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Beyond Dream's Door

  • 1989
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 20min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
5.5/10
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Nick Baldasare, Rick Kesler, Susan Pinsky, and Lucas Simpson in Beyond Dream's Door (1989)
Ben's nightmares come back to haunt him and his friends in this psychological/supernatural horror film.
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Agrega una trama en tu idiomaBen hasn't been able to dream since the deaths of his parents, but as he attempts to make human connections, his nightmares begin to spill over into all of their waking lives.Ben hasn't been able to dream since the deaths of his parents, but as he attempts to make human connections, his nightmares begin to spill over into all of their waking lives.Ben hasn't been able to dream since the deaths of his parents, but as he attempts to make human connections, his nightmares begin to spill over into all of their waking lives.

  • Dirección
    • Jay Woelfel
  • Guionista
    • Jay Woelfel
  • Elenco
    • Nick Baldasare
    • Rick Kesler
    • Susan Pinsky
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    5.5/10
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    • Dirección
      • Jay Woelfel
    • Guionista
      • Jay Woelfel
    • Elenco
      • Nick Baldasare
      • Rick Kesler
      • Susan Pinsky
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    Nick Baldasare
    Nick Baldasare
    • Ben Dobbs
    Rick Kesler
    Rick Kesler
    • Eric Baxter
    Susan Pinsky
    Susan Pinsky
    • Julie Oxel
    Norm Singer
    Norm Singer
    • Professor Noxx
    Daniel White
    Daniel White
    • D.F. White
    John Dunleavy
    John Dunleavy
    • Janitor
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    Darby Vasbinder
    • Dream Seductress
    Marjorie Whitney
    Marjorie Whitney
    • Mrs. Oxel
    • (as Marge Whitney)
    Lucas Simpson
    Lucas Simpson
    • Ricky
    Daniel Carnevale
    • Ben Dobbs (future)
    Raymond Michael Bell
    Raymond Michael Bell
    • Dead Dreamer
    • (as R. Michael Bell)
    Michelle Lorch
    • Dead Dreamer
    Patricia Resatka
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    Evan Stansbury
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    Eric Swelstad
    Eric Swelstad
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    5Coventry

    It's simple, really... Keep the door shut!

    I honestly think there are a few good ideas and worthwhile moments to enjoy in "Beyond Dream's Door", and I know for a fact that there was a lot of spirit and goodwill from writer/director Jay Woelfel and his entire cast & crew. So, hence, I can't bring myself to be harsh in my rating and comment.

    The plot revolves around a young man, named Ben, who suffers from continuous and petrifying nightmares involving slimy monsters, being trapped in a sort of facility with a large basement, and a little kid (his brother?) whose eyes are popping out his skull. Whenever Ben seeks help, though, from doctors or professors at the Ohio university, these people are sucked into the story of Ben's nightmares and the horror manifests itself while they are awake.

    Sounds vaguely familiar? Sure, whenever you read about dreams and then dying in real life, you automatically think about "Nightmare on Elm Street" and its sequels, but I can assure you "Beyond Dream's Door" doesn't feel like a rip-off. The script is too convoluted for its own good, the acting performances are hammy, and there were several times when I really didn't have a clue about what was going on, but the film also has good elements worth mentioning. It's very gore, albeit often with very cheap and cheesy looking effects, and the monsters designs look admirably H. P Lovecraftian.
    7ladymidath

    Not A Bad Horror

    It's easy to see that this movie was made on a shoestring budget. The special effects are not great, but the story itself is very interesting. The acting can be a little flat at times but that gives this film an odd sort of charm. The music and photography are good and that helps the movie quite a bit. The poetry and visual images give the movie a surrealistic feel that makes it feel otherworldly. I can't say it's a masterpiece, the scenes are a little choppy and it really could have used a bigger budget, but it does manage to overcome these issues and lift itself out of the Z grade and more into a B grade movie.

    It's by no means perfect, but I have seen far worse and with bigger budgets. It is one of the better low-budget 80s films out there.
    9cld1980

    Quintessential 80s Horror

    Hopefully Jay will get this film re-released. I personally very much enjoy it. It has a certain quality that most modern horror films do not have--the ability to watch it more than once or twice and still have it perk your interest. A film doesn't have to have dazzling modern special effects or top Hollywood actors in it to be good. What I look for in a film is an interesting story and an overall enjoyable viewing experience. This film certainly meets that criteria. I came across this film in an independent video store that (sadly) has closed down a few years ago because they were bought out by a large chain. Support your local independent video stores and support independent film!
    10JamesLisk

    An important film, ahead of its time

    Beyond Dreams Door was essentially the most important film in my young movie-watching life, and for good reason, as it represents everything a film should be - dynamic, experimental and most importantly, intelligent. It also yielded the notion, at least to me, that low-budget independent cinema was where the true passionate visionaries existed, people like Jay Woelfel.

    Utilizing elements from popular culture and new wave French cinema and working with a limited budget and a mostly in experienced cast and crew, Jay Woelfel managed to craft a stylish cerebral film that dares to takes chances like few films before it were willing to do.

    Bypassing the conventional formula exercised in most other horror films, Woelfel chooses to operate in a non-linear format (remember, this pre-dated Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs by a few years) while also utilizing Hitchcock's various laws of systematization, specifically the use of colors, and the lighting schemes of the various characters. Add to this various other subtle factors that fail to stand-out during the initial viewings, but become quite prominent the more the film is examined, and, in the end, what you are left with is an important film, that is essentially way way ahead of its time.

