Fever Dreams

This horror anthology brings some creepiness with a nice side of the Twilight Zone. A good addition to the pantheon of horror anthologies. More my kinda thing as it has supernatural and ghostly elements. I'm not into the overtly gross/violent/torture porn stuff, so this enabled me to feel creeped out without jump starting a vomit.

Also, it's nice to support and give props to independent film making. Big studios be darned!

Kick back, turn the lights off, maybe indulge in an adult beverage or three, and ride along with fever dreams.

By the way, keep that creepy kid with the camera away from me.

Found this based on the recommendation of a friend. The collection of suspenseful thrillers will certainly keep you on the edge of your seat. Strong performances throughout, led by the host of the show. Clearly well-loved and and well-made production.

I remember watching TZ when younger and getting that slightly creeped out but fascinated feeling - I just couldn't look away but wasn't sure I wanted to see what came next. Well, Fever Dreams brought all that back and that sensation increased as the film unfolded. The emcee character from the first short is great at helping the viewer change gears from one short to the next. And a couple of the later shorts have unique stories that went to unexpected places. Really great suspenseful evening!

What we have here is a collection of 4, short,"creepy" stories (if you'd have been sitting in front of me when I said creepy you'd have seen me using air quotes). The premise of each story is sound but the execution is awful.

The opener has our protagonist going off his mind in record time, which gives the story a rushed feel. The second story has you asking, "why?". It's nonsense from start to finish. Between each story we meet, "the bum". His task is to enigmatically introduce each tale, Rod Sterling like. It misses the mark.

Moving on to act three, pretty soon the story has one wondering how the central character is under the impression that his chosen subject for a documentary is going to make him rich. We've got an overbearing mother, a cliche bad boss and a potential love interest thrown in. Only the relationship with the mother is explored, as for the others? They needn't have bothered.

And so we arrive at the final story. Again we have the bad boss but at least there is a some back story to this one. We meet a new start at a firm who is shoe-horned in to get to the denoument in an attempt to make it make sense. It doesn't work.

You'll get a few laughs along the way but they'll be unintentional and mostly come from the chronically bad acting along with some badly directed scenes.

I'd give this 1 star, but it's clearly an indie effort and that's always worth an extra star no matter how bad.... and this is bad.

You won't want to leave your seat once you start watching this film. Have all your goodies with you so you don't have to leave your search. This is a very entertaining and attention grabbing movie. Enjoy it and perhaps you will want to submit your own review when you have finished it. Also, this is a film that you will want to watch again in the near future. The acting is rather good and they will keep your interest up and want to see more. This could be one of those movies that would have a second installment that will continue to keep your attention for a second time. One can only hope so in the future.