Nightwatch (1994)
In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there, scary things begin to happen (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ole Bornedal
Written By: Ole Bornedal
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sofie Gråbøl, Kim Bodnia, Ulf Pilgaard, Lotte Andersen, Rikke Louise Andersson
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Horror
AKA: Nattevagten
Country: Denmark
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Nightwatch belongs to 10 collections
1. IMDb Top 250 Complete (collaborative: moderated by Jorg - 23 stars)
2. The Best Hitchcock Movies (That Hitchcock Never Made) (collaborative: moderated by teckgecko - 17 stars)
3. Edgar Wright 1000 Favorite Movies (Aug 2016) (collaborative: moderated by Aron Ericson - 17 stars)
4. Rue Morgue Magazine's 200 Alternative Horror Films You Need to See (public: jimmyjazz - 12 stars)
5. Scandinavian (public: cankutozturk - 7 stars)
6. Director remade their own film (collaborative: moderated by lisa- - 5 stars)
7. Remade (collaborative: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 4 stars)
8. The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies (book) (public: Ag0stoMesmer - 2 stars)
9. Original movies that were remade (only movies with original screenplay) (public: EbelC - 1 star)
10. seen in 2020 (public: sproost)
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| Jun 13, 2022 |  |
maxmode | 40 10th |
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Stupid and predictable.
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| Feb 28, 2015 |  |
SirRobbie | 50 8th |
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One of the few times I seriously disagree with the overwhelming high scores on criticker. Maybe this film was effective in 1994 but today it is not. It sucks!
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| Oct 07, 2012 |  |
Judge Holden | 4 51st |
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Squanders an excellent, creepy setup by resorting to cliched horror tropes, including old classics such as "the body was there a moment ago, sir" and "the movie is nearing its conclusion, better put the protagonist's girlfriend in danger". The twist is predictable and the denouement is just bizarre but in the bad, disjointed sense. I also hated the characters, especially Jens, who was just insufferable. And I really did not need to see that one guy's hairy dick, but thanks anyway.
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| Oct 03, 2012 |  |
disconnected | 52 26th |
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I feel the same way about this movie as I do about ninety percent of the movies I see. There are some cool moments and details, and some of the visuals are nice to look at, but it doesn't add up to an emotionally satisfying or coherent thing.
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| Sep 15, 2012 |  |
Bagger | 76 68th |
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Before Arcel, Bornedal proves that a Dane could do genre movies just fine.
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| Dec 05, 2011 |  |
KramYessev | 67 48th |
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Picked this up after hearing that it was one of the best foreign thrillers of the 90s, which is...wrong. "Nightwatch" is pretty engaging up until the first half, at which point nothing has happened. When the twist finally came around, I was long past caring. The actors all do a good job and are entertaining for the most part. Worth a watch, just don't expect to be enthralled.
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| Sep 12, 2010 |  |
FrederikA | 80 86th |
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Great Danish chiller. A bit heavy handed in places, but more or less responsible for the "renaissance" in modern danish cinema so it get props for that.
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| Jul 01, 2009 |  |
KAH | 1 10th |
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Memory says: Some creepy moments.
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| Jun 08, 2009 |  |
Piglet | 75 79th |
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Has some scary moments, better than most western "scary movies"(can't say horros, because it really isn't).
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| Oct 17, 2008 |  |
teecee | 24 23rd |
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Filmen blev i sin tid "hyped" frem fordi der var kontakter til Hollywood. Nej, den er ikke særlig god..
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| Jun 29, 2008 |  |
Silmarwen | 0 5th |
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boring and pointless.
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| Jun 27, 2008 |  |
Vandelay1 | 82 91st |
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Nice
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
ServantDagon | 85 68th |
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Stylish and eerie thriller with a great McGregor, Nolte and Arquette.
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| Feb 08, 2007 | knyttelol | 85 63rd |
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Tense and psycological without ever "crossing the line" and becoming to much like most psycological horror movies do after an hour or so.
The acting is pretty good but the story and how it evolves it what is truely making this movie such a classic.
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| Average Percentile 58.21% from 393 Ratings |  |