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Nightwatch

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Nightwatch (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 6  Rotten:18 Average Rating: 4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Synopsis:
While choking down his new job as the night watchman in a creepy, eerily lit morgue, a squeamish law student finds himself targeted as a suspect in the serial killings of prostitutes. Long on style, with solid technical execution of the requisite alone-with-corpses scenes. Danish director... [More]
While choking down his new job as the night watchman in a creepy, eerily lit morgue, a squeamish law student finds himself targeted as a suspect in the serial killings of prostitutes. Long on style, with solid technical execution of the requisite alone-with-corpses scenes. Danish director Bornedal's American-audience remake of his own 1994 "Nattevagten." [Less]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, Patricia Arquette, Alix Koromzay

Director: Ole Bornedal
Producer: Michael Obel
Composer: Joachim Holbek

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 14, 2000

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

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creepy and effective

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Saddled with a nominally respectable cast and given a theatrical release, its cliched story and gratuitous nastiness leave a bad taste.

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