Panics

Original title: Bad Dreams

1988
12
1h 24m

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5.6/10

4.5K

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Lone survivor Cynthia Weston of the Unity Fields cult's mass suicide wakes from a thirteen-year coma in a psychiatric ward, where other patients suddenly start dying under mysterious and gru... Read allLone survivor Cynthia Weston of the Unity Fields cult's mass suicide wakes from a thirteen-year coma in a psychiatric ward, where other patients suddenly start dying under mysterious and gruesome circumstances.Lone survivor Cynthia Weston of the Unity Fields cult's mass suicide wakes from a thirteen-year coma in a psychiatric ward, where other patients suddenly start dying under mysterious and gruesome circumstances.

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IMDb RATING

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Trivia
Director Andrew Fleming said on the Blu-Ray audio commentary that he fought a losing battle to feature rock band X's "Burning House of Love" on the closing credits. A studio executive named Ralph Saul fought against Fleming and insisted on Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine," which later became a hit. The band had originally planned to make a music video which featured clips from the film.

Goofs
When Harris is seen burned sitting at the chair next to the window , area around his eyes still has normal skin, possibly because it was too uncomfortable or not possible to put makeup there.

Quotes
Ralph: [breaks a coffee pot over his guard's head] Do you want cream or sugar with that?

Alternate versions
The 18-rated UK video release of this film was cut by 22 seconds by the BBFC to remove closeup shots of self-mutilation with a knife and a scalpel, and to reduce a scene where a man is repeatedly hit by a car. The cuts were waived by the BBFC in 2018 for DVD/Blu-ray.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Colors/18 Again!/Above the Law/Bad Dreams (1988)

Soundtracks
Sweet Child O' Mine
Written by Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan and Steven Adler
Performed by Guns N' Roses
Published by Guns N' Roses Music
Courtesy of Geffen Records by arrangement with Warner Special Products

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Featured review

7/10

Pretty interesting and gruesome horror film.

In the mid-70s,the members of the love cult Unity Fields sought the ultimate joining by dousing themselves with gasoline and committing mass suicide.A young girl blown clear of the fiery explosion was the only survivor.Thirteen years later,Cynthia(Jennifer Rubin)awakens from a coma inside a psychiatric hospital with only buried memories of that horrific day.But when her fellow patients start committing suicide one by one,her past slowly begins to come back to terrifying life..."Bad Dreams" is a pretty average horror flick.It's well-paced and visually interesting.The acting by Richard Lynch,Jennifer Rubin and Bruce Abbott,three actors ignored by the mainstream,is solid and there is plenty of blood and gore including knife through hand and some nasty self-mutilation.7 out of 10.