Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker (2022) Review
Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker (2022) Review
Crafted by acclaimed directors from all over the world, including Nathan Crooker (MIDNIGHT DELIVERY), Lorcan Finnegan (VIVARIUM), Carlos Goitia (ASYLUM: TWISTED HORROR AND FANTASY TALES), David M. Night Maire (THE HOBBYIST), Mia Kate Russell (AUDITIONING FANNY), Ryan J. Thompson (THE DARK TAPES) and Adam O’Brien (BANSHEE), this highly anticipated sequel to hit film A NIGHT OF HORROR: NIGHTMARE RADIO is jam-packed with gore, shocks and thrills aplenty.
Candy (Paula Brasca – FOCUS) is a late-night radio DJ for Nightmare Radio who invites listeners to share their real-life horror tales. But when a contributor’s phone calls become more and more persistent, what begins as a host of harmless spooky stories, turns into something far more sinister as she discovers just how far an obsessed fan is willing to go…
As callers share a series of frightening and diverse horror stories – from ghosts seeking revenge to vintners with sadistic intent – Candy’s own predicament steadily worsens. Can she stop her nightmare from becoming a reality before it’s too late?
Anthology flick NIGHTMARE RADIO: THE NIGHT STALKER kicks off proceedings with a truly bombastic opening segment, it’s loud and packed full of jump scares that bode well for keeping viewers on their toes. However, the other stories couldn’t be more different, for example by contrast the Irish segment has the dialogue so quiet that you’ll be straining to hear it and if you were to turn up the volume the louder music score then blasts you out at top volume. This is a shame as this segment is both unique and unsettling involving foxes and a near derelict housing estate.
The next segment where a young man witnesses a stabbing on his TV has a neat premise but goes nowhere quickly with it, and I really feel that there was scope to flesh this premise out and have more fun with this one. Elsewhere the wraparound story makes little sense and therefore is robbed of any drama or tension. There’s a stalker phoning in to the talk radio station that is basically announcing to anyone listening in that he’s going to murder the host, like how stupid is that, publicising his intent? By the time the asylum-based segment kicks in about Nurse Mary it’s likely that your interest will have bottomed out, it’s run of the mill stuff and after then this anthology just continues to run out of juice.
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