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* ''The Bishop of Battle'': The most popular of the four stories. Arcade whiz J. J. Cooney (Emilio Estevez) is obsessed with beating the eponymous and fictional arcade game. [[NintendoHard The game is so difficult]] that not even the best players made it to the [[ArcNumber 13th level]].
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* SerialKiller: Glazier.
* [[spoiler:TwistEnding]]: [[spoiler:See RedHerring]].
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* GasStationOfDoom: A woman hears over the radio that a serial killer is on the loose. She naturally [[WhatAnIdiot goes out to get a pack of cigarettes]] and stops at a gas station. The attendant perfectly matches the serial killer's description and she gets worried. The attendant drags her out of the car, pulls out a gun and [[BaitAndSwitchGunshot shoots...the real serial killer]], who was hiding in her back seat.
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'''''Nightmares''''' is a 1983 horror film by Joseph Sargent.
The film is divided into four different stories:
* ''Terror in Topanga'': Smoking addict Lisa (Cristina Raines) goes out at night to buy new cigarettes, against her husband's warnings (and a radio news) that psychopath William Henry Glazier (Lee Ving) is on the loose. Things go FromBadToWorse when her car runs out of gas.
* ''The Bishop of Battle'': The most popular of the four stories. Arcade whiz J. J. Cooney (Emilio Estevez) is obsessed with beating the eponymous and fictional arcade game. [[NintendoHard The game is so difficult]] that not even the best players made it to the [[ArcNumber 13th level]].
* ''The Benediction'': Catholic priest [=MacLeod=] (LanceHenriksen) lost his faith following the violent death of a young boy. While driving on a highway, he gets stalked by a black Chevrolet pickup apparently intent on killing him.
* ''Night of the Rat'': A family has a rat problem. The father, Steven Houston (Richard Masur) wants to fix the problem himself. His wife (Veronica Cartwright) eventually gets fed up and calls an exterminator (Albert Kague). Little do they know that the rat is bigger than they thought.
A DVD was released by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 1997, but it's currently out-of-print.
Can be watched [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llNNTfbJ7Ww here]].
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: William Henry Glazier is a pretty cool name for a psychopath.
* NothingIsScarier
* [[spoiler:RedHerring]]: [[spoiler:The attendant is not Glazier; the ''real'' Glazier is hiding in Lisa's back seat, only to be killed by the attendant.]]
* SerialKiller: Glazier.
* [[spoiler:TwistEnding]]: [[spoiler:See RedHerring]].
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[[folder:The Bishop of Battle]]
* [[spoiler:AndIMustScream]]: [[spoiler:Cooney]].
* ArcNumber: The game has 13 levels. Guess what happened to Cooney when he reached the final level.
* {{Defictionalized}}: [[http://www.roguesynapse.com/games/bishop_of_battle.php Still a demo version]]. [[ParanoiaFuel Hopefully]], in the final version it won't come to life or harm you physically in the thirteenth level.
* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler:The Bishop kills Cooney and traps him inside the game. He becomes the new player avatar]].
* TheGameComeToLife: When Cooney finally succeeds (after having snuck into the arcade in the middle of the night), he realizes that beating the game [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou causes the threats and enemies from within to come alive]].
* TheMostDangerousVideoGame: One of the earliest examples.
* SchmuckBait: It is better to lose in the twelfth level.
* StopHavingFunGuys: In-universe, with the players who are determined to beat the game, Cooney included. It doesn't end well.
* [[spoiler:TooDumbToLive]]: [[spoiler:Cooney leaves his gun behind when he enters the parking lot. Then the Bishop comes out of nowhere...]]
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Fortunately it doesn't spoil the ending, though.
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* AnimateInAnimateObject: [[spoiler:Averted. The car is driven by {{Satan}}]].
* CarFu: ''Whoo boy.''
* DaylightHorror
* JumpScare: The truck bursts out from the ground, complete with a loud engine sound.
