I was drawn to this movie partly based on its setting which is the Berlin club scene. The idea of a horror movie with this backdrop was interesting and I was keen to see how the clubbing environment would be used.
This is definitely not a movie for the majority due to the odd narrative which makes absolutely no sense. Its one thing for David Lynch to make a movie where the story is nonsense and get away with it due to his masterful touch however when a less skilled director tries the same it just ends up frustrating as you do not know whats meant to be real etc.
The story is of a young woman who attends a party and after an "event" begins to see a monster. We do not know if its real or a vision related to mental health. And that is basically it.
Its strange in tone as its neither funny, scary or shocking and you dont really care about any of the people involved.
Its one of these movies that had a studio taken control, it may have been a better movie. It reminds me of the directors cut of Donny Darko in that the directors vision spoiled a decent film. Sometimes artists make bad choices to be different. Sometimes different is bad, horrors follow a very straightforward narrative and resolution for a reason. People enjoy them. At the end all you are left with are questions and the main one is what was the actual point?
Review of The Nightmare
