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"Well we do get most of our things from England..."
-Shopkeeper
The Wessex Gift Shop




Thank you to CIC Video for providing a video release of "Nightmare on the 13th Floor" in almost every language. The release of the film was a precedent. At the exact same time, all across the world (in each country's localized time), the USA Network telecast the film in sequential order. It was an incredible feat of electrical engineering and manpower that truly helped set the standards for worldwide telecasts used across the world today. And just as Paramount released the film onto VHS in the United States, CIC Video released the film onto VHS in almost every country it was originally televised in.

Argentina


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.10.29]
85 min 
Released As
 "Pesadilla en el piso 13"

Translates To
 "Nightmare on the floor 13"

Note
 Must be 18 to purchase or rent./Viewers should be at least 13.



Australia


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
85 min 
Released As
 " "

Translates To
 " "

Note
 Rated for Mature Audiences./Viewers should be at least 13.



Brazil


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
XX min 
Released As
 "Pesadelo no Hotel"

Translates To
 "Hotel of Horrors" / "Nightmare in Hotel"

Note
 



Canada


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
85 min 
Released As
 "Cauchemar au 13e Étage"

Translates To
 "Nightmare on the 13th Floor"

Note
 



China


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
85 min 
Released As
 十三楼的噩梦

Translates To
 "13th Floor Nightmare"

Note
 



Finland


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
83 min 
Released As
 " "

Translates To
 " "

Note
  Viewers should be at least 16.



France


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
83 min 
Released As
 "Cauchemar au 13ème Étage"

Translates To
 "Nightmare on the 13th Floor"

Note
  Viewers should be at least 14.



German


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
81 min 
Released As
 "Nightmare Hotel des Grauens"

Translates To
 "Nightmare Hotel of Horrors"

Note
 Must be 18 to purchase or rent./Viewers should be at least 16.



Iceland


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
XX min 
Released As
 " "

Translates To
 " "

Note
  Viewers should be at least 16.



Italian


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
XX min 
Released As
 "13° Piano: Fermata per l’Inferno"

Translates To
 "13th Floor: Stop to Hell"

Note
 



Japan


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.10.25]
85 min 
Released As
 " "

Translates To
 " "

Note
 



Korea


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.07.01]
90 min 
Released As
 악몽의13층

Translates To
 "13 Floors of a Nightmare"

Note
 



Mexico


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
XX min 
Released As
 "Pesadilla en el Piso 13"

Translates To
 "Nightmare on the Floor 13"

Note
 



Norway


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
XX min 
Released As
 " "

Translates To
 " "

Note
 



Portugal


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
83 min 
Released As
 "Elevador para o Além"

Translates To
 "Elevator to the Beyond"

Note
  Must be 18 to purchase or rent.



Russia


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
XX min 
Released As
 Кошмар на 13-м этаже

Translates To
 "Nightmare on the 13th Floor"

Note
 



Spain


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
XX min 
Released As
 "Pesadilla en el piso 13"

Translates To
 "Nightmare on the 13th Floor"

Note
 



Swedish


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
81 min 
Released As
 "Nightmare on the 13th Floor"

Translates To
 

Note
 



United Kingdom


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
XX min 
Released As
 "Nightmare on the 13th Floor"

Translates To
 

Note
 Viewers should be at least 15.






- Because of the time variances in speech patterns used in translating between cultures, certain phrases
   take longer or take less time, to say. Because of this, and because of cultural differences in the editing
   process, the international versions each vary in their runtimes. Because of this, certain shots, usually
   scenes not pertinent to the plot, were removed, thus making the version slightly different than it's
   Americanized counterpart. A complete listing of all differences will be added to this page as well as
   interspersed throughout their appropriate pages in the walkthrough, as soon as it has been completed.

- While CIC Video was in charge of distributing 90% of the film's international versions, there are certain
   exceptions to this rule. The copy from Argentina, for example, was distributed by "Argentina Video
   Home" and the Japanese version was distributed by "CIC Victor Video".

- There are a lot of references to the film appearing on various incantations of the HBO Network. I am
   researching this.

- I am also in the process of breaking down the International Releases page, and give each version a
   page (and hopefully in the future a mini-site) of it's own, identical to the Americanized site.



Subtitled in Spanish


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Release Date Runtime
 [1991.00.00]
XX min 
Released As
 "Nightmare on the 13th Floor"

Translates To
 

Note
 Identical to the Americanized version, this version was released in the United States, but subtitled with Spanish. This was for Spanish-speaking watchers to have a copy without having to buy a copy from Mexico.