Dissolved into transcendence.

If nothing else, this film found a perspective on Frankenstein somewhat less fantastical, less other-worldly than that in which it is normally viewed...not the hubris of a man into a god, but rather the stillbirth of the yearning for connection between all that is mundane and common, no matter the costume or setting.

If all you can see here is skin color and ethnicity, then you have birthed your own horror, failed in your own journey towards humanity.

As such, whatever its failings, this film works on many levels...

I sat down to watch the 2020 movie "A Nightmare Wakes" as it was supposedly a movie based on Mary Shelley and the creation of the iconic "Frankenstein" story. Little did I know that I was in for a snoozefest of grand proportions from writer and director Nora Unkel.

The storyline told in "A Nightmare Wakes" was just horribly slow paced and rather uninteresting, to be bluntly honest. And it was a massive struggle for me to sit through this ordeal of a movie. But I endured, hoping the movie would eventually pick up its pacing and become interesting. But alas, it just never did, much to my disappointment.

This 2020 movie is listed as a drama and thriller. Yeah, you might have to look hard and long for the thriller aspect to the movie. It was a prolonged drama heavy on storytelling that proved essentially pointless.

I found "A Nightmare Wakes" to be a disappointing movie experience, and it was a movie that I had actually looked forward to sitting down to watch. And trust me when I say that I will never pick up this movie and view it again. The storyline was a struggle to get through the first time around, so why inflict additional self-torment by attempting a second viewing.

How true "A Nightmare Wakes" is to the actual life of Mary Shelley, I can only guess about, as I have no clue.

The acting performances in the movie were adequate, but it just was a shame that the actors and actresses had so very little of any proper contents to work with in terms of script, plot and storyline.

Don't waste your time, money or effort on this 2020 movie from writer and director Nora Unkel, because it is simply not really worth it. My rating of "A Nightmare Wakes" lands on a mere three out of ten stars. The movie does have some interesting enough details to it in terms of props, costumes and settings.

This is another retelling of the tale on Mary Shelly writing her novel Frankenstein. It engages her real life but not any sort of interesting or horrific way that made the film worth viewing. "Mary Shelly" or "Gothic" were more entertaining. Might find a niche audience.