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Night terrors

Night terrors \Night terrors\ (Med.) A sudden awakening associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, esp. those of unstable nervous constitution.

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night terrors

n. (night terror English)

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Night Terrors (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

__NOTOC__ "Night Terrors" is the 91st episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation; the 17th episode of the fourth season.

Night Terrors (film)

Night Terrors is a 1993 American-Canadian-Egyptian horror film, directed by Tobe Hooper. The plot involves a young girl travels to Cairo to visit her father, but becomes unwillingly involved with a bizarre sadomasochistic cult led by the charismatic Paul Chevalier, a descendant of Marquis de Sade. Horror star Robert Englund plays both Chevalier and de Sade.

Night Terrors (Doctor Who)

"Night Terrors" is the ninth episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America on 3 September 2011. It was written by Mark Gatiss and directed by Richard Clark.

In the episode, alien time traveller the Doctor ( Matt Smith) and his companions Amy Pond ( Karen Gillan) and Rory ( Arthur Darvill) decide to make a "house call" to an eight-year-old boy named George (Jamie Oram) who is terrified of almost everything, and especially dreads the cupboard in his bedroom. While the Doctor discusses this with George's father Alex ( Daniel Mays), Amy and Rory become trapped in a doll house with terrifying life-size peg dolls.

"Night Terrors" was inspired by Gatiss's fear of dolls, and the ones in the episode were designed to be scary and crude-looking. The episode was moved from the first half of the series to the second, which necessitated changes to make it fit into the series' story arc. It was the first to be filmed, with production taking place in September 2010 at a council estate in Redcliffe, Bristol and at Dyrham Park, where the doll's house interior scenes were filmed. The episode was watched by 7.07 million viewers in the UK and received generally positive to mixed reviews from critics, though some were critical of how it fitted into the overarching story as it came after a heavy story-arc episode.

Usage examples of "night terrors".

He'd started to use vodka as a soporific when the night terrors began.

His job was to record the occurrence and frequency of night terrors.

They were at peace and until that moment, their night terrors had been held at bay.

But I had slept beside him for so many nights that I wondered if he would want the comfort of me close by to guard him from his night terrors, but I could not find a way to ask him.

Would he decide to be rid of night terrors at the expense of taking fresh joy in every morning?