Beyond Dream's Door (1989)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Jay Woelfel

Writer:

Jay Woelfel (writer)

Release Date:

1989 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror

Tagline:

It takes its victims and hides them in your nightmares!!!

Plot:

Ben's nightmares come back to haunt him and his friends in this psychological/supernatural horror film. |

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Dead Parents | Cult Favorite | Paranoia | Dream

Cast

Nick Baldasare	...	Ben Dobbs
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jorge Aguirre	...	Dead Dreamer
Dianna Ashton	...	Student
Scott Bauer	...	Student
R. Michael Bell	...	Dead Dreamer
Larry Bennett	...	Dead Dreamer
Lisa Box	...	Student
Dan Carnevale	...	Ben Dobbs (future)
Andrew Conaway	...	Student
Richard Davis	...	Dead Dreamer
John Dunleavy	...	Janitor
Kristen Ebelberger	...	Student
Patrick L. Enlow	...	Dead Dreamer
John Friend	...	Dead Dreamer
Richie Hanson	...	Dead Dreamer
Barbara Horton	...	Student
Charles Howard	...	Student
T. James Hower	...	Dead Dreamer
Joe Hunt	...	Student
Josh Inglis	...	Student
Beverly Kearns	...	Student
Kevin E. Kelly	...	Dead Dreamer
Rick Kesler	...	Eric Baxter
Ron Kovacs	...	Dead Dreamer
Michelle Lorch	...	Dead Dreamer
Jeffrey W. Lynch	...	Dead Dreamer
Kristen M. McNulty	...	Student
R. Scott Mowrer	...	Dead Dreamer
Jack Nieberlain	...	Dead Dreamer
Bernie Noga	...	Dead Dreamer
Craig Phipps	...	Student
Susan Pinsky	...	Julie Oxel
Patricia Resatka	...	Dead Dreamer
Susan Resatka	...	Student
Scott Simonson	...	Dead Dreamer
Lucas Simpson	...	Ricky
Norm Singer	...	Professor Noxx
Lisa Stall	...	Student
Evan Stansbury	...	Dead Dreamer
Jenny Steiner	...	Dead Dreamer
Eric Swelstad	...	Dead Dreamer
Darby Vasbinder	...	Witch
Daniel White	...	D.F. White
James D. Wickman	...	Dead Dreamer
Bryan Wright	...	Dead Dreamer
Louis Yuhasz	...	Dead Dreamer

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Company:

Panorama Entertainment

Quotes:

Witch: You're not the first, you're not the last - you're simply next.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in WildCat (2007) (V)

Proof that you don't need millions to make a decent film.

I love seeing low-budget and NO-budget films rise above their limitations and succeed in becoming something greater that merely watchable. "BEYOND DREAM'S DOOR" is such a film, one that presents an intelligent and engaging story with enough resourcefulness and creativity to make the shortcomings of a meager budget far less obvious. Sure, some of the special effects are on the hokey side(but wonderfully gross!), and the acting is fairly amateur...but don't let forgivable flaws hold you back from enjoying this wild, surreal tale of a young man being relentlessly tormented by his nightmares, both in sleep and awake. Things are far more complex within the story, but let's save good surprises for viewing time.

Seven out of ten stars...I'm not boiling over with the enthusiasm of other reviewers here, but I was more than pleasantly surprised with this film...and that's for damn sure, Maynard.