Night Terrors
A woman visiting her father in Egypt becomes involved with the Marquis de Sade's descendant and his terrifying cult.
Why it matters
A surreal plunge into cult horror that blends gothic decadence with desert mystique, Night Terrors is a late-era VHS oddity worth unearthing for its eerie atmosphere and unsettling premise.
- Imbues Egyptian locales with a haunting, almost otherworldly vibe rarely seen outside regional horror circuits.
- Cult obsession and Marquis de Sade lineage add a twisted intellectual darkness, merging historical perversion with supernatural dread.
- Practical effects lean into the grotesque, delivering unsettling imagery that predates today’s digital saturation.
- For fans of slow-burn cult horrors that favor mood and mystery over cheap scares—expect creeping dread, not jump scares.
Director
19 horror films in catalog
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974
Eaten Alive 1976
The Funhouse 1981
Poltergeist 1982
Lifeforce 1985
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 1986
Invaders from Mars 1986
I'm Dangerous Tonight 1990
Spontaneous Combustion 1990
Body Bags 1993
Night Terrors 1993
The Mangler 1995
Crocodile 2000
Toolbox Murders 2004
Mortuary 2005
Dance of the Dead 2005
The Damned Thing 2006
Djinn 2013
Cast
Horror DNA
⚠ Limited data — scores are approximate
Gore
0
Slow Burn
0
Psychological
14
Supernatural
20
Creature
0
Disturbing
0
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
0
Survival
0
