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Nightmare Sisters is a lesser known horror title from David De Coteau who's mostly been known for his homoerotic horror films from the last decade. In this, he gives scream queens Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, and Michelle Bauer some of their most interesting roles to date.

They play three pathetically dorky girls who summon an evil spirit during a seance and turn into sexy sirens who seduce and murder several dumb jocks. It's a really simple premise executed as well as can be expected with the limited resources available.

This indie film by the auteur DeCoteau is the single greatest influence for the creation of the Eye Candy Hall of Fame. The cast boasts of three members of the All-Century team: the ever-so-lovely Brinke Stevens, the majestic beauty of Michelle Bauer, and the sultry Linnea Quigley. Each of our extremely fabulous leading ladies give such a high-caliber performance that it sets the standards by how we at the academy judge our potential members. As actors, they strip down to the basics and bare their natural talents unlike any other ensemble in the history of cinema. Memorable performances are the seance-transformation scene, the kitchen scene, and the bathtub scene. The auteur DeCoteau has created a masterpiece that will simply blow you away.

Oh man, what a lame film. Not because it's a b-movie, or 'cause it was cheap or didn't have effect or top notch actors, but because it was just the most lifeless, annoying, intentionally naive piece of crap ever. It was more boring than "Babes at the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama." Just childish.

It also has the three ugliest pair of breasts you'll ever see. What was WRONG with those three women? Quigley's breasts look... just weird... The other one was scrawny and off-putting... Only the tall one had a sweet face, but her rigid, doctored funbags were just disturbing to stare at.

I never thought a film would succeed in making three naked girls in a bathtub boring, but wow, did it ever succeed. They just keep touching themselves and rubbing their breasts over and over and over.. and over.. AND OVER... IT NEVER ENDS... It's the most boring, unpassionate thing in the world. Nothing sexy about it, oh man, I was praying the scene would cut. In the beginning too, it's the same deal. The first third of the film is made up of three ten-minute scenes, where they just plant the camera and let the "actors" talk. And talk. AND TALK. Make iT STOP!!!

Although it is amusing to see Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer, and Brinke Stevens as "ugly" coeds, this movie relies too much on nudity and really bad jokes. Don't get me wrong, these three girls look good naked and have a good sense of humor; There just isn't enough for them to do. Richard Gabai should go away and never return. Michael Sonye or Dukey Flyswatter if you prefer, which I do, is extremely annoying as Omar, the psychic. His voice is pain, so if you like that sort of thing, watch the beginning sequence. He also is the lead singer of a band which does a couple of songs of which I did like the beginning of one of them. "Sucky sucky sucky sucky succ u bus! (dun dun) Sucky sucky sucky sucky succ u bus! (dun dun) Sucky sucky sucky sucky succ u bus! (dun dun dun dun) Suck me! (dun dun dun dun) Suck you!" If you must see this, you will enjoy the three girls cleaning each other in the bathtub. Although Michelle's tan scares me, I get over it.

A trio of nerdy sorority sisters (Linnea Quigley, Brink Stevens, and Michelle Bauer) are possessed by Succubi while holding a séance with 3 fellow geeky guys. OK, how can you go wrong with no less then 3 Scream Queens in the flick? Funnily enough easily. First of all, the action doesn't even begin to start until about 30 minutes in, that alone wouldn't be cause for alarm, but this is an 80-minute B-movie, so that's more then 1/3rd of the film dedicated to lameness.True the girls remain topless for a good deal of the remaining film, but, aside from a good lengthy bubble bath scene, nothing you can't see in any other of their respective movies. Films that don't almost put you to sleep in the first half hour. Which leaves the acting and humor to keep this flick alive. The acting...well heh, let's move onto the humor. The humor is extremely cornball. Skip this one.

