Critic Reviews
| 83 |
Christian Science Monitor Gloria Goodale
If summer reality shows just aren't, well, creepy enough for you, TNT is the place to turn. |
| 75 |
People Weekly Tom Gliatto
[The series] starts off with a must-see performance by Oscar-winner William Hurt. [17 Jul 2006, p.35] |
| 75 |
Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
"Nightmares & Dreamscapes" manages to be refreshingly old fashioned and sleekly contemporary -- echoing the suspenseful and sometimes surreal tales of such classic anthology series "The Twilight Zone" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" while never feeling like a musty piece of nostalgia. |
| 70 |
Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
Well-plotted tales of weirdness and irony. |
| 70 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
More than creepy, scary or shocking, the stories in TV's latest King collection are clever, witty, sometimes even laugh-out-loud funny as he mocks human foibles and fears. |
| 70 |
The New York Times Virginia Heffernan
The series is an excellent reminder that what makes Mr. King’s visions so fascinating is not their uniqueness or their artistry, but exactly how much they’re like ordinary nightmares. Which are plenty scary. |
| 70 |
Cleveland Plain Dealer Mark Dawidziak
Bounc[es] between bloody good and bloody brilliant. |
| 70 |
Newsday Diane Werts
Rarely does a TV series premiere as pitch-perfect as "Nightmares & Dreamscapes." But often does a second installment deflate as disappointingly as the subsequent second hour. |
| 63 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
It's a lavish production that TNT hopes will enable it to assume full ownership of the horror crowd this summer. The fewer people who sleep well on Wednesday nights, the happier TNT will be. It's a goal partially realized. |
| 60 |
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times Charlie McCollum
Where the series comes up short is in its own aspirations. |
| 60 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
As always in this genre, the results are uneven, but King's spooky hooks are as simple and effective as the production is impressively elaborate. |
| 60 |
Miami Herald Glenn Garvin
The show can suffer wild mood swings not just week to week but hour to hour. Tonight's debut episode is a perfect example. |
| 50 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
Like so many efforts to refashion "The Twilight Zone"... it's a mixed bag that never quite moves beyond non sequitur creeps and special effects. |
| 40 |
Variety Brian Lowry
Despite some highlights, this foray into "The Twilight Zone" territory mostly lacks the requisite punch Showtime's "Masters of Horror" delivered, primarily owing to episodes with inadequate payoffs. |
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