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Nightmare Cinema

Directed by Mick Garris, Alejandro Brugués, Joe Dante, Ryuhei Kitamura, David Slade · Cinematography by Andrew Russo, Matthias Schubert, Jo Willems

R119 min49 frames

Horror

The price of admission is your life

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Nightmare Cinema movie still: wide — A historic cinema building features glowing red neon signage and a blank marquee board. The structure sits…Nightmare Cinema movie still: medium — A dimly lit hospital ward with long corridors and visible medical equipment in shadows. A patient with…Nightmare Cinema movie still: medium — An overcast sky serves as a uniform, pale backdrop behind the subject. A teenage boy in a school uniform…Nightmare Cinema movie still: fullbody — A long, narrow subterranean corridor features stained marble walls and a central ceiling light strip. A…Nightmare Cinema movie still: medium — A man and a woman look down from above into a deep, dimly visible opening. The view is from a low-angle…Nightmare Cinema movie still: fullbody — A medical consultation room features green walls decorated with plastic surgery posters and photos. An…Nightmare Cinema movie still: wide — A dark, empty movie auditorium features many rows of red cushioned seats. A lone woman stands in the middle…Nightmare Cinema movie still: medium — The interior of a building features a central staircase with wall-mounted lamps. A woman in a coat stands…Nightmare Cinema movie still: closeup — A neutral grey studio background with soft lighting illuminating a woman's face. The subject stares ahead…Nightmare Cinema movie still: wide — A dark aisle flanked by tall metal shelves filled with stacked storage containers. A solitary figure stands at…Nightmare Cinema movie still: wide — An empty, dimly lit auditorium featuring rows of aged velvet seats in descending tiers. A young man and woman…Nightmare Cinema movie still: wide — A dark hospital corridor features long shadows and reflective tile floors. A lone figure stands in the distant…Nightmare Cinema movie still: wide — A dark church interior with long wooden pews lining a stone center aisle. Two figures in clerical attire stand…Nightmare Cinema movie still: medium — A dimly lit office features dark furniture and a desk with scattered items. A woman sits in the foreground…Nightmare Cinema movie still: wide — A stone building with a large Romanesque arch stands against a cloudy sky. A person is airborne, falling…Nightmare Cinema movie still: establishing — A rural cabin features a corrugated metal roof and two small attic dormers. A silver SUV is parked on a…
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Nightmare Cinema — official trailer

What is Nightmare Cinema about?

A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.

Nightmare Cinema is a 2018 American horror anthology film. It comprises five segments and a wraparound, directed by Alejandro Brugués, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Ryūhei Kitamura, and David Slade. The cast features Mickey Rourke, Richard Chamberlain, Patrick Wilson, Eric Nelsen, Elizabeth Reaser, Adam Godley, Ezra Buzzington and Annabeth Gish.

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What does the cinematography of Nightmare Cinema look like?

Sampled across 49 frames, the coverage of Nightmare Cinema leans on wide compositions (37% of the sample) and medium shots (35%). The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Andrew Russo keeps 69% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 59% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Nightmare Cinema?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Nightmare Cinema are #31302d, #0c0909, #f6f6f5, #2b1711, #afb4b3, #172c2d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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