My old friend Rodney Ascher, director of the fantastically weird Room 237, has completed another documentary exploration of high weirdness: The Nightmare, a real life horror story about people who suffer from sleep paralysis. Watch the trailer above.
"Sleep paralysis (is a) surprisingly common phenomenon where people wake-up totally frozen from the eyeballs down, unable even to make a noise, and they frequently see sinister intruders and other disturbing visions," Ascher says. "I've been obsessed with it ever since it used to happen with me. In my case, I saw sort of a living, 3D shadow looming over me in judgement."
The Nightmare will be released June 5 in theaters, video-on-demand, and iTunes. More details on the film's Facebook page here: The Nightmare.
Congratulation, Rodney!