Träume der Angst (TV Movie 1992)

Träume der Angst: Directed by Victor Kulle. With Robert Carradine, Heather Locklear, Emma Samms, Ned Beatty. After suffering a nervous breakdown, a woman moves into a new house with her husband. She soon begins to suspect that her husband and his sister are up to no good and may have had something to do with her breakdown.

“I bought this video because I was working on a production of the play it is based on u0026quot;Iu0026#39;ll Be Back Before Midnight.u0026quot; The play and the screenplay for this movie are both by Peter Colley, who is also an associate producer of the film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs has been noted, the director was working on an English-speaking production for the first time and was a Russian political refugee – who came to the US via Czechkoslavakia. Better for him if he had stayed there.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a terrible movie. The suspense of the screenplay doesnu0026#39;t hold a candle to the play. I canu0026#39;t believe that Colley made such a mess of what is basically a terrific comedy-thriller. Plot lines are muddled, characters are non-existent or inconsistent, and there is not a moment of REAL suspense in the whole movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe director must share some of the blame, too, of course. I imagine the editors had their work cut out for them when they were handed this mess. A narration (by Heather Locklearu0026#39;s character, but not done by Locklear) just confuses things more.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIF you are considering doing the play, donu0026#39;t judge it by this movie. This is one of the worst movies I have EVER seen. The acting, the lighting and camera-work, the costumes, the music, and physical production are all just terrible. Originally set in an old u0026quot;hauntedu0026quot; farm house – the movie takes place in some Spanish-style castle.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe whole premise is muddled and there is no mystery or suspense. Even the u0026quot;surpriseu0026quot; ending has only one mild shock-scare, and that one is here and gone before you know what has happened.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI would say that the illusion here is that anyone involved knew anything about making a movie – especially a thriller.”