My Grade: D

DVD Extras: blooper reel; 3 stills galleries (dedicated to each of the 3 scream queens in various states of undress); Director & producer commentary;

a second commentary (this time with Brink Stevens, Michelle Bauer, and Richard Gabai)

Melody,Marci and Mickey are three geeky and unpopular college girls who can't get a date.One night,they invite three geeky college guys over and have a seance that results in the girls becoming possessed by a succubus and turning into sex starved vamps.The madness ensues...The plot of "Nightmare Sisters" is mainly an excuse to show tons of nudity provided by three American Scream Queens Linnea Quigley,Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens.This film is impossible to take seriously as it's loaded with corny dialogs and cheap special effects.The acting is rather atrocious,but you'll laugh until it hurts with this one.So invite some friends,drink tons of beer and enjoy this amusing little horror flick.7 out of 10.

"Nightmare Sisters" is a harmless, enjoyable b-movie which is more sex comedy than horror. I don't think it's even intended to be scary, and there is very little violence, but a lot of nudity and humour.

The movie gets off to a shaky start with an obviously Caucasian man playing an Indian fortune teller, and doing the worst Indian accent since Peter Sellers. Why would a fortune teller be Indian, anyway? Somehow the crystal ball gets possessed, and then finds its way into the hands of three dorky sorority sisters.

These three are played by the holy trinity of b-movie scream queens, Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens. They begin the movie as stereotypically unattractive college co-eds. Brinke has borrowed Jeffrey Dahmer's glasses, Michelle Bauer is dressed up to look fat, and Linnea Quigley is wearing false buck teeth which actually only accentuate her beauty. Detractors might claim that we're only fans of Quigley, Stevens and Bauer because they're hot and get naked. This movie, along with most of their movies, showcases the charisma and talent they actually brought to the screen. Their portrayals here are funny and likable.

Their nerdy male counterparts come over for a party and the girls are possessed when they use the crystal ball in a séance (don't seances require Ouija boards?) At first the girls turn sexy - and semi naked - but then they get a touch demonic, and a hilarious exorcist arrives to save the day.

David DeCoteau seems to me to be a rarity among b-film makers. Going by any of his recent efforts, a strong case could be made that he is the worst filmmaker who ever lived. However, watching his '80s films like this one, one realises that he actually had some degree of know-how when he started out. I mean, obviously this isn't Citizen Kane, but it's actually pretty good. Now, his movies are just excuses to indulge in his tighty whitie fetish. Who keeps paying him to make movies? Who keeps watching them?

Nightmare Sisters can be considered a companion piece to director David DeCoteau's Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama: it was made the same year, features several of the same cast, uses the same sorority house location, revolves around the same kind of puerile frat-boy humour, and even uses the same font for its opening credits. It should come as no surprise then that it is the same in terms of quality i.e., not very good!

The pathetic plot sees three nerdy sorority sisters -- Melody (Linnea Quigley), Marci (Brinke Stevens) and Mickey (Michelle Bauer ) -- invite three equally nerdy guys -- Kevin (Richard Gabai), Freddy (Marcus Vaughter) and Duane (William Dristas) -- to their house for a party. When the girls suggest using the crystal ball that Marci bought at a flea market, the guys reluctantly agree, but are shocked when, during the seance, their dorky dates magically transform into beautiful babes with sex on their minds.

I'll give David DeCoteau his due: he might not be into the ladies himself, but he knows what a straight guy likes (or at least what sells a film), all three of his actresses getting (almost) naked, and even taking a bubble bath together. Unfortunately, even with a trio of topless hotties in a tub, one can only forgive so much, and the lame plot and diabolical direction become quite unbearable as the geeky guys' fraternity brothers discover how hot the girls are, and decide that they want a piece of the action. Muscling in on the party, they pay for their lustful ways when the sexy sorority sisters turn out to be possessed by a succubus that feeds on young men.

For the film's diabolical finale, Kevin, Freddy and Duane call an exorcist (found in the Yellow Pages) who casts out the demon, which manifests itself as a cheap Halloween store prop.

