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The Nightmare Man (1981)

6.70h 30mSci-Fi & Fantasy — Drama

A heavy fog cuts a small isolated Scottish island from the mainland, and dentist Michael Gaffikin has just discovered a dismembered corpse on the golf links. Gaffkin and his artist girlfriend assist local law enforcements in searching for the killer. However, as the body count rises and the surrounding circumstances turn increasingly bizarre and gruesome, everyone begins to wonder if the perpetrator is a human or an unimaginable creature.

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James Warwick as Michael Gaffikin

James Warwick

Michael Gaffikin

Celia Imrie as Fiona Patterson

Celia Imrie

Fiona Patterson

Maurice Roëves as Inspector Inskip

Maurice Roëves

Inspector Inskip

James Cosmo as Sergeant Carch

James Cosmo

Sergeant Carch

Tom Watson as Dr Goudry

Tom Watson

Dr Goudry

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Jonathan Newth

Colonel Howard

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