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Alex
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| Sean Young | ... |
Mother
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| Larry Fessenden | ... |
Father
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Daniel Manche | ... |
Young Harry
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Quinn Lujan | ... |
Young Alex
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Jennifer Mekalonis | ... |
Nude Model in Painting
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Tatiana Vidus | ... |
Nude Model
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Erick Kastel | ... |
Harry
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| Patrick Wang | ... |
Sammy
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James Spruill | ... |
Lloyd
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Jason
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Mark von Kreuter | ... |
Mark, Ambulance Orderly
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| Andrew van den Houten | ... |
Charlie, Ambulance EMS
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Paula Kelly | ... |
Alice, Ambulance Driver
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| William Atherton | ... |
Dr. Ira Gold
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25-year-old Alex Borden is handsome, charming, and intelligent. In fact, he may be too smart for his own good as his life is swiftly becoming a living hell. Alex's nightmare begins when he meets Harry, a mysterious artist and chess-master. Alex becomes alarmed when his intellect mysteriously begins to grow, and so do the horrors that invade his nightmares, and soon his waking hours. Long-suppressed memories surface and Alex must face the terrors of his violent past, a vanished older brother, a father who abandoned both his sons, and a mother who was viciously murdered. The visions intensify and he begins to experience intense headaches that ultimately cause him to blackout. But it is only the beginning of Alex's calamity. Friends and neighbors are disappearing, and people are whispering rumors of a serial killer. Menaced from all sides by the forces of evil, Alex must overcome his past and contain his own deadly urges so he can hopefully discover what demons, both real and imagined, ... Written by Joseph B. Mauceri
When it comes to grading this movie, there are stark contrasts because it has some very strong points as well as weak ones. As far as overall story and originality is concerned, this could be one of the better horror movies to come out in the past decade. The problem for me was that this movie has some of the weakest dialog I've seen in a film. Conversations between characters is very unnatural and at times you feel as if the actors may have skipped over a few lines. The part in the movie when the Russian psychiatrist explains to Alex what he is and what is happening to him is the only exception to this. I wouldn't say that this ruins the movie seeing as how the story is so intriguing, but having such a strong concept coupled with weak dialog would make this movie average at best.
If you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth checking out, just don't expect anything profound coming from the mouths of the actors.