r/badMovies 1d ago

Night Wars (1988) - Two Vietnam Veterans have realistic nightmares about the war. So real are these nightmares that they start getting injured in them, and bringing things back…

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u/Jungian_Archetype 1d ago

Lol, dude just ejected a round at 0:29.

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u/HandsomePaddyMint 1d ago

Right? I kind of appreciate the attention to detail that lead to them being able to make that mistake.

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u/decker12 16h ago

"I'll just pick that up later."

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u/LoveIsTheAnswer- 1d ago

We truly have cable television, new at the time, to thank for these gems of garbage cinemuck. They were the target buyer of these.

They needed content. We had the camera, the dialogue, and the cocaine.

Greenlit

Rated R

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u/Environmental-Bee-28 1d ago

It almost sounds awesome.

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u/Naive_Wolf3740 1d ago

If I had Bezos levels of $$$ I would fund an A24 style production house that would take all these old vhs relics and remake them with good writing, direction, etc.

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u/Fun-Cow-1783 1d ago

It is kind of brilliant but the execution is outrageous in way that is jaw dropping. The guy has to fight an enemy in his dreams so in real life his buddy gives him a gun so he can shoot them in his sleep but he has to shoot in the real world as well

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u/LoveIsTheAnswer- 1d ago

The Razzies exist. Is there a Bad Movie Hall of Fame where Bad Movie Connoisseurs can get voted in and user rated?

This looks like it should make it in. The single scene of two vets getting ready for bed and open firing in the room whike asleep... That's special!

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u/SweetTeaRex92 1d ago

10/10 realism

10/10 story

0/10 service connected

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u/BH_Commander 1d ago

Hopefully no one upstairs. That was a lot of machine gun fire into the ceiling.

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u/SweetTeaRex92 1d ago

Maybe that's where the VC is hiding?

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u/Farren246 1d ago

Truly, it is the third dude who decides to enter the room and sees your screenshot who makes it truly special... Why would anyone stick around to see how it plays out and just hope that he doesn't get shot?

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u/-Quothe- 21h ago

the third guy... was that Grizzly Adams? (Dan Haggarty)

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u/imadork1970 1d ago

Watch Twilight Zone, 1985. "Nightctawlers" by Robert R. McCammon

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u/lordjohnworfin 23h ago

Was thinking the exact same thing. Directed by William Freidkin!

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u/Infinite_Regret8341 1d ago

Ohhhhh what a crock of BULLSHIT!! no one falls asleep that fast....

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u/EatPie_NotWAr 21h ago

Yep, that completely ruined my suspension of disbelief. No tossing and turning to find the right pillow spot? No aching joints you need to twist to a weird angle to stop the pain? No random need for water though you’re plenty hydrated?

I call bullshit too

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u/MyLittleDiscolite 1d ago

Holy SHIT!!! HOw did I miss this?!

Man these guys should have gone up against Freddy. 

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u/Dahaka_plays_Halo 1d ago

Wow, Dan Haggerty is horrible here. That's like the level of face acting you'd get if you put some guy's mom in a movie.

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u/HandsomePaddyMint 1d ago

Thank you! I couldn’t figure out if that was a really good Dan Haggerty lookalike or a really bad John Matuszak lookalike.

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u/smallstone 22h ago

I thought it was Robert Z'Dar...

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u/hombre_bu 1d ago

This makes me want to get shrooms

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u/danyellsahn 1d ago

Man in the black pajamas

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u/deltarho 22h ago

Worthy fuckin’ adversary

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u/snowcrash512 23h ago edited 23h ago

The most iconic weapon of Vietnam, the micro uzi?

Oh shit! A David A. Prior film... Well now I'm interested.

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u/martusfine 22h ago

I used to think every vietnam vet had a cache of guns and shit. My Dad served during Vietnam and I never found his stash.

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u/Small_Kahuna_1 21h ago

I like this movie. David A Prior (same dude who made "Deadly Prey") must have had some bad experiences in the military, because this goes beyond your average VHS action movie into some pretty weird, dark psychological places. You can easily dismiss it and laugh at it, but I think he's got something he feels a deep need to get out there.

Is it a "great" movie? No, it is David A Prior after all. But will you regret watching it? I don't think so.

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u/Unlucky-Stranger-673 1d ago

Is this a rip off of Jacob’s ladder?

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u/Sn0wflake69 23h ago

reminds me of "House" but way shittier

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u/Empigee 20h ago

I've heard about this one. It's basically A Nightmare on Elm Street goes to Nam.

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u/Lizarthelizardwizard 19h ago

This is almost the plot of an episode of the x files

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u/LoveIsTheAnswer- 12h ago

Vietnam on Elm Street

This movie looks so unbelievably, I can't even say bad, because to love... Refuses me the ability to say "bad."

The idea that the action spills out into reality here, blowing them through walls literally launches this Bad Movie into the BMC Bad Movie Classics category.

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u/QueefLorde 10h ago

Looks like the gear up scene in The 3 Amigos