The Nightmare Man (1981)
1h 58m
Running Time
May 1, 1981Release Date
Plot.
A heavy fog cuts the small isolated Scottish island off from the mainland, and dentist Michael Gaffikin has just discovered a dismembered corpse on the golf links. Michael and his artist girlfriend, Fiona Patterson, assist the local law enforcements in searching for the murderer. However, as the body count rises and the surrounding circumstances turn increasingly bizarre and gruesome, everyone begins to wonder if the killer is a human or an unimaginable creature.
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Cast & Crew.
James Warwick
Michael Gaffikin
Celia Imrie
Fiona Patterson
Maurice Roëves
Inspector Inskip
Jonathan Newth
Colonel Howard
Tom Watson
Dr. Goudry
James Cosmo
Sergeant Carch
Fraser Wilson
P.C. Malcolmson
Jeff Stewart
Drummond
Details.
Release DateMay 1, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Nightmare Man is a science fiction drama serial transmitted by BBC Television in 1981. The four-part serial was adapted for television by Robert Holmes from the 1978 novel Child of Vodyanoi by David Wiltshire. It was produced by Ron Craddock (a former producer of Z-Cars) and directed by Douglas Camfield. Both Holmes and Camfield had worked extensively on Doctor Who.
The serial is set on a small Scottish island, where the population is gripped by fear following a series of savage murders and the discovery of a strange craft on the local beach.