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Nightmare Sisters

  • 1988
  • Unrated
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
2.1K
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Michelle Bauer, Linnea Quigley, and Brinke Stevens in Nightmare Sisters (1988)
Dark ComedyRaunchy ComedyComedyFantasyHorror

Three geeky college girls who can't get a date, organize a seance and become sex starved vamps.Three geeky college girls who can't get a date, organize a seance and become sex starved vamps.Three geeky college girls who can't get a date, organize a seance and become sex starved vamps.

  • Director
    • David DeCoteau
  • Writer
    • Kenneth J. Hall
  • Stars
    • Linnea Quigley
    • Brinke Stevens
    • Michelle Bauer
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    2.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David DeCoteau
    • Writer
      • Kenneth J. Hall
    • Stars
      • Linnea Quigley
      • Brinke Stevens
      • Michelle Bauer
    • 36User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Linnea Quigley
    Linnea Quigley
    • Melody
    Brinke Stevens
    Brinke Stevens
    • Marci
    Michelle Bauer
    Michelle Bauer
    • Mickey
    • (as Michelle McClellan)
    Timothy Kauffman
    • Phil
    Matthew Phelps
    Matthew Phelps
    • J.J.
    C. Jay Cox
    C. Jay Cox
    • Bud
    • (as C.J. Cox)
    Richard Gabai
    Richard Gabai
    • Kevin
    Marcus Vaughter
    Marcus Vaughter
    • Freddy
    William Dristas
    William Dristas
    • Duane
    James R. Sweeney
    James R. Sweeney
    • Exorcist Perrin
    • (as Jim Culver)
    Sandy Brooke
    Sandy Brooke
    • Amanda Detweiler
    Michael Sonye
    • Omar
    • (as Dukey Flyswatter)
    Kenneth J. Hall
    Kenneth J. Hall
    • Succubus
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • David DeCoteau
    • Writer
      • Kenneth J. Hall
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    7annablair-19191

    Silly 80's fun

    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.
    10sleepaway

    So great.....my only comment ever!!!!!!!!!

    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.....
    7Groverdox

    Harmless fun, and a must see for Quigley/Stevens/Bauer/DeCoteau fans

    "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?
    lazarillo

    Why not just rent a porno movie?

    OK, this is a harmless enough movie I guess, but it was one that really helped do in the horror genre by initiating the whole "scream queen" phenomenon where actresses of very dubious talent (Quigley, Stevens, and Bauer) and directors of extremely limited skill (Decouteau, Jim Wynorski, and Fred Olen Ray) started churning out no-budget "horror" movies that were little more than Playboy videos of attractive woman cavorting around in the nude for most of the running time. Of course, sex and nudity have long been an ingredient in horror movies, but they are not the ONLY ingredient. It's pretty cynical to paper over a total lack of talent and production values by cramming in as much T and A as possible and then try to sell it to supposedly maladjusted horror fans who, of course, can't get a date with real women so are going to spend Friday nights renting this crap.

    And after doing their part to bring down the horror genre, these same filmmakers apparently decided (perhaps rightly so)that sci-fi fans were even more pathetic, and thus they came up "sci-fi erotica" like "Femalien" and "Emmanuelle in Space" (which even Jaqueline Lovell and Krista Allen couldn't make suck any less). Then there are the "erotic thrillers", but the less said about them the better. All of which begs the question--if the only thing you're really looking for in a movie is sex and nudity, why not just rent an actual porno?
    Robbie-43

    An Eye Candy classic

    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.

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    • Trivia
      Brinke Stevens provided her own dominatrix outfit.
    • Goofs
      During the exorcism scene, the drawing on the floor is not a pentagram, but instead a star of David.
    • Alternate versions
      There is a alternate television version that is shown on The USA Network that is edited for language with all nude scenes cut. It also adds additional scenes shot for television that replace the deleted nude scenes including:
      • An alternate transformation sequence of the three girls wearing lingerié replacing the nude transformation scene.
      • An alternate pie eating sequence with the girls in lingerié.
      • A completely new scene of the three girls in lingerié jumping up and down on a bed in the bedroom. They are playing with balloons and blowing bubbles (to match up with the audio soundtrack). This replaces the nude bubble bath sequence.
      • A less explicit demon sex scene with Michele Bauer in her jungle outfit.
      • Also has a completely re-shot sequence when Linnea Quigley sings Hollywood Boulevard Boys, replaces the original which has some nudity.
    • Connections
      Featured in Murder Weapon (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Sorority Sister Succubus
      Performed by Haunted Garage

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    • Release date
      • June 15, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sorority Sisters
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Cinema Home Video Productions
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    • Budget
      • $40,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 23m(83 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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