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A psychology student who experienced night terrors as a child must face the chilling realization that her nightmares were not all in her head.
2002 · Directed by Robert Harmon · 90 min · Horror · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 7 frames
Tagline
First comes the warning. Then comes the mark. Then comes the terror.
Plot
In 1983, a boy named Billy Parks has difficulty falling asleep after waking up from a nightmare. His mother, Mary, assures him that the monster he thinks is in the closet is imaginary. As he tries to fall asleep, a dark apparition emerges from his closet and spirits him away.
In 2002, psychology grad student Julia Lund reunites with her childhood friend, a grown Billy. Julia experienced night terrors as a child after witnessing her father commit suicide, but has seemingly overcome the problem. Billy, startled by flickering lights in a diner and deathly afraid of the dark, tells her that he believes their night terrors are caused by something otherworldly. As a child, he was kidnapped by mysterious creatures and went missing for two days. He warns her to stay out of the dark, then shoots himself.
Julia stays over at her boyfriend Paul's apartment to grieve. That night, Julia hears the shower running and investigates. She finds a black fluid erupting from the sink drain, and the bathroom mirror opens to an alternate dimension filled with creatures. Paul hears her screams and finds her alone. He suggests she might have been sleepwalking, since she does not remember what happened.
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Crew
- Written by: Brendan Hood
- Cinematography: Rene Ohashi
- Edited by: Chris Peppe
- Music: Elia Cmiral
- Production design: Douglas Higgins
- Produced by: Tom Engelman, Scott Kroopf
Cast
- Laura Regan as Julia Lund
- Marc Blucas as Paul Loomis
- Ethan Embry as Sam Burnside
- Jon Abrahams as Billy Parks
- Dagmara Dominczyk as Terry Alba
- Desiree Zurowski as Mary Parks
- Alexander Gould as Young Billy
- Mark Hildreth as Troy
- Jonathan Cherry as Darren
- Jessica Amlee as Young Julia
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Focus Features, Dimension Films, Radar Pictures
- Budget: $17,000,000
- Box office: $12,840,842
- Themes: suicide, nightmare, darkness, asylum, supernatural, college, childhood trauma, fear, graduate student
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