To be fair, the film's trio of scream queens acquit themselves quite well at the beginning -- their nerdy selves are actually pretty funny -- and the introduction of their sexy incarnations is quite the eye-opener (unless you're watching the alternative version without the nudity - but why would you want to do that?). For these reasons, I give the film a rating of 3.5/10 (rounded up to 4 for IMDb), which is probably more than it deserves.

I have never gotten the desire to comment about a movie on these boards. If you are reading this, then behold you are indeed a part of a small piece of history. This will be the only comment about a movie I will ever make in my lifetime, on IMDb. If you are looking for a serious movie, keep moving! If you are looking for a movie that will lift your spirits...and have a wonderful time over and over again, look no further. Nightmare Sisters is the ultimate BMovie classic that captures teen antics, cheesy demons, and that 80's feel to perfection. I saw this movie when I was in my early teens, and had never forgotten about it. So much that I paid a great deal online just to have it on VHS. Thank god the movie is now on DVD. Seriously if you made it this far....take my word...this is the movie you've been looking for. Bmovie fans....don't miss out....and I bid you farewell.....

Nightmare Sisters isn't bursting with snazzy camerawork or sparkling dialogue, but the actors seem committed and go for broke. It's fairly amusing actually.

Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer, and Brinke Stevens play three college nerds who end up getting possessed by a wicked sex demon and turn into deadly vixens, seducing and killing a bunch of eligible guys.

It's stupid. It's SO stupid. But it's way more fun than you'd think it would be. There's not a lot of style and it was obviously shot with a super small budget ($40,000? Wow!), but the creators know how to keep us entertained and interested throughout.

Nightmare Sisters won't be for your more stuffy or pretentious friends, but it'll make for a great drunken party movie or a late night slice of cheese.

Stumbling upon this 1988 movie by random chance here in 2023, of course I opted to watch it on account of it being a horror comedy. Needless to say that I hadn't even heard about the movie prior to watching it.

And what a swing and a miss of a movie this was. Writer Kenneth J. Hall totally struck out here and delivered a movie script so cheesy and campy that it went beyond the point of no return. See, some 1980s movies are the right amount of cheesy so that they become fun and enjoyable to watch. Not "Nightmare Sisters" though, no sir. This was just downright abysmal and horrible to witness. The storyline was utter rubbish.

The acting performances in "Nightmare Sisters" were fair enough, though I can't say that I was overly impressed with what I witnessed. But then again, the actors and actresses literally had nothing to work with here.

Visually then you're not in for anything grand or memorable, should you opt to sit down and watch this movie from director David DeCoteau. There was simply too much time spent on showing off the three leading female performers being naked.

My rating of "Nightmare Sisters" lands on a very generous two out of ten stars.

HEY EVERYBODY ITS ME (4) and today we review ..... any reason to get these chicks naked ....THE MOVIE !!!!!!

So ...scream queens of the past ..... naked ..... of course ... and I'm going to assume this writer ...director ..producer ....whoever hired on these ladies VERY specifically said to themselves "you know what ........ NAKED!!!!" lol.... because this little gem of a film was nothing like I expected reading into it .... "she devils " I mean .... chicks with shark teeth for like 2 minutes , sure okay .... but she devils ? ...meh that's pushing it .... and the first 10 minutes .........seriously ????? I wanted to fork myself in the eyes and ears trying to get through that , if not for the promise of she devils I in fact wouldn't have sit through it ....I GOT RIPPED OFF !!! But I guess I can still see (naked) and hear so ... it's not all bad ???

SO the film itself - 1988 , it looks the era for sure, banking off the successes of the ladies involved BEING the horror scream queens this film for sure kept the eyes all on them .... the story WELL didn't matter lol... obviously, it was there sure but it was just an average "uhoh possessed " type thing .... nothing new or exciting ... the acting was of course 80's cheese all the way ...the FX were ......fake teeth .....and a bad monster head LOL so ..80s ..... and everything else on the technical side was all par for the course so no real complaints .... sadly I cant praise it for the time either though ... its forgettable in the fact that its nothing special and the only real reason anyone watches it is the 3 lead ladies and .....naked ........and theres nothing wrong with that , its just if your looking for a 80s horror film with depth or substance NOPE ....if your looking for a cheesy late night 80s flick you would have seen on "usa up all night" YUP ! Lol...

