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"Pretty, sexually nebulous, dreamboat hunk Alex (Mitchell Anderson) is a young man whose family’s tragic death in a hunting “accident” has benighted his adolescence with melancholy unease."<ref>McElhinney, Andrew Repasky. "Deadly Dreams" in the Italian Market October 26, 2006 [Brochure]. Philadelphia; Phil and Melissa's Farmstand, 9th & Carpenter. Page 1.</ref> |
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"Plagued by visions of “The Hunter” -- a sinister, silent, shotgun totin' wolf headed stalker -- and assured by his “friends” that the horror is “all-in-his-mind,” Alex’s life becomes a waking nightmare where the lines between sanity and insanity, dream and truth, distort in a vortex of paranoia, erotic longing and suspicion."<ref>McElhinney (2006), 1.</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:50, 2 June 2021
| Deadly Dreams | |
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 Video poster | |
| Directed by | Kristine Peterson |
| Written by | Thom Babbes |
| Produced by | Matt Leipzig |
| Starring | Juliette Cummins Mitchell Anderson Xander Berkeley Thom Babbes |
| Cinematography | Zorran Hochstatter |
| Edited by | Bernard F. Caputo |
| Music by | Todd Boekelheide |
| Distributed by | Virgin Vision |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
Deadly Dreams is a 1988 American slasher film directed by Kristine Peterson.[2]
Plot
"Pretty, sexually nebulous, dreamboat hunk Alex (Mitchell Anderson) is a young man whose family’s tragic death in a hunting “accident” has benighted his adolescence with melancholy unease."[3]
"Plagued by visions of “The Hunter” -- a sinister, silent, shotgun totin' wolf headed stalker -- and assured by his “friends” that the horror is “all-in-his-mind,” Alex’s life becomes a waking nightmare where the lines between sanity and insanity, dream and truth, distort in a vortex of paranoia, erotic longing and suspicion."[4]
Cast
- Mitchell Anderson as Alex Torme
- Juliette Cummins as Maggie Kallir
- Xander Berkeley as Jack Torme
- Thom Babbes as Danny
- Duane Whitaker as Norman Perkins
Release
Deadly Dreams was released direct-to-video.[5] An article in Fangoria stated that the film was available on home video by the Virgin Vision label as early as October 1988.[6] It was released for the first time on DVD by Code Red on September 19, 2017.
Reception
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TV Guide gave the film a positive review, writing, "This surprising and refreshingly taut low-budget horror film offers what most run-of-the-mill slasher films don't: a good story with a surprise ending."[7]
References
- ^ "Deadly Dreams". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on April 4, 2020.
- ^ "Deadly Dreams (1988)". Oh, The Horror!. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ McElhinney, Andrew Repasky. "Deadly Dreams" in the Italian Market October 26, 2006 [Brochure]. Philadelphia; Phil and Melissa's Farmstand, 9th & Carpenter. Page 1.
- ^ McElhinney (2006), 1.
- ^ Morse, L.A. (1989). Video Trash & Treasures. Harper & Collins. p. 182. ISBN 0-00-215439-0.
- ^ Barsky, Larry. "Video Chopping List". Fangoria. Vol. 8, no. 78. O'Quinn Studios. pp. 12–13. ISSN 0164-2111.
- ^ "Deadly Dreams - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings". TV Guide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
External links
- Template:Allmovie
- Deadly Dreams at IMDb
- Deadly Dreams at Rotten Tomatoes
- Deadly Dreams at the TCM Movie Database
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