* NothingIsScarier
* [[spoiler:{{Satan}}]]: [[spoiler:The driver, as implied with the upside down cross hanging on the pickup's mirror.]]
* VehicularAssault
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[[folder:Night of the Rat]]
* [[spoiler:[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Attack of the 4-Foot Giant Rat]]]]
* [[spoiler:AllForNothing]]: [[spoiler:Steven wanted to kill the rat. In the end, he puts his gun down and the rat leaves the house, harming no one.]]
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The film is divided into four different stories:
* ''Terror in Topanga'': Smoking addict Lisa (Cristina Raines) goes out at night to buy new cigarettes, against her husband's warnings (and a radio news) that psychopath William Henry Glazier (Lee Ving) is on the loose. Things go FromBadToWorse when her car runs out of gas.
* ''The Bishop of Battle'': The most popular of the four stories. Arcade whiz J. J. Cooney (Emilio Estevez) is obsessed with beating the eponymous and fictional arcade game. [[NintendoHard The game is so difficult]] that not even the best players made it to the [[ArcNumber 13th level]].
* ''The Benediction'': Catholic priest [=MacLeod=] (LanceHenriksen) lost his faith following the violent death of a young boy. While driving on a highway, he gets stalked by a black Chevrolet pickup apparently intent on killing him.
* ''Night of the Rat'': A family has a rat problem. The father, Steven Houston (Richard Masur) wants to fix the problem himself. His wife (Veronica Cartwright) eventually gets fed up and calls an exterminator (Albert Kague). Little do they know that the rat is bigger than they thought.
A DVD was released by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 1997, but it's currently out-of-print.
Can be watched [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llNNTfbJ7Ww here]].
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: William Henry Glazier is a pretty cool name for a psychopath.
* NothingIsScarier
* [[spoiler:RedHerring]]: [[spoiler:The attendant is not Glazier; the ''real'' Glazier is hiding in Lisa's back seat, only to be killed by the attendant.]]
* SerialKiller: Glazier.
* [[spoiler:TwistEnding]]: [[spoiler:See RedHerring]].
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[[folder:The Bishop of Battle]]
* [[spoiler:AndIMustScream]]: [[spoiler:Cooney]].
* ArcNumber: The game has 13 levels. Guess what happened to Cooney when he reached the final level.
* {{Defictionalized}}: [[http://www.roguesynapse.com/games/bishop_of_battle.php Still a demo version]]. [[ParanoiaFuel Hopefully]], in the final version it won't come to life or harm you physically in the thirteenth level.
* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler:The Bishop kills Cooney and traps him inside the game. He becomes the new player avatar]].
* TheGameComeToLife: When Cooney finally succeeds (after having snuck into the arcade in the middle of the night), he realizes that beating the game [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou causes the threats and enemies from within to come alive]].
* TheMostDangerousVideoGame: One of the earliest examples.
* SchmuckBait: It is better to lose in the twelfth level.
* StopHavingFunGuys: In-universe, with the players who are determined to beat the game, Cooney included. It doesn't end well.
* [[spoiler:TooDumbToLive]]: [[spoiler:Cooney leaves his gun behind when he enters the parking lot. Then the Bishop comes out of nowhere...]]
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Fortunately it doesn't spoil the ending, though.
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[[folder:The Benediction]]
* AnimateInAnimateObject: [[spoiler:Averted. The car is driven by {{Satan}}]].
* CarFu: ''Whoo boy.''
* DaylightHorror
* JumpScare: The truck bursts out from the ground, complete with a loud engine sound.
* NothingIsScarier
* [[spoiler:{{Satan}}]]: [[spoiler:The driver, as implied with the upside down cross hanging on the pickup's mirror.]]
* VehicularAssault
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[[folder:Night of the Rat]]
* [[spoiler:[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Attack of the 4-Foot Giant Rat]]]]
* [[spoiler:AllForNothing]]: [[spoiler:Steven wanted to kill the rat. In the end, he puts his gun down and the rat leaves the house, harming no one.]]
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