Wednesday, January 6, 2021

It Happened at Nightmare Inn - 1971

Also known as "A Candle for the Devil", It Happened at Nightmare Inn was next on the set. I turned on the barely 65 minute movie in the morning and watched it while I got dressed, made coffee, cleaned the cabin, and generally did shit. Whatever, it counts.

Nightmare Inn is a hotel where the main actress comes at the beginning of this decidedly average film. This young girl is looking for a friend of hers that stayed in Spain at this hotel, and since has gone missing. The two hotel staff know something they're not sharing, and soon enough via flashback and via investigation, our plucky heroine uncovers the truth...

Not sure what to say about this one. With some better writing or with something else like that the idea certainly could have had interest factors. But, it instead sorta just lays there limp the entire time. No nudity, no blood, no real thrill either since from minute 3 we know exactly what will happen.


I wasn't sure if there would be a plot twist or another character added as a side story. There wasn't. Hence the short length, and one could complain about lack of development. I won't complain. Helped the movie stay short! I'll give it one star.

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