Nightmare at Noon
by Nico Mastorakis
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Actor: Bo Hopkins, Brion James, George Kennedy, Kimberly Beck, Wings HauserDirector: Nico Mastorakis
Cinematographer: Cliff Ralke
Producer: Nico Mastorakis
Writer: Nico Mastorakis
Editor: George Rosenberg
Producer: Bob Manning
Producer: Isabelle Mastorakis
Writer: Kirk Ellis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Republic Pictures Home Video
Movie Reviews of Nightmare at Noon
Movie Review: A Vast Improvement Over The Lackluster Nightmare At 7:45
Summary: 3 Stars
Good Ol' Wings Hauser is a jerk attorney taking a cross country road trip with his bitchy wife(Kimberly Beck-Corey Feldman's cute sister in Friday the 13th-The Final Chapter). Hauser doesn't seem to like his wife much(or more specifically, she doesn't seem to like him all that much) and he hates microwaved croissants. But their vacation spices up a bit when they pick up a hitchhiker played by Bo Hopkins. Hopkins is a rugged one liner spewing western hero type badazz. The trio end up in a small town called Canyonland. George Kennedy is the sheriff of Canyonland, and finds himself knee deep in a stink that even Breath Asure can't fix, as the town comes under attack by a shady government organization. Ya see, an albino played by Brion James(yup, THE Brion James) has put some deadly chemical concoction into the town's water supply as part of some wacky government experiment(or maybe he just has a morbid sense of humor. After all, the government agents don't announce their plan or intentions, but leave it up to our heroes to guess). Those folks who drink the water become raving, homicidal gray-faced lunatics. Some plot descriptions say "zombies", but they're not zombies in the typical sense. Like Alien, they bleed some acidic green gunk. The Hauser/Hopkins/Kennedy trio(with Kennedy's deputy daughter along for the ride) strap on their dildos and guns and set out to rid the town of gray faced zombie-ish creatures and meddling government albinos.
While the plot sounds very much like a horror film(most horror fans will immediately think of Romero's The Crazies), it actually plays out more like a B action film instead. In the last act of the film where the action takes to the mountains and is full of chases and gunfights, it becomes more like a western, which judging by the title, is very much intended. While not the most original of plots, it's hard not to like it to some degree. Gore is on a relatively low level. There are some "oh, come on!' moments(like Hopkins not being able to hit the broad side of a barn with his rife, but then is a crackshot when he has one bullet for his pistol in a quickdraw), and a pointless and overlong helicopter chase, who's only function is for the director to show off that he could round up two helicopters for the film. Other than that, Nightmare At Noon is a fairly good 80s action/horror flick that slipped through the cracks.
Summary of Nightmare at Noon
A small town in the middle of nowhere. A cruel experiment. Average folks transformed into vicious killers. An albino villain. A town sheriff. An obnoxious entertainment attorney. And a cop on the run. Combine these for an explosive mixture of red-hot action in this sci-fi adventure, where car stunts, high falls and spectacular aerial chases deliver power-packed thrills with a collection of veteran actors including Wings Hauser (Tales from the Hood), Bo Hopkins (The Getaway), Brion James (Blade Runner), and George Kennedy (The Naked Gun), with a pulsating score from Hans Zimmer (Gladiator) and Stanley Myers.Action & Adventure DVD Video
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