Nightmare Weekend (1986): Cast & Plot

Dave Robert John Burke is a brilliant professor who creates a sophisticated computer program designed to improve society by nudging people toward better behavior. However, the program reveals a troubling side effect: the belongings of its test subjects can rearrange into deadly metal pinballs that lash out with dangerous force, a phenomenon that becomes chillingly clear when a burglar falls victim to it. The professor’s shut-in daughter, Debbie Laster, uses the machine like a video game, blissfully unaware of how its influence spills into the real world, turning nearby machinery against their users. She also clings to a peculiar puppet named George, which may be alive and seems to guide her decisions.