Rodney Ascher's film satisfies on the fright front, but you leave wanting more information.

From a primeval Steve Oram to Miike Takashi's metacinematic kabuki adaptation and a docu-nightmare about sleep paralysis from the director of R...

“The Nightmare” review: Documentarian Rodney Ascher (“Room 237”) investigates the phenomenon of sleep paralysis by reenacting the nightmare experienc...

'The Nightmare': EW review

When bedtime is the worst time of day

Sundance Review: Rodney Ascher's 'The Nightmare' is One of the Scariest Documentaries Ever

There's a reason Rodney Ascher's documentary is called "The Nightmare" as opposed to, say, "Nightmares."

Mr. Ascher uses re-enactments to help tell the stories of eight people with this disorder.

Mr. Ascher uses re-enactments to help tell the stories of eight people with this disorder.

In The Nightmare, Ascher leads us into that other-world of terror where the darkness is alive. And it moves on its own. And it's coming to get you. 

Dir/scr: Rodney Ascher. US. 2014. 90mins

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If there are few things less interesting than hearing other people talk about their dreams, then director Rodney Ascher has pulled off something uniquely imp...