It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

It seems that After Dark decided to distribute a film that was in that "so bad it's funny" category, worthy of MST3K-style commentary throughout. In fact, that's really the only way I'd recommend watching this film, because anything else will lead to utter disappointment. This movie starts off featuring Ellen, a woman who receives an African mask of a fertility deity she ordered to help her and her husband with their sex life, only it looks nothing like what she expected—a all-too- classic devil/demon looking face, which she insists leads to an actual demon taking over her body and mind (and haunting her dreams). Her husband, Bill (an Antonio Banderas knock-off), is driving her to have her committed to a mental hospital, when the car runs out of gas in a remote location. He goes off to get more gas, leaving her alone to see that this demon is in the woods where the car stalled and is actually after her. It pursues her to a house where four young adults are having a small party, and people start dying.There's so much I wasn't expecting from this film (due to the level of professional cinema making I've come to expect from the movies distributed by After Dark) that I was already disappointed three minutes in. The camera quality is no better than a mid-grade porno and the acting and scriptwriting are no better. There's pretty much no exposition whatsoever—no character building to see Ellen's decline from a simple married woman to a possessed psychotic/schizophrenic, so don't expect to feel any sort of connection or sympathy for her...or any other character, for that matter. The editing, the blood-and-gore effects, the music—it's all pretty cheap. Even the demon mask itself looks like a cheap plastic mask you could find in any Halloween or general costume shop with a "Made in Taiwan" sticker on the back.Even the "twist" an hour in is something I saw coming...but, admittedly, the second twist a short while later was sort of a saving grace for the film (if you can even think of it that way). In fact, the last 15-or-so minutes had me reminiscing a little of "Evil Dead." Perhaps that's the sort of cheesy, hokey mood of horror film making these people were out to accomplish. It's just about as cheap, if you factor in the difference of years between the two films. So, if you're really in the mood to watch something that's so bad that's it becomes all too easy to make fun of it during the entire ride, you could give "Nightmare Man" a try. There might be better films to suit that style of MST3K "horror," but I don't normally go in for such flicks myself, to be honest. Of course, if you're looking for an actually well-made scary movie to truly unsettle and disturb you, avoid this like the plague.