5/10 for 80s cheese , middle of the road playing it safe ...

Hopefully, no one rented or bought Nightmare Sisters looking for the meaning of life. If you did, I'm sorry, but you're not going to find it here. What you will get are scream queens Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, and Michelle Bauer camping it up as nerdy sorority girls who are transformed into sexy vixens by a demon which makes them hungry for college boys.

Nightmare Sisters moves at a brisk pace, never giving the audience much time to be bored. The film has a knowing twinkle in its eye and seems to understand how ridiculous this all is. Nudity and gore fans will be pleased for sure.

I waited 31 years to watch this but say it's better late than never. This was way better than I was expecting and I find it shocking that according to the IMDB trivia it was shot in only four days. The cast seemed very prepared and lucid in their characters. The writing and comedy was a better delivery than I was expecting. and the scene where our famous beloved Scream Queens transform, was everything and more than what I wanted it to be. It was a delight to watch and lives up to the hype. Linnea, Brinke, and Michelle were very funny in these characters and their transformation was quite cool and clever. If you are a fan of these ladies and for some reason put this movie off for as long as I did, I caught the full film on youtube and was not disappointed. I only wanted to kick myself for waiting a lifetime before watching. It surprised me how well made it was, and fun. I expected a no budget grainy mess but was instead shocked to find how cohesive and prepared the whole thing was. Well done to DeCoteau, and it is an absolute pleasure to see Linnea Brinke and Michelle in this classic amusing 3some. They should have done way more movies together. Lives up to the hype. <3

Nightmare Sisters was obviously cobbled together with a little spit and a prayer, but the three leads seem to be having the time of their lives playing both the dorky and sexy sides of each of their characters.

All you really need to know about the story is that there are three nerdy sorority sisters who end up summoning a demon who turns them into sexpots with a literal hunger for boys.

The film is shot without much style with several scenes covered in only master shots, but it somehow works thanks to a charmingly goofy script and campy turns by all the actresses.

Nightmare Sisters (1988)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens and Michelle Bauer play ugly sorority sisters who are bored one night so they invite over three nerdy guys. As the lame party is winding down they decide to have a séance, which turns the three girls into real beauties looking for sex but they've also become deadly.

NIGHTMARE SISTERS is exactly the type of gold teenage males were hoping for back in the VHS boom days. If you're looking for high art or something that was nominated for an Oscar then you're going to be extremely disappointed. If you're wanting some cheap trashy fun with three beautiful women getting naked then you've come to the right movie.

The Scream Queen legends are in high form here as all three are extremely good in their roles. I thought they were each hilarious early on when we see them in their alternative looks. Quigley steals the film as a buck-tooth nerd. Stevens plays the nerd with big glasses and Bauer is the obese one. All of them are clearly having fun here but they get even better once they turn into the sexual goddesses. Yes, all three are naked throughout including a very memorable sequence where they're in the tub together.

Director David DeCoteau is obviously having a lot of fun with the material and for the most part this is a complete winner. The thing eventually runs out of gas during the final portion of the picture but this is still one of the better titles to come out of the 80s. Fans of the three Scream Queens will certainly want to check this one out.

Ditzy sorority nerds have a seance with some college boys and end up getting possessed by a succubus who turns them into sex-loving sirens hungry for men and possibly souls.There's not a lot of meat to this story or the characters that inhabit it, but it gets to the point quickly and doesn't overstay its welcome for too long. It's shot in a very bland, workmanlike way, but the script has some amusing moments and the actors appear to be having a good time.