The Nightmare (2015)

Directed by

Rodney Ascher

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

18A

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 291 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

People describe their experiences with sleep paralysis, a condition where the mind wakes but the body cannot move. The film presents their firsthand accounts of the terrifying hallucinations that often accompany the episodes.

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What happens

The Nightmare is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Rodney Ascher. The film had its world premiere on January 26, 2015 at the 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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