Nightmares (1983 film)

Nightmares
Theatrical poster designed by Design Projects, Inc.
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Written by	Jeffrey Bloom Christopher Crowe
Produced by	Christopher Crowe
Starring	Emilio Estevez Cristina Raines Lance Henriksen Richard Masur Veronica Cartwright
Cinematography	Mario DeLeo Gerald Perry Kinnerman
Edited by	Michael Brown Rod Stephens
Music by	Craig Safan
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	September 9, 1983 (1983-09-09) (U.S.)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million[1]
Box office	$6,670,680[2]

Nightmares is a 1983 American horror anthology film directed by Joseph Sargent^[3][4] and starring Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen, Cristina Raines, Veronica Cartwright, and Richard Masur. The film is made up of four short films based on urban legends; the first concerns a woman who encounters a killer in the backseat of her car; the second concerns a video game-addicted teenager who is consumed by his game;^[3] the third focuses on a fallen priest who is stalked by a pickup truck from hell; and the last follows a suburban family battling a giant rat in their home.

Nightmares was originally filmed as a two-hour pilot of a proposed television series to be broadcast by the NBC network during the 1983–1984 TV season.