Dark Fairytales: A Retrospective on Nighty Night(2024)
Hirohisa Kokusho unearths the history behind his 1986 horror anthology, Nighty Night: Midnight Nightmares, a film that was considered lost until 2023. The film explores the origin and inspirations, behind the scenes production and development trivia, as well as the importance of preserving media so it can have a new life in the digital age.
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Hirohisa Kokusho unearths the history behind his 1986 horror anthology, Nighty Night: Midnight Nightmares, a film that was considered lost until 2023. The film explores the origin and inspirations, behind the scenes production and development trivia, as well as the importance of preserving media so it can have a new life in the digital age.
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