Nightmare Weekend

6/27/2022

**_Mid-80’s cult oddity is creative and entertaining, but loses its mojo in the second half_** Three college females in central Florida are enlisted for an experiment that supposedly improves behavior by a woman of dubious morality (Debbie Laster), the assistant of a genius computer scientist. The latter’s loving daughter (Debra Hunter) falls for a courier who works for the psychotic woman (Dale Midkiff) while a couple of lustful barflies are attracted to the proceedings due to the alluring gals. Havoc ensues. Made by a French crew in Florida, "Nightmare Weekend" (1986) is not an example of great filmmaking, but it is entertaining to a point with imaginative bits, several attractive women and amusing thrills. One of the “imaginative bits” is an Artificial Intelligence puppet named Ge