well, ... um... To be honest, I have no idea where to begin with this one. Maybe I'll start with some positive notes! "Nightmare Weekend" contains…
Right! Okay. Well, ... um... To be honest, I have no idea where to begin with this one.
Maybe I'll start with some positive notes! "Nightmare Weekend" contains several adorably gooey, cheap-looking, and trashy gore effects that put a smile on my face. It also features lots of pointless soft-core sex and gratuitous nudity provided by naturally beautiful 80s girls, of which one of them later even became a CNN news anchor! That's right, the film stars Andrea Thompson and she has a steaming sex sequence that I bet she doesn't like to be reminded of nowadays. Her bio says she debuted in a small role in "Wall Street". Ha, not!
The rest of "Nightmare Weekend" is utterly insane and unfathomable nonsense! Trying to summarize the crazy plot makes me want to scratch my head, but I'll try anyways. On the countryside lives a genius scientist who developed a method to alter the aggressive behavior of animals. For example, by forcing it to swallow a silver pinball (don't ask...) a vicious Doberman turns into a cute and gentle puppy! Okay, so Dr. Brake is a brilliant scientist, but then again, he also hooked up a super-computer to an irritatingly babbling green woolen socket-puppet named George, and his teenage daughter uses it to play Turbo! The good Dr. Has an evil female assistant, and she wants to test the effect of the behavioral pinballs on humans, so she lures three beautiful but empty-headed girls to the mansion. The girls sneak horny blokes from the nearby bar into the house, and thus the evil assistant has even more guinea pigs. Meanwhile, in the dullest and most redundant sub plot in the history of cinema, the scientist's daughter falls deeply in love with the evil assistant's toy boy, and she seeks romantic advice from the green-haired puppet.
It's mind-boggling when you read it on paper, and I assure you it's even more mind-boggling when you see it on the screen. You have not experienced 80s amateur-madness until you see a sock-puppet yell "Danger! Danger!" or watch how a timid young housemaid turns into a sphere-possessed killing machine. And what is up with that end shot? I'm telling you "Nightmare Weekend" is either totally awful or, like a friend of mine righteously stated, so brilliant that ordinary mortal souls like us simply fail to comprehend it.
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