Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker

I have a soft spot for horror anthology films. Even though I saw this had a terrible rating going in. I expected it to at least somewhat be above what is claimed. After all, many of the films I've liked had not so good ratings. Not to many as low as this one though.

This movie takes place from the perspective of a radio station host having callers tell scary stories. I've even watched movies before with the exact same concept and they were okay. This one? Horrible. The stories are laughable and hardly make any sense. They come across more like concept playing or brainstorming than something that was intended for an actual movie.

The acting is so bad too. Just wow. I've been watching nearly a movie a night in 2023 and here in September this title has without question been the worst film yet.

Horrible. Quite simply, horrible.

Whomever directed this trash should be run out of the studio, never to return and never work again.

The movie is interminably slow. Think molasses in the projector slowing the action down to a crawl.

The "director" is clueless on how to direct a movie. And I mean clueless. It's almost as if they gave a monkey a camera and turned him loose with the actors -- who by the way are pretty bad themselves.

Then there's the writing. What writing? There is no story. Even the title makes no real sense. This movie should be set aside and every copy destroyed.

It's THAT bad. Trust me.

At what point in the movie making process to you just give up and call it a day? Never if you're making this movie apparently. Three directors?! I'd have loved to be on the set for that mess of a decision. Give three directors the job, either one after the other or, all at the same time?! What could go wrong, right?

This movie could. Unless all three of them are blind and deaf, I have no idea how they managed to make a completely incomprehensible film like this one. Don't even get me started about the acting skills of the players either. They didn't do much better.

This is probably one of the worst films of the year. Maybe even more than that.

These compilation type movies are nothing new. Think of the Twilight Zone movie that has an overarching story with little episodes dotted inside.

The individual stories vary in quality but are generally well put together and will hold your attention.

The main story isn't particularly original but it's the quality of everyone involved that make it a decent attempt at the genre.

I will admit that the production does show its limitations on occasion but these are mainly due to budget. This is not a polished Hollywood blockbuster but does maintain a creepy and eerie feel throughout its runtime.

Definitely worth a look.

Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker is an anthology film, with an overarching narrative about a female dj, who hosts a late night radio program about real life horror stories.

Each installation of the anthology is presented as a recreation of a story put forward by one of her listeners.

With the running narrative revolving around a repeated caller...who has been overcome by obsession- in stalker like fashion- because she ditched him at a bar once, after he had boughten her a drink.

The first short is about a woman who turns into a kitsune, while living in a loveless marriage, in an abandoned subdivision.

The second short is about a director getting a tour of a haunted sanitarium in West Virginia.

The third short is about a woman who chases down a man she thinks has kidnapped her sister.

While the last short is about a family of murderous vintners.

The best part about this film is definitely the shorts.

With the last short being the most interesting.

The main bit is honestly kind of stupid.

And almost unnecessary.

I think I would have liked it more if she was fashioned more like a cryptkeeper type narrator.

But, with it's short runtime around 80 minutes, it's not a bad little film.

Despite the mediocre CGI it entails.

While certainly watchable...I definitely wouldn't go out of my way to see it if I were you.

3 out of 10.