Nightmare

A nightmare is a dream that can cause a strong negative emotional response from the sleeper, typically fear and/or horror. The dream may contain situations of danger, discomfort, psychological or physical terror. Sufferers usually awaken in a state of distress and may be unable to return to sleep for a prolonged period of time. Nightmares can have physical causes such as sleeping in an uncomfortable or awkward position, having a fever, or psychological causes such as stress and anxiety. Eating before bed, which triggers an increase in the body's metabolism and brain activity, is a potential stimulus for nightmares.

In film[]

Freddy vs. Jason: Jason Voorhees has a dream wherein he stalks and kills a young camp counselor named Heather by pinning her to a tree with a machete. As she dies, her face morphs into images of other people that Jason has killed. Lori Campbell has a dream in a police station where she sees blood dripping from the ceiling, and then a little girl with no eyes warning her that Freddy Krueger is coming. Blake Mueller has a dream wherein Freddy attacks him as a shadow, but Freddy is too weak at this point to kill him. A drunken Gibb Smith passes out in a corn field and has a dream that she is inside Freddy's boiler room where he terrorizes her. Mark Davis has a dream of his brother's suicide. Freddy sets Mark on fire and burns the words "Freddy's back" on to his back. Stoner Bill Freeburg has a waking dream wherein Freddy appears before him as a caterpillar. A tranquilized Jason Voorhees dreams of the childhood incident wherein he drowned. Freddy torments him by pushing him down into the lake. Lori Campbell dreams of trying to help Jason, then dreams of being attacked by Freddy in her own home. She pulls Freddy out of her dream.

Friday the 13th (1980): Alice Hardy experienced a night of sheer terror and depravity when a woman named Pamela Voorhees began slaughtering all of the counselors at Camp Crystal Lake. Alice survived only by decapitating Voorhees with a machete. Afterward, she took a rowboat into the middle of the lake where she passed out. She dreamed of Pamela's late son, Jason Voorhees, whose deformed body lunged out of the lake to attack her.

Friday the 13th Part 2: Even two months after the harrowing experience at Camp Crystal Lake, Alice Hardy still suffered intense nightmares of her final conflict with the madwoman Pamela Voorhees. In the dream she recalled being terrorized by Pamela and discovering the bodies of boyfriend Steve Christy as well as camp cook Annie before beheading Mrs. Voorhees with a machete. She also dreamed of the dream she had wherein the moldy body of Jason Voorhees emerged from Crystal Lake to attack her.

Appearances[]

Films[]

1408
30 Days of Night: Dark Days
Alone in the Dark
Amityville Horror
An American Werewolf in London
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Body Bags
Brain Dead
Bride, The
Carnival of Souls
Carrie
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
Children of the Corn: Revelation
Constantine
Curse of the Cat People, The
Curse of the Puppet Master
Day of the Dead
Demonic Toys
Devil Bat's Daughter
Devil's Rejects, The
Dinocroc
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dracula A.D. 1972
Drag Me to Hell
Dream Demon
Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers
Exorcism of Emily Rose, The
Final Destination 3
Final Destination 4
Flatliners
Fly, The
Frankenstein's Daughter
Freddy vs. Jason - Jason has nightmares of being tormented as a child.
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Friday the 13th - Alice Hardy has nightmare about child Jason Voorhees attacking her.
Friday the 13th Part 2 - Alice Hardy has nightmares about Jason Voorhees.
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Fury of the Wolfman, The
Gothic
Haunting of Molly Hartley, The
Hellraiser
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
High Tension
Hostel: Part II
House of Dracula
Leprechaun in the Hood
Jeepers Creepers 2
Mary Reilly
Mortuary
New Nightmare
Night of the Comet
Nightmare
Nightmare on Elm Street, A
Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A
Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A
Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A
Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, A
Oculus
Orphan
Phantasm
Phenomena
Plague of the Zombies
Prince of Darkness
Prom Night
Ring, The
Ring Two, The
Satanic
Saw 3D: The Final Chapter
Scanner Cop
Scream 3
Season of the Witch
Seed of Chucky
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation
Sinister
Skull, The
Sleepy Hollow
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Soft for Digging
Sorority House Massacre
Twilight: New Moon
Wicker Man, The
Unborn, The
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Videodrome
Virus
When a Stranger Calls
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies

Television[]

Comics[]

Ghost Rider & Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance 1 - Johnny Blaze has a dream about his children being killed by the Lilin.
Marvel Spotlight 2
Tales from the Crypt 38
Tales from the Crypt Vol 2 22
Walking Dead 93 - Carl Grimes has a nightmare about killing Ben.

Novels[]

Notes[]

Nightmare was also the title to a 1964 British film directed by Freddie Francis and produced by Hammer Film Productions.
Nightmare was also the name of a 1970s black and white horror anthology illustrated magazine series by Skywald Publications.

This article relates to the Friday the 13th film franchise.
This template will categorize articles that include it into the Friday the 13th miscellaneous category.

This article relates to the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
This template will categorize articles that include it in into the A Nightmare on Elm Street miscellaneous category.

This article relates to the film Freddy vs. Jason.
This template will categorize articles that include it in into the Freddy vs. Jason miscellaneous category.