Bad Dreams Page #2

Synopsis: In the mid-'70s, a cult group called Unity Field commits mass suicide, but a young girl survives. After being in a coma for thirteen years she wakes up in a psyche ward, not remembering the incident. The psychiatrist tries to help her remember, but she begins seeing the leader of the cult talking to her from the grave, and the other members of her therapy group begin to commit suicide around her. Or is it suicide?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): Andrew Fleming
Production: Anchor Bay Entertainment
 
IMDB:
5.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
18%
R
Year:
1988
80 min
255 Views


Make a commitment,

make a decision to love.

And you're healed.

You're made whole.

It's not a new idea, Alex

Get rid of the troublesome ego.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

Go, ego. Run free.

I'm still not sure she

belongs in the group.

You don't have to be sure, Alex.

You don't have to come to a decision.

You know, the important thing

is that she recovers her memory.

Now she relates to you, she

likes you for some reason.

I don't know why, but she does.

So let's just press on.

Alright?

Drop down to first gear,

honey. it's Miller Time.

What are these?

Vitamins?

Beauty secrets from the Orient.

Look what they've done for me.

- Ralph.

- Hello!

You in a cooperative mood, or

do I have to tie you up again?

Promises, promises.

Open.

Next time it'll be lower.

She's crazy about me.

Hey, I've got a great idea. Why

don't you come up to my room?

And I'll catch you

up to date?

I got a hi-fi VHS VCR,

a CD, and MTV.

I don't think so.

You know what I do when it

all gets to be too much?

I make a little hole,

and it all escapes.

Well, there's the assistant

Ayatollah. See you later.

Can I buy you some lunch?

I've been watching the others.

They belong here. I don't.

And I'm feeling stronger, I'm

getting used to things,

Like VCS's and MCD's.

I want to leave.

Cynthia, we've been trying to

locate your family for years,

and we haven't come

up with anything.

Where would you go?

I'd find some people,

like at Unity.

Cynthia, there aren't any more

places like that. And the fire

that injured you took everything

with it. They're all gone.

I know that.

Yes, you do.

And I know this is a lot to take,

but it's a buried memory and

it needs to be uncovered, and

put in the proper place in your mind.

Maybe it's something you

could work on with the group.

Sooner or later, Cynthia, we

all have to move on.

The sooner you do, the better.

Let's catch this.

Would somebody hit eight, please?

It stopped!

Great.

I think this is the

fourth time this week.

Come on, why can't

you fix this thing?

Come on, open it up!

Excuse me.

Unity's coming here.

- Cynthia!

- Now and forever.

Come to us, Cynthia.

We love you.

You belong to us.

Forever.

Come to us, Cynthia.

We love you.

Let me out of here!

Let me out of here!

Excuse me. Coming

through! Cynthia!

He's in there. He's in there.

He's in there. He's in there.

Cynthia, what happened?

- He's alive. He's in there.

- Who's in there?

He's in there. He's alive.

He's in there.

Well, first off, we're gonna feel a

little silly, and we're gonna look

- a little silly.

- I don't think it's silly.

I think it's really neat.

I'm glad.

But let's see if this

technique can help

release a little hidden aggression.

Alright, who's gonna go first?

- Lana?

- Hmm. Um.

I was wondering how many

helpless and defenseless geese

had to die to fill up these pillows.

They're polyester, honey.

Alright, well let's do the first one

all together. All right?

Ready?

One, two, three!

Outstanding. Truly

outstanding.

Alright, what are we

feeling? Gilda?

His power is transcendent. The

day of reckoning is at hand.

That's so weird. That's

exactly what I was feeling.

Ralph.

Miriam?

I was thinking about my first husband.

Or maybe the third.

What's the difference?

About four inches.

Cynthia?

I know it's hard. Try

to participate.

Alright. Let's try this one again,

only let's really let loose.

Miriam?

Ready? One, two, three!

Our love will never die.