    The movie concerns a shy Ohio Psychology student Benjamin Dobbs, played by Nick Baldasare, who finds himself plagued by a series of horrific inter-connecting nightmares, after he unknowingly agrees to be apart of a dream research experiment. Ben's initial sense that the dreams might have something to do with the untimely loss of his parents quickly fades as they become increasingly stranger and more terrifying. Unable to cope, Ben seeks help in the form of the various on-campus teachers. His psychology professor Dr. Noxx, played Norm Singer, is his first obvious choice, and Noxx easily embraces Ben's pleas for help as something real. After looking into it, the two come upon a notation in a book, and a case history of another man named D.F. White, that seems to point definitively to the existence of the very things Ben has been dreaming about. Ben quickly discovers the 'things' in the dream realm aren't happy with the sudden Earthbound knowledge of their reality, and quickly take it upon themselves to get the evidence back any way they can. Woelfel makes a point to not render any religious allusions, and the doorway, and what lies beyond, remains vague enough for the viewers to decide for themselves what 'the beyond' actually is.

    As the film unfolds, we also note that the narrative changes hands, along with the usage of colorful composition, as Ben passes on knowledge of his curse to the various people he asks for help. The second person to get swallowed up in Ben's nightmares is a teaching assistant Eric Baxter, played by Rick Kesler, who early on is posed a question by Noxx about what he would do if confronted with a life or death question -- and through the course of the film, is allowed to truly answer it. Baxter's initial reasons for helping Ben, and his later insistence that "It's not my problem" point to a screenplay not constructed to fit a formula, rather, the real actions of a three dimensional character. Also aiding Ben on his quest for answers is D.F. White (Daniel White) who died nearly twenty years earlier, and appears to him in the form of a ghostly apparition, or guardian angel, as one friend in college put it. The enigmatic White offers up cryptic words of advice, while leading Ben through the land of the dead and into the proverbial "light".

    Visually the film is stunning, and the usage of color as a means of depicting the various character's motivations, is amazing. Personally, it was the first time I had ever seen it used before in film. Woelfel's insistence on telling the story in a non-linear format means a lot of jumping around, back-tracking, and various other things that will make for fun multiple viewings. Woelfel also avoids spoon-feeding his audience. Rather than pointing out the obvious, he allows the viewer to make up their own mind about what they are seeing. In my opinion, the film is much more effective because of this fact. The musical score, also composed by Jay Woelfel, is very good as it helps to add some genuine atmosphere to the film.

    A few people have complained that the acting was stiff, but I felt it fit perfectly with the tone of the film, which is easily one of the more somber pieces one is likely to see. The special effects were lacking for the most part, but that doesn't take anything away from the piece as it becomes abundantly clear that this film is not about the boogeyman-in-the-closet but rather the psychology behind the boogeyman-in-the-closet.

    Beyond Dreams Door is a cult film that has earned its status. It garnered much discussion and many long debates from my various friends in college, each with a differing theory one what, or who, Benjamin Dobbs is, and what actually lied beyond 'The Beyond'. I personally believe that Beyond Dreams Door should be mandatory viewing by anyone with a true interest in film. I highly recommend it.

    Low-budget film-making at its absolute best!
    7FieCrier

    nightmares within nightmares intruding into real life; pretty good experimentalish low-budgeter

    I found this to be pretty enjoyable. I could see how people might be frustrated by the uneven monster and gore effects. Sometimes they're pretty good, and sometimes (particularly when they show too much) they're pretty cheesy. Given how much of the movie is composed of nightmares, or nightmares intruding into reality, the way things look can be blamed on the dreams.

    The story isn't clear from the start, since the movie starts off with a dream within a dream (or maybe even a layer or two beyond that). It becomes clear that the main character, Ben Dobbs, is a college student who after years of not remembering his dreams, is now having a series of nightmares. Each one picks up where the previous left off, more or less. He finds that when he tells people about his dreams, they start seeing them too, even when they're awake.

    There's one dream sequence involving someone going into a basement, and finding a figure facing the wall in a corner, and then the camera retreating in a shaky hand-held fashion that I wonder if it influenced a certain other movie....

    The video box claimed the movie was inspired by H.P. Lovecraft (though not based on anything by him specifically). I can sort of see that, with some of the stories of his that deal with dreams, and also his poetry. There's a poem recited in the movie from which the title comes.

    I liked it and I'd be curious the see the DVD which may be coming out this year.

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    • Trivia
      The producers had formerly been students at Ohio State University. In an effort to save funds and get the movie made, they talked the professor into letting his current students crew the film as part of a class project, which also provided them with access to locations on the campus. Post-production was done elsewhere to ensure the school couldn't attempt to claim ownership of the film.
    • Errores
      A moment before Eric throws Ben out of the house, a boom mic dips into the frame.
    • Citas

      Ben Dobbs: Beyond dream's door is where horror lies.

    • Créditos curiosos
      Beyond Dream's Door is a work of fiction and bears no similarities to real characters or events in your world at any point in the past, future or anywhere in between.
    • Versiones alternativas
      When the film was released on DVD in 2006 it was a director's cut with a new 5.1 sound mix. This version runs shorter than the original VHS release. The VHS version includes a scene with Julie in a phone booth, seemingly frustrated not being able to get a call through and hanging up the phone. The director's cut restores the original scene, in which she had a conversation with Eric. Later in the VHS version, Eric had a lengthy dream sequence that was removed from the director's cut. This was actually the unrelated short film Come to Me Softly (1988), which had been inserted into the movie to pad the running time at the behest of the distributor. The short was included as DVD and Blu-Ray extra, plus the director uploaded it to his YouTube channel.
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      Edited from Come to Me Softly (1988)

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 7 de abril de 1989 (Estados Unidos)
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      • Estados Unidos
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    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Columbus, Ohio, Estados Unidos
    • Productora
      • Panorama Entertainment
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