Nightman is a 2023 thriller about a pregnant young woman who faces horror when brutal crimes and strange disappearances devastate her hometown. After her picture-perfect husband is revealed to be a dangerous sleepwalker, she must uncover the truth before it’s too late. Also known as The Nightman
The movie was directed by Mélanie Delloye (L’Indivision) from a screenplay by Elsa Marpeau. It was produced by Sébastien Delloye, Noor Sadar and François Towered.
The Black Swan Tales-Entre Chien et Loup co-production stars Zara Devlin, Mark Huberman, Maeve Leonard, Gary Murphy, Eoin Duffy, Anthony Morris, Caroline Donnelly, Paul Ward and Tess Bryant.
Reviews:
“Well and professionally made, with excellent acting (Mark Huberman gives a sensational role, but the other actors are also good) and benefiting from an interesting and appropriate soundtrack, The Nightman is one of the most watchable thrillers of recent years, properly serving the artistic credo that should be the basis of any film, be it thriller or horror, and making only minimal concessions to the commercial side.” Blog de Film [translated from Romanian]
“It’s true that we’ve seen plenty of young women suffering at the hands of a sadist, running through the woods, wrestling without all kinds of dangerous situations. But beneath its surface as a genre film sustained by Irish folklore, and its conflict between vegetarian townspeople and meat-eating rural folk, which all seems to lead towards a final exorcism from which no one will escape unharmed, Nightman works to depict a complex variant of marital control through the fiction form.” Cineuropa [translated from French]
“The only consistent thing in the horror story, which is full of psychological and dramatic contradictions, is the fear of the established academics, which is mouldering beneath the worn-out genre set pieces, of tainting their gene pool by unwittingly partnering with supposed degenerates. This cinematically channelled paranoia is also scary – but not very entertaining.” Moviebreak [translated from German]
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Nightman is currently available on Shudder.
Cast and characters:
Zara Devlin … Alex
Mark Huberman … Damian
Maeve Leonard … Mrs Miller
Gary Murphy … Doctor Kelly
Eoin Duffy … Sam
Anthony Morris … Deedee
Caroline Donnelly … Mrs Ferguson
Paul Ward … Mr Ferguson
Tess Bryant … Psychiatrist
Áine Ní Laoghaire … Officer Connors
Brian Hartnett … Police Officer
Elizabeth Moynihan … Pharmacist
Diarmuid Hayes … Nursing Home Director
Meabh Maguire … Banshee/Nurse
Jace Bayley Kennedy … Simon
Niall Maloney … Barman
Countries of origin:
Belgium
Ireland
Tech specs:
1 hour 41 minutes
Aspect ratio: 2.35: 1
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