You fail me, Cynthia.

You failed us all. All of us

make the same journey.

But you made us wait all

this time while you slept.

The waiting time is

over, my love child.

Come to us.

We were happy.

And we were going to make

our break with the world.

'Cause...

'Cause it didn't like us, and, um...

Their- Their faces, and

there was, uh...

Gasoline.

He put gasoline on us. And, um...

Somehow I knew it was

wrong, and I ran, and...

There was this big wind that

picked me up and threw me.

And then, I don't know, um...

When I opened my

eyes, I was here.

Why wasn't any evidence found?

Jerry cans would have been burned

up completely before anything else.

We knew there was an explosion.

We just didn't know how or why.

Well, Lieutenant.

You must be pleased to close

the case after thirteen years.

Who said it was closed?

What do you mean by that?

Well, Sleeping Beauty

here woke up.

She didn't remember anything about the

thirty deaths. So now she remembers.

It was a goddamn Jonestown.

A suicide pact.

Who knows what she'll

remember tomorrow?

If she ran for her

life like she says

or that she though the whole

thing was a nifty idea.

Hell...

Maybe she bought the damn gasoline

and helped pour it on the babies.

- That's enough.

- That's out of line.

Please, if you don't mind. Please.

That man's a candidate

for shock therapy.

A jumper cable right up his ass.

No, he's right.

They expected me to keep

my promise at Unity Fields.

And they still do.

Man, there's nothing

like a hot shower, huh?

Mm. Um, Cynthia.

Oh. Are you alright?

- I thought that after today, that, um-

- I'm fine.

You know what? There's a hole

where my heart's supposed to be.

It's like it hurts here,

because I'm empty.

Um, you know, what you

were saying about togetherness

and everything makes perfect

$9086 llo me.

Mm, you know, maybe there's

a little hope for me, sort of.

I think you want to help people.

Not, um, not like some others.

Um, if you need a friend here...

All of my friends are dead.

Oh. Oh. Okay. Um, if you need, um,

a friend, a new- A new friend, um-

Please.

Will you just leave me alone?

- Um.

- Please.

Leave me alone.

Lana, wait a second.

She didn't mean it!

Sh*t.

Look. Look! Lana may be a

little weird, even for this place,

but she means well.

I probably pull her chain too much,

but she's reaching out. We all are.

You should try to help her.

I can't help myself.

Cynthia.

Unity. Unity.

Cynthia.

- Unity.

- Join us.

Come here, my child.

Cynthia, you're now

part of the whole.

Embrace the unity

of spirit before you.

Heart of the mind,

soul of the self.

Spirit of the body.

Cleanse. Cleanse. Cleanse.

Cleanse. Cleanse!

I warned you, Cynthia. I warned you

someone else would take your place.

Bob! We got a girl

drowned in the pool.

Get her legs. Get

her legs up. Come on.

She's got no breath.

- God!

- How long was she under?

Did you see the police this morning?

They're all over the pool.

Fingerprints. Photographs.

Yeah, next they're gonna have the

f***ing Coast Guard out here.

Lot of good that's gonna do Lana.

Ralph! We are gonna start

billing you for those outbursts.

Yeah, you bill us and our family

for every goddamn aspirin!

You bill Lana for a body bag?

Dr. Freeman to gynecology.

Dr. Freeman to gynecology.

[WHISPERINGJ

You are defenseless against him.

Shithead.

Jesus.

You can't blame yourself about Lana.

She was unhappy. And sometimes

unhappy people do stupid things.

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Andrew Fleming

Andrew Fleming (born March 14, 1963) is an American film and television director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote or co-wrote the films Bad Dreams, Threesome, The Craft, Dick, Nancy Drew, Hamlet 2, Barefoot, and Ideal Home. He also directed, without writing, the 2003 film The In-Laws. He has also directed episodes of the television series Arrested Development and Grosse Pointe, among others. He studied filmmaking at New York University film school. more…

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