Actors: Michele Greene, John Karlen, Louise Fletcher, Alan Fudge, James Brolin, Teri Treas
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Nightmare on the 13th Floor
Michele Greene plays a writer for a travel magazine on assignment at the acclaimed Wessex Hotel. While riding the service lift, she sees a man being murdered on an unmarked 13th floor illuminated by gas lamps and decorated with strange things. As several guests begin to disappear, Elaine (the writer) becomes increasingly more involved with this murder mystery. The hotel doctor (James Brolin) and the staff at the hotel, all tell her she must have hallucinated the murder because there is no 13th floor. Now, Elaine must team up with a bad-tempered cop (John Karlen) to find out about the Nightmare on the 13th Floor.
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Analysis of Nightmare on the 13th Floor
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 40% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Moderately Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- nearly 100%
Special suspect?
- lover
Kind of mystery?
- amateur citizen investigator
Horror film?
Yes
Horror Plotlets:
- mad guy with knife likes to slice
Criminal enemy is...
- crazed boy/girlfriend/spouse
If this is a criminal POV story...
- killing innocent people
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, curly (woman)
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Specific kind of enemies?
- cult
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- sewers/subways
- church/synagogue
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- decapitated
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
