| | | First comes the warning, then comes the mark. Then comes the terror.
Features: DVD
Scream king Wes Craven presents this terrifying suspense thriller where the most frightening childhood fears become real when they return to stake their claim! A psychology student (Laura Regan, Unbreakable) who experienced "night terrors" as a child must face the chilling realization that her nightmares were not all in her head! And when she finds others who shared similar experiences, together they discover the most frightening truth of all: the monsters in their closets marked them as children and are now returning to collect them! Also starring Marc Blucas (We Were Soldiers), Ethan Embry (Sweet Home Alabama), and Jon Abrahams (Scary Movie) in a hip young cast... you don't want to miss a minute of this terror-filled thriller!
"...rather scary..." efilmcritic.com
"...a jump-scare horror flick that picks up where childhood bedtime terrors leave off." Liz Braun, Toronto Sun
Editor's Note
Robert Harmon's psychological thriller tells the tale of a graduate student whose childhood comes back to haunt her. Julia Lund (Laura Regan) is a seemingly well adjusted young woman who is getting a Master's degree in psychology. But one night she receives a call from her childhood friend, Billy (Jon Abrahams), who appears to have lost his grip on reality. Billy is convinced that the nighttime monsters that plagued both him and Julia as youngsters have returned to torment him. Before she can get him to calm down, Billy has turned a gun on himself and pulled the trigger. At the funeral service, Julia meets college friends of Billy's (Ethan Embry and Dagmara Dominczyk), who confess that they too had night terrors as children. Already under enough stress with her impending thesis defense, Julia must now contend with the supernatural evil that has begun to wreak havoc on her life. Harmon, who directed the classic 1986 thriller THE HITCHER, creates a dark and gloomy atmosphere, leaving it to the viewer to decide if this is really happening, or if it's all just inside Julia's stressed-out, fragile mind.
| Features | Alternate Ending | | Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Widescreen Presentation |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 1/10/2006 |
| Running Time: 90 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 28663 | | UPC: 00786936204353 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Total Film
"...A film that unsettles..." 12/01/2002 p.118Box Office
"...Taut and engrossing..." 01/01/2003 p.58 Entertainment Weekly
"...[The movie] builds a genuine sense of dread before finally unleashing its series of glancing jolts. The last one alone is worth the rental fee..." 06/13/2003 p.81 Guardian/Observer 5 of 10
Robert Harmon has done very little since becoming a minor cult figure with his directorial debut The Hitcher 17 years ago. They, a run-of-the-mill horror flick, will not add to his reputation. A pretty graduate student (Laura Regan) is called one stormy night by an old friend who, before blowing his brains out, speaks of being pursued since childhood by creatures he only calls 'they'. At his funeral she meets two other friends of his who are visited by similar childhood fears. After that the movie runs out of ideas, though not out of stormy nights. - Philip French
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