A perfect B movie for the 1980s: light and trashy, with political overtones and a blend of science fiction and paranoia, all calculated to provide fun for an audience disinclined to take matters seriously.
Dreamscape (1983)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:21
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: Dreamscape mixes several genres -- horror, sci-fi, action -- and always maintains a sense of adventure and humor.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: A university dream research clinic is exploring "dreamlinking", a method by which conscious people can insert themselves into others' dreams. The research director recruits washed-up psychic Alex... A university dream research clinic is exploring "dreamlinking", a method by which conscious people can insert themselves into others' dreams. The research director recruits washed-up psychic Alex Garland for his experiments, and Alex proves a natural for dream manipulation. But even though the doctor overseeing the research has only the best intentions, someone else believes that dreamlinking can be the ultimate weapon... and he's determined to recruit Alex for his own evil ends. [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Max Von Sydow, Kate Capshaw, Christopher Plummer
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Max Von Sydow, Kate Capshaw, Christopher Plummer, David Patrick Kelly
Director: Joseph Ruben
Director: Joseph Ruben
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Reviews for Dreamscape
Film [from a screen story by David Loughery] centers on 'dreamlinking', the psychic projection of one person's consciousness into a sleeping person's subconscious, or his dreams. If that sounds far-fetched, it is.
This is as good a piece of solid, down-the-line schlock as anything to come along since Halloween III.
Most movies that try to crowd so much into an hour and a half end up looking like a shopping list, but Dreamscape works, maybe because it has a sense of humor.
Mostly maladroit, without the kind of high gloss or confidence that might help carry its audience along.
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