Dreams in the Witch-House (4 Nov. 2005)

A graduate student questions his sanity after he rents a room in an old boarding house which was the residence of a 17th Century witch, and he figures out that the evil forces still roam within the walls.

Director:

Stuart Gordon

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator), H.P. Lovecraft (short story),

Stars:

Ezra Godden, Campbell Lane, Jay Brazeau

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Ezra Godden	...	Walter Gilman
Campbell Lane	...	Masurewicz
Jay Brazeau	...	Mr. Dombrowski - Manager
Chelah Horsdal	...	Frances Elwood
David Racz	...	Baby Danny
Nicholas Racz	...	Baby Danny
Yevgen Voronin	...	Brown Jenkin
Susanna Uchatius	...	Keziah Mason
Donna White	...	Librarian
Susan Bain	...	Psychologist
Terry Howson	...	Attendant
Anthony Harrison	...	Detective
David Nykl	...	CSI

Storyline

Walter Gilman, a college student, rents out a very cheap room in an old house, but it proves to be no bargain. One of his neighbors prays loudly and bangs on the furniture. Another neighbor, a single mother, issues a blood-curdling scream soon after his arrival. It turns out that she and her baby are being attacked by a persistent rat. Walter plugs up the rat-hole, but they still aren't safe. Walter is having nightmares - dreams that seem to have been inspired by the first neighbor, who warns him of a witch and her familiar: a rat with a human face. Walter soon suspects that the witch of his nightmare is real and that she is going to force him to kill the baby.

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Plot Keywords:

witch | rat | nightmare | baby | old man | 

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 November 2005 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

IDT Entertainment, Industry Entertainment, Nice Guy Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

55 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Campbell Lane replaced Jeffrey Combs in the role of Masurewicz at the last minute.

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Quotes

Mr. Dombrowski - Manager: No pets, no parties, no loud music. This is a quiet building.
Walter Gilman: I'm a grad student at the university doing my thesis. I just need a quiet place to study.
Mr. Dombrowski - Manager: Student! Then I'm gonna need an extra months rent in advance.
Walter Gilman: I can't afford another month's rent. You gotta... come on man, I really need this apartment.
Mr. Dombrowski - Manager: Well, I don't like renting to students. Young people, they have no respect.

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Connections

Version of Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)

User Reviews

More Lovecraft from Stuart Gordon

"Re-Animator" and "From Beyond" director Stuart Gordon seizes the opportunity, as perhaps could have been expected, to update a 1930s "Weird Tales" short story from the genre legend H.P. Lovecraft, whom he seems so greatly to admire, as his entry in the show's first season.

Ezra Godden display some schoolboy charm as the physics grad student with a dimensional doorway in the corner of his digs and Chelah Horsdal reciprocates in kind with a distinctly distressed desirability whilst Jay Brazeau heads a succinct supporting cast that includes Campbell Lane and Susan Bain.

The master does his best to bring the classic yarn bang up to date but the supernatural elements of the Lovecraftian Cthulhu Mythos start to look decidedly hokey when brought into the modern world on a limited subscription channel budget and the whole thing subsequently falls a little flat.

That's what happens when you travel through space and time.