"Nightmare Man" is an enjoyable, if slightly flawed entry.**SPOILERS**After receiving a new fertility mask, Ellen Morris, (Blythe Metz) suddenly starts having strange nightmares and visions, which her husband William, (Luciano Szafir) immediately writes off. When it starts getting worse, she begins to feel like she's being stalking by a figure known as The Nightmare Man, who is represented by their mask. Finally deciding to get away from the mask and go on a trip out in the woods, they are attacked by the creature and forcing them to take refuge with Mia, (Tiffany Shepis) and her friends Jack, (James Ferris) Ed, (Jack Sway) and Trinity, (Hanna Putnam) who are in a small cabin nearby. Realizing that her stories are true, they band together with whatever they can and hold off the deadly creature without being taken out one-by-one.The Good News: There was a lot of good stuff here in this one. Easily its best feature is that the film manages to throw one of the greatest second halves together with so much good stuff as to be nearly impossible to count against it. From the moment of the car attack, this just gets better and better and has an absolutely fun time that is quite obvious to watch. That car attack itself is one of the best features of the film, as it's an old-school style scene that's protracted and extended, but feels natural about it and not simply because of unnecessary reasons, and the different tactics to keep it going make it energetic and exciting, and then it segues into an equally-outstanding chase through the forest which is just eerie, creepy and good enough to really keep the film going rather nicely with a spectacular setting, a really healthy amount of action and some better-than-expected moments which are responsible for getting this one across as a fun scene. What makes this the best is that, while there's a life-or-death struggle in the woods between a knife-wielding, devil-masked man of her nightmares with the hyperventilating victim screaming for her life, it's being crosscut with scenes of one of the characters performing a striptease while another fakes an orgasm to further annoy her prudish boyfriend. The scenes there, both before and after that, are just as fun and slightly sleazy as that one, most of which comes from the highly-unsubtle flirting going on following the lesbian revelation. Sprinkled with highly-enjoyable nudity, coming just shy of revealing everything, from most of the main female cast which is greatly appreciated, these scenes work incredibly well and have a lot going for them. It then gets chilling and quite tense once it gets the creature there, which is where most of this one works. From the incredible stalking around the cabin to the antics of surviving the matter and the constant attempts at getting to them, this is an incredibly well-done series of scenes that, combined with the earlier stuff, makes for some outstanding moments that make this so fun. By making the killer look rather great, with the use of the tribal mask which is rather creepy-looking on it's own, giving into a fantastic-looking killer that works well. That there's a couple of rather nice kills doesn't really hurt either, as there's a really great arrow-bow through the neck, a knife through the head, some stabbing and impaling, and one is run over by a car that splatters across the windshield, which is about all it can afford due to the body count but it still good enough to really work. The last plus to this is the film's nice attention to it's killer, which has a great history and really feels more complete than most other slashers' back-stories and makes him a more complete villain. All of these here make this a great entry.The Bad News: There are a couple problems with this one that hold it down. One of them is the premise doesn't have nearly enough set-up before the husband is ready to get to the insane asylum. The movie opens with her receiving the mask before getting the effects of that, and within a matter of six minutes in, the film is ready to have her dropped of at the asylum. It really could have used more set-up, and the basic premise behind what ultimately happens remains rather underdeveloped throughout the film and needs a bit more fleshing out. The biggest problem, though, is the horrible camera work and nonexistent lighting. There are entire moments of outdoor scenes where all that's visible was one dark blob interacting with another dark blob. This is especially true during the last half, which takes place at night for the most part, and it gets really hard to see most of what's happening when out in the woods. The scenes inside the cabin are somewhat better, but even still aren't that greatly-lit and seem to be quite hard to fully see through. Otherwise, this one wasn't bad at all.The Final Verdict: A lot of good points mixed in with some minor flaws really helps this one out, making it a highly enjoyable and entertaining film. Definitely recommended to slasher fans, those who have liked the others in the series or are fans of the creative crew, while those who aren't should heed caution.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity and Graphic Language

As a film enthusiast I've got some demands on how a movie should be. Horror movies for me should include tense moments, blood and gore and of course the unmissable breasts scenes. We got it all in this movie. However, I wasn't totally satisfied.Acting in horror films doesn't have to be at Oscar caliber but it has to be believable and for me the only believable people here were Tiffany Shepis and maybe James Ferris. Tiffany had a much harder role. Maybe the problem I had with the acting is related to poor scripting or directing, but I cannot pinpoint for sure. What probably dragged me down the most was the music: terrible horror film music. I love film music and my favorite composers are Danny Elfman, Howard Shore, James Horner, John Williams and many more. But music in movies has to help the story - it certainly didn't here.The plot was good, and that twist at the end with the demon actually coming out was great. The necessity of having Tiffany bare breasted at the end... maybe it was because I couldn't hear what the demon was saying, but was it necessary for the story? Of course not. But was it necessary for me as a horror movie fan? - Sure! And so near the end ... probably raised the grade from 5 to 6 :-)

I rarely will write a review to say how bad a film is. Like many horror aficionados I will put up with a lot for a sublime moment. After hitting real pay dirt with this series' "Borderland" I thought I'd give this a try. Talk about a pointless exercise.Is it a demon film or another slasher flick? Who cares? Even the filmmakers didn't seem to care. The film begins in mid-action and never bothers to provide even a flimsy rational for why anything is happening. Does the mask connect to the demon? Was the mask really purchased for a sexual aid or was that a nightmare? Why does the husband want to kill his wife? Why does he hate her? Who is this guy he is paying? Are people like this listed in the phone book? How did the demon get into the wife in the first place? Does anyone care about any character in this film? Was there a point to any of the nudity in this film? It certainly wasn't to be erotic. Did they cover the camera lens with mud before shooting? I mean jeepers if you're going to take the time to raise the money to make a film why waste so much footage on such low grade material? Okay I'm done. JUST STAY AWAY!!! PS Suspect any of the 3 plus star ratings you read, they are probably the work of shills.