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I'm thinking the guy who wrote the other review has his films mixed up, but the "Nightshade" film I know fits the Plot Summary so listed above. Director Scott stars as the title character, a judge who vanished after his wife's murder by crooks to become a dark-clothed vigilante bent on revenge. This cheap and goofy film's running time is mainly split between the stupid escapades of the none-too-bright criminals and the brooding heaviness of Nightshade, who has made his headquarters in an abandoned garage along with his sidekick Primus, who knows a lot more about his partner than he lets on. The film doesn't hold up to well in the artistic and technical departments, with lots of logic holes and sloppy camera-work to amaze and awe. However, some of the gore effects are fairly well done, including a scene where Primus tears the arm off one of the criminals and beats him to death with it! I haven't seen this film in some years, but that scene sticks out pretty well in my memory. Not the worse thing ever made, nor the best.

A mysterious and haunting film, it is set in England in the not far off future. A family escape from the city with its pollution and urban chaos for a peaceful holiday in the country, where they stay in an old cottage. The location is idyllically peaceful, deep in ancient woodland, and the father hopes it may provide an opportunity for members of the family to settle some of their problems: the marriage seems on the point of breaking down, and the teenage daughter and her younger brother have both been in trouble. However, the children experience supernatural phenomena which focus attention on ecology and the future of the Earth.