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* S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work) | * S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work) | ||
| − | Apparently the only thing "Lovecraftian" about this film is the way it runs on nightmare logic; it shares a surreal dream-logic aspect in common with films categorized by "Eldritch Location", though it's more literally and explicitly a state of mind than a location in this particular film than usual for that type of film. | + | Apparently the only thing "Lovecraftian" about this film is the way it runs on nightmare logic; it shares a surreal dream-logic aspect in common with films categorized by "Eldritch Location", though it's more literally and explicitly a state of mind than a location in this particular film than usual for that type of film. With a little stretching, the dream-monster could be interpreted as a [[Nightgaunt]]. |
''Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.'' | ''Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.'' | ||
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| + | * Investigators are asked to help out after a psychology student begins having strange nightmares similar to those of a student who committed suicide several years before, and students who have been helping him have turned up dead. | ||
Revision as of 09:58, 26 November 2016
Summary
"It takes its victims and hides them in your nightmares!" A student's nightmares come back to haunt him and his friends in this psychological/supernatural horror film.
Details
- Release Date: 1989
- Country/Language: US, English
- Genres/Technical: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
- Runtime: 1 hr 20 min
- Starring: Nick Baldasare, Jorge Aguirre, Dianna Ashton
- Director: Jay Woelfel
- Writer: Jay Woelfel
- Producer/Production Co: Panorama Entertainment
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (not rated) (probably equivalent to PG-13 for Violence, brief Nudity, and possibly Profanity and Adult Content)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
Apparently the only thing "Lovecraftian" about this film is the way it runs on nightmare logic; it shares a surreal dream-logic aspect in common with films categorized by "Eldritch Location", though it's more literally and explicitly a state of mind than a location in this particular film than usual for that type of film. With a little stretching, the dream-monster could be interpreted as a Nightgaunt.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- (review needed)
Synopsis
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
Nightmares bring a college student to his dream-girl double in a house of living dead.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
Keeper Notes
- Investigators are asked to help out after a psychology student begins having strange nightmares similar to those of a student who committed suicide several years before, and students who have been helping him have turned up dead.
