Dreamcatcher

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Dreamcatcher

R

2003

2h 11m

Horror

Sci-Fi

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"Dreamcatcher" tells of four young friends who perform a heroic act -- and are changed forever by the uncanny powers they gain in return. Years later the friends, now men, are on a hunting trip in the Maine woods when they are overtaken by a blizzard in which something much more ominous moves. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante, then overcome a threat to the bond between them.

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An incoherent and overly long creature feature.

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

Dec 10, 2018

Perhaps due to the talent of everyone involved, Dreamcatcher moves with an oddly exhilarating awfulness that sets it apart from more run-of-the-mill horror films, which lack the imagination and budget to be so thoroughly misconceived.

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Christy Lemire

Associated Press

Dec 10, 2018

Dreamcatcher is unspeakably bad -- and shockingly so -- considering that it's an adaptation of a Stephen King novel, from the director of The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan) and the writer of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (William Goldman).

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Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

Dec 7, 2018

Dreamcatcher is pretty much a special-effects movie, with uneven results.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Jul 27, 2026

2/5

A fascinating, baffling mess. You'll spend every minute of Dreamcatcher's interminable 134-minute runtime wondering how no one halted production to ask if any of this was actually any good.

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

Nov 15, 2019

F

If this is what Stephen King movies have disintegrated into, then it's time to pull the plug.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 7, 2019

Obviously, the hole in Dreamcatcher was a little too small thus allowing a lot of the bad aspects of the film to stick in the web along with the good.

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Robert P

@Superbad 6 days ago

I kind of liked this movie!

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 4, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Thomas J

@RT77005692 Aug 20, 2026

Easily one of the worse movies I have ever sat through. I cannot think of anything positive to say of this film. It is truly worthless. It’s as if the script were written by an angry drunk chimp. My day was ok but after seeing this garbage film I just want to scrub my brain. I suppose it’s my fault for not clawing my eyes out at the start. I only saw it though since I would not let the movie defeat me.

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Jovana M.

@J_loves_movies May 10, 2026

The movie is weird, a lot of things were left unexplained, and there were many lines that were just out of place. Beginning of the movie was promising and then kept getting weirder and messier. I typically like movies where a group of friends finds themselves in a situation but this one was not that good at all. As a huge sci fi fan, this movie ranks bottom of the list.

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Alfred L.

@rambo712 Apr 24, 2026

Very pace oriented mostly glad I watched it

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Tatiana H

@RT44399775 Apr 9, 2026

Dreamcatcher was good. I didn’t read the Dreamcatcher by Stephen King, nor did I watch the movie when it first came out in theaters. However, watching it for the first time over 10 years later, I can say the movie added extra suspense—mainly because, in horror films, people never seem to run when they should. I would recommend this for a watch.

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"Dreamcatcher" tells of four young friends who perform a heroic act -- and are changed forever by the uncanny powers they gain in return. Years later the friends, now men, are on a hunting trip in the Maine woods when they are overtaken by a blizzard in which something much more ominous moves. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante, then overcome a threat to the bond between them.

Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Producer: Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Bruce Berman
Screenwriter: Stephen King, William Goldman, Lawrence Kasdan
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Castle Rock Entertainment
Rating: R (Language|Gore|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 21, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 30, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $33.7M
Runtime: 2h 11m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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