Dreamkiller (2010)

A young doctor is linked to a series of mysterious and brutally executed murders while performing a controversial medical experiment with mysterious origins.

Director:

Catherine C. Pirotta

Writer:

Clyde Ware

Stars:

Dario Deak, John Savage, Tyrone Power Jr.

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Cast

Credited cast:
Dario Deak	...	Nick Nemet
John Savage	...	Agent Barnes
Tyrone Power Jr.	...	Agent Benett
Penny Drake	...	Annette DeFour
John Colton	...	Dr. Stalberg
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddie Alfano	...	Forensics Tech
Karin Andrade	...	Debbie Torres
Roya Aryanpad	...	Nurse
Chéri Ballinger	...	Research Scientist
Roxanne Barker	...	Mother
Brad Bell	...	Julian Stoli (as Cheeks)
David Bertelsen	...	Dr. Kearney
Alexandra Besore	...	Rachel (voice) (as Celia Alexandra Besore)
Lauren Bicknell	...	Psych Nurse Wilson
Greg Blessing	...	Officer Reilley

Storyline

A team of doctors experiment with a new, highly controversial form of psycho therapy (named F.R.I.T.) designed to cure chronic FEAR and PHOBIA patients. Soon someone begins to kill the patients one by one and investigation uncovers that the patients died in the exact way that they feared they would. Who or what brought their fears to life?

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Taglines:

Fear is the greatest killer.

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, disturbing images, some sexuality/nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 February 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Delaware Pictures, O Raleigh Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The origins of the FRIT psychotherapy date back to WWII and are based on true historical facts.

User Reviews

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I saw the movie yesterday at the Beverly Center and had a pleasure of meeting the filmmakers for the Q&A session afterwards (I was told they will be there every weekend thorough their release and I highly recommend it).

This is not a big budget movie, which I expected was made for under $5 million, but I was stunned when the director answered the question "What was the budget?" by, we shot the whole film for around $50K. $50K?

For anyone that has ever been involved in any kind of production (like myself) will be hard to believe that this movie was shot for so little budget. Most short films are shot for more so I suspect that this might be their publicity stunt.

But regardless of the budget I feel that the movie gives something completely new and original and it kept me in the seat. I was entertained thorough and the movie grabbed me from the very beginning.

I would not compare it to "Shutter Island", in terms of budget it would not be fair even if this movie was made for $20 million, but in terms of the story and execution this movie can stand tall.