The movie follows a man struggling with clear mental health problems who is released from an institution and returns to his violent habits, eventually making his way to Florida to find some relatives. “Nightmare” (1981) delivers intense psychological horror, similar to "Don't Go in the House" (1979), but it’s presented as a slasher film. The storyline of a dangerous individual escaping from an asylum with the inte…

Nightmare arrived in 1981, during the height of the slasher film craze of the eighties. It stands out as one of the stronger entries from that period. The movie centers on a man living with mental illness in New York City. He breaks free from the institution where doctors were administering experimental treatments to him, attempting to both treat and understand his condition. We track his progress as he travels do…