What if your nightmares filed a restraining order against YOU?
Surgeon Simon Thorne suffers from paranoia, obsessions and hallucinations, and loses both his wife and his job. But then he meets a couple from one of his dreams where they kill him. So he has to kill them first.
Direction
Øvredal's early microbudget ambition before Trollhunter
Acting
Bergeron's sweaty desperation carries the whole thing
Production
Dream sequences on clearly no budget, somehow works
Director
André Øvredal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Øvredal made this for pocket change in 2000, then vanished into commercials for a decade before Trollhunter made him Norway's genre darling.
The 'couple from dreams' structure predates Inception by a decade but with zero budget and maximum unhinged energy.
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