PG-13

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

Scream bloody murder. While you still can.

1990 • 90 min • Horror · Thriller · Mystery · TV Movie

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Synopsis

In this made-for-cable television horror thriller, a travel writer visits a historic hotel to write a story about it and inadvertently finds herself on the 13th floor where she witnesses a Satanic rite and tangles with an axe-wielding killer. She escapes, but no one believes her story because the hotel has no 13th floor.

Our family guide

Best from age 13

Movie Knight Score

23 reviews

54 Audience · 23 · 100%

A travel writer investigating a historic hotel finds herself trapped in a nightmare. She encounters an axe-wielding killer and a satanic rite on a mysterious 13th floor that supposedly doesn't exist. This made-for-TV thriller is spooky with some intense moments.

Violence & peril: 5/10
Language: 2/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 1/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 6/10

Heads up

Axe murder is central to the plot
Occult themes are present
Supernatural elements

What it models well

Courage in the face of fear
Seeking the truth

Talk about it after

Belief vs. disbelief in extraordinary claims
The power of urban legends
How fear can manipulate perceptions

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