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 TWO
RUBY
Strolling through the woods, a young woman is interrupted when a sorcerer is allured by her jeweled necklace. The sorcerer summons an evil spirit from the land to follow the young woman and claim her soul bounded by the necklace.

World Premiere at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival

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Credits
Ruby
Written & Directed by Richard Bates
A Cruel Beauty Production
Produced by Dani Mari & Johnny Butler
Cast: Dani Mari, Johnny Butler, Heather Lynn Milner
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