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Nightmare Detective

Nightmare Detective

2006
Suspense/Thriller, Fantasy
1h 46m
Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. "O" intends suicide while talking on a cell-phone with a stranger he meets on line who plans a simultaneous suicide. Events take a horrifying turn. (imdb)
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Nightmare Detective

2006
Suspense/Thriller, Fantasy
1h 46m
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Avg Percentile 39.61% from 71 total ratings

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Rated 22 Apr 2009
50
31st
"An Asian combination platter of Dreamscape, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and just about every technology-obsessed J-horror flick you can think of."
Rated 03 Jun 2011
60
51st
It sort of builds upon A Nightmare on Elm Street's premise. The main character was a bit too stoic without really explaining why she's like that, and that made her kind of boring. The actor playing the 'nightmare detective' didn't give a very convincing performance. The dream scenes are well done, though. Especially the deaths - pretty disturbing.
Rated 05 Jan 2014
4
55th
I kind of like watered-down Tsukamoto. :)
Rated 20 Jan 2014
42
16th
Nothing much to it. Has all of Tsukamoto's obsessions, watered down to be palatable to a foreign J-horror fan audience.
Rated 01 Feb 2017
65
14th
The main actress drags the film down for the first half, but it coalesces into something more recognizable by Tsukamoto by the end.
Rated 09 Dec 2017
60
51st
This is a very interesting film with lots of interesting ideas and visuals. HItomi isn't a very good actress and wasn't able to carry the film well and Ryûhei Matsuda as the Nightmare Detective fails to convince during his limited screen time. Shin'ya Tsukamoto however is great in his role and seems suitably creepy. The films feels more like an episode of a horror anthology show or Masters of Horror than a feature length film and things aren't helped by the film's relatively long run time...
Rated 17 Jul 2018
80
74th
Really weird dream horror with some gory deaths, a pretty girl, and atmosphere for days. The plot is almost too convoluted to follow, so it's more of a film to sit back and let it all wash over you. Effective, provided it's late and you're in the right mood.

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