Bad Dreams (film)
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Andrew Fleming |
| Produced by | Gale Anne Hurd |
| Screenplay by |
Andrew Fleming Michael Dick P.J. Pettiette Steven E. de Souza |
| Story by | Yuri Zeltser |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Jay Ferguson |
| Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
| Edited by | Jeff Freeman |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates |
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Running time |
84 minutes (Australia: 80 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4,000,000 (Estimated) |
| Box office | $9,797,098 (USA) |
Bad Dreams is a 1988 American horror film co-written and directed by Andrew Fleming and starring Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott, E.G. Daily, Harris Yulin and Richard Lynch. It was produced by Gale Anne Hurd. The plot follows a young woman who awakens from a thirteen-year-long coma and finds herself being stalked by the ghost of a cult leader who led a mass suicide by fire that she survived as a young girl.
Synopsis
In 1975, a sinister hippie cult called Unity Fields commits mass suicide in a horrific manner - by fire - at the behest of its psychopathic leader, Franklin Harris (Richard Lynch). Only one young woman named Cynthia (Jennifer Rubin) survives to tell the tale, though she lies in a coma for thirteen years. After she wakes, Cynthia has grim reminders of the mass suicide, as people around her begin to die one at a time. Cynthia finds out quickly that the ghost of Harris is back to claim his 'love child'.
Cast
- Jennifer Rubin as Cynthia
- Bruce Abbott as Dr. Alex Karmen
- Richard Lynch as Franklin Harris
- Dean Cameron as Ralph Pesco
- Harris Yulin as Dr. Berrisford
- Susan Barnes as Connie
- Paul Rawson as Billy
- John Scott Clough as Victor
- E.G. Daily as Lana
- Damita Jo Freeman as Gilda
- Louis Giambalvo as Ed
- Susan Ruttan as Miriam
- Sy Richardson as Detective Wasserman
- Missy Francis as Young Cynthia
- Sheila Scott-Wilkenson as Hettie
- Ben Kronen as Edgar
Release
The film was released theatrically in the United States by 20th Century Fox on April 8, 1988. It grossed $9,797,098 at the U.S. box office.[1]
The film was released on DVD in the United States by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2006.[2] This version is currently out of print.
The film was released by Shout Factory along with Visiting Hours as a double feature DVD on September 13, 2011.
See also
References
- ↑ "Bad Dreams". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ↑ "Bad Dreams". dvdempire.com. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
External links
- Bad Dreams at the Internet Movie Database
- Bad Dreams at AllMovie