As a horror movie buff this was the first time I had really noticed Susan Tyrrell. I had seen her before in Flesh + Blood and now I realize what an all star cast that movie had. She's an incredibly confident and charismatic thespian that really new how to make a role her own and seeing her go full Cathy Bates in this movie was fantastic.
Nightmare Maker has a clear edge over horrors made around the same time in that the directing was so good. William Asher really got the most out of the locations and actors which was great and gave the movies setting an immense amount of atmosphere with a storm in the climax to boot. Also a very young Bill Paxton shows up in cameo as a jealous jock, he was so lean it took me a while to spot him.
All in all it was an unnerving ride and I was glad it didn't go over the 1 1/2 hr mark by much this is what I think of as the sweet spot for most horrors. Thank you Susan for such a great performance, rest in peace.
Nightmare Maker has a clear edge over horrors made around the same time in that the directing was so good. William Asher really got the most out of the locations and actors which was great and gave the movies setting an immense amount of atmosphere with a storm in the climax to boot. Also a very young Bill Paxton shows up in cameo as a jealous jock, he was so lean it took me a while to spot him.
All in all it was an unnerving ride and I was glad it didn't go over the 1 1/2 hr mark by much this is what I think of as the sweet spot for most horrors. Thank you Susan for such a great performance, rest in peace.