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Nightmare Cinema

Nightmare Cinema

Horror
2018, Movie, 1h 59min
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Sarah Elizabeth Withers

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Cast

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Mickey Rourke
as The Projectionist
Elizabeth Reaser
as Helen
Zarah Mahler
as Anna
Maurice Benard
as Father Benedict
Mariela Garriga
as Sister Patricia
Mark Grossman
as David
Richard Chamberlain
as Dr. Mirari
Adam Godley
as Dr. Salvadore

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