Nightmare is a three part series of short films inspired and dedicated to the late Wes Craven’s early and iconic films, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes and Last House on the Left. Like Cruel Beauty’s other works, the trilogy brings in elements from each Wes Craven film and weaves its own unique story, set on Hogback Mountain in southern Vermont. Each film is its own chilling nightmare leading to the next. The score, composed before shooting the film, is eerily akin to an otherworldly chamber orchestra and combines Johnny Butler's sultry saxophone and other woodwind instrument melodies with Dani Mari's haunting witchy vocals.

NIGHTMARE
CHAPTER ONE
NEVER SLEEP
A young man is slumped on a tree stump by a river in the forest. In a haze, a woman shrouded in a black cloak drops a strange necklace into his hands. The man wakes up in confusion with the necklace in his hand and hurries to find his way out of the forest.

World Premiere at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival

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Credits
Never Sleep
Written & Directed by Richard Bates
A Cruel Beauty Production
Produced by Dani Mari & Johnny Butler
Cast: Dani Mari, Zack Rose
Special FX Makeup: Overture FX
Crew: Zack Rose, TJ Katz
Lyrics and Vocals by Dani Mari
Composition and Sound Design by Johnny Butler
Rose Rutledge on flute
Johnny Butler on tenor sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, pump organ
Mixed by Robert Lux