About to be electrocuted for a catalog of heinous crimes, the unrepentant Horace Pinker transforms into a terrifying energy source. Only young athlete Jonathan Parker, with an uncanny connection to him through bizarre dreams, can fight the powerful demon.
Practical Effects
Gloriously bonkers electricity effects that aged like milk in sunlight
Acting
Mitch Pileggi chewing scenery like it's his last meal on death row
Direction
Wes Craven at his most unhinged and commercially desperate
Director
Wes Craven
Michael Murphy
Lt. Don Parker
Mitch Pileggi
Horace Pinker
Peter Berg
Jonathan Parker
Camille Cooper
Alison
Sam Scarber
Cooper
Richard Brooks
Rhino
Vincent Guastaferro
Pastori
Ted Raimi
Pac Man
Heather Langenkamp
Victim
John Tesh
TV Newscaster
Christopher Kriesa
Guard #2
Timothy Leary
TV Evangelist
Wes Craven
Man Neighbor
Bruce Wagner
Executioner
Ernie Lively
Warden
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wes Craven conceived this as a potential franchise starter to replace Nightmare on Elm Street, which he had no ownership of. It bombed so hard he had to beg New Line to let him back for New Nightmare.
The 'No More Mr. Nice Guy' title and Alice Cooper theme song were Craven's desperate attempt to replicate the success of Dream Warriors—complete with another metal anthem that nobody remembers.
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