Bad Dreams Page #4

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


There's a trail of blood

all the way down the hall.

He's got Cynthia!

This is Freddy! We need backup, now.

And away we go!

I... I think that we

should go back upstairs

And we should talk to Doctor-

Ah!

I'm sorry. You're

really making me nervous.

And I don't like it.

That was a little joke.

What are you laughing at?

Relax! Come on!

Ralph, don't. I don't think

that we should go out there.

- I have to talk to you!

- I want to go back upstairs.

It's very important!

It's very, very important!

Very, very. very. very,

very, very, very important!

It's very important

that I talk to you!

Ralph, I don't think that

you're being yourself.

Ha! Not myself? Not myself?!

Who the f*** else am I supposed to be?

How are we gonna get

out of here, Ralph?

Ralph.

I come down here a lot.

It helps me unwind.

Sh*t! F***, this always

worked before.

I've gotta calm down. I gotta

calm down. I gotta calm down!

I gotta calm down!

They're in the sub-basement.

We have to take the stairs.

- Ralph's killed the elevator.

- Let's hope he stops there.

What did I want to talk to you about?

Oh right, right, right!

There are only a few

chances in life for real glory,

and most people

f*** it off! Most people-

Most people can't

even find their own noses

on their fat faces!

You want an example?

Alright, how about

every f***ing doctor,

every f***ing patient

in this entire f***ing hospital?

Ralph? Wouldn't you like

to speak with a doctor?

I think you know what

I'm talking about, Cynthia.

No, I don't, I don't.

You don't! F***in' the great big

gig in the sky, don't play dumb!

I think you know the word

I'm searching for, Cynthia.

Cynthia...

- U-N-I-T-Y.

- Cynthia...

- Unity.

Join us, Cynthia! In Unity.

In beautiful Unity.

- In Unity. In the real world. Join us.

- Cynthia...

You belong to us. Forever.

Join us.

- Hey!

- You alright?

- Drop those knives.

- Knives? Knives?

These are not knives, these

are fine surgical instruments.

- Don't make me hurt you.

- No!

You're right. This is madness.

Later.

You alright?

Okay, doctor.

My office, now?

Alex. Alex, help me.

- What could I do?

- Help me, Alex.

What is it that you're

implying, Lieutenant?

F***ing crazy people. Who

knows what they can do?

Do you imagine that she

drowned Lana without getting wet?

You saw Ralph kill himself.

She was there every single time.

She's some kind of goddamn catalyst.

I don't know, but I'm gonna

find out one way or another.

- Police custody is long overdue.

- Police custody.

You didn't think I belonged in the

group from the beginning, did you?

- No, I didn't.

- Don't be hard on yourself, ok?

What?

I needed the group. I needed

to find out where I belonged.

I know. It's with him.

Cynthia, I need you to

come with me now, alright?

Nurse? Let's go.

- Where are you taking her?

- Isolation.

Isolation?

The girl needs human

contact, connection.

Isolation's the worst place

in the world for her.

Well, the alternative

is police custody.

No, the alternative is a court order.

There's not a judge in the-

You want this. You

want her on the edge.

You've wanted it since the beginning!

Alex, I know you're fond of

this girl but you are out of line.

You want to see

your theory played out.

Shh. Alex.

Goodbye. Thanks for trying,

but it's time for me to go now.

Okay, honey. Now you just relax.

We're just gonna take you someplace.

Did you hear that? You're

killing her with your theories.

Alex, this has nothing to do

with theories. Look at her.

Can't you understand and see

she's estranged from herself?

Wouldn't matter if she

was in the Mojave

Desert or the middle of New York City.

She's without will.

There's plenty of

room for yours, right?

Now this has got to stop. I'll release

her into police custody

if I can stay on

as her physician.

It's alright with me.

Alex, your tenure with

the clinic is over.

You can't do that!

You want to walk on

your own? Follow me.

- Would you like to come in?

- No, thank you.

I'm sorry. I understand where I am.

What are you saying? No. No.

But why?

- Why me?

- Because you are special, lovechild.

Don't you remember why?

- No.

- It will come to you in time.

Meanwhile, I will come to you.

Everything all right in here, honey?

Yes. It's going to be

beautiful. Very soon.

I am not for this world. But you are.

You can be. Defy the other world.

Look to your heart.

Hey! Better release some hidden

aggression. Feel better? No?

Yes?

Maybe?

Officer, I'll write myself a

prescription in the morning.

I knew you'd come.

But you're too late.

I warned her. I told her

what she had to do.

You won't get to her.

You won't get me.

You don't like the way I drive,

Doctor Addictive Buttface?

Then stay out of the parking lot!

Touchdown!

Oh.

I'm exerting my will, Doctor.

- Are you ready for Unity?

- I'm so tired.

Can't you just kill me?

No, my lovechild.

You must do it yourself.

- Carmen. You look like sh*t.

- Yes, listen. I need, um...

The scripts for the therapy group.

Forget about it, man. I can't do that.

That's Berrisford's show.

He'd kill me if I did that.

- This is it, isn't it?

- It's the second drawer in the back.

Hey, have you seen that new nurse

in Psychiatric? She's

unbelievable, man.

I'm telling you, I'm thinking

about having myself committed.

Just so I can get close to her. She's

got the most unbelievable legs.

No, this- this is the standard stuff.

Of course it's the standard stuff.

What'd you expect, nuclear secrets?

You fill these prescriptions?

No, Berrisford does

it himself every day.

Comes in in the

morning, sets up the

medication for the day

and Hettie takes it

when she needs it.

Yeah, well I need it now.

What the f*** are you doin', man?

What're you doing? You

out of your mind?

- Have you lost your mind completely?

- Read this. Pesco, Ralph.

Pesco is dead!

- Just help me read it! What is it?

- Alright, just calm down!

Lithium, four times a day.

- Is this Lithium?

- No. No, this is Berynthine.

This is the exact opposite of Lithium.

You give this to a normal

person, he'd flip out.

Someone like Pesco,

you can forget about it.

Listen, what is this,

and this, and this?

Just move. I'll tell

you everything, alright?

Ok, these are dextroamphetamines.

You take one of these,

you walk on the ceiling.

This is methylphenidate.

You take this,

you spend the rest of your

life talkin' to vegetables.

This is Clonadine Chlorpromazine.

Cocamine? They don't

even make this anymore.

Two of these, Mother

Theresa becomes a maniac.

These, uh, I don't even

know what this is.

I've never seen anything like this,

not even on the streets! And this?

And this? This is THC.

Tetrohydrocannabinol.

Know what this is? It's liquified,

condensed marijuana.

Totally synthesized.

100 cc's of this, everybody

in Detroit gets wasted!

No!

Hey Carmen! Who's gonna

clean all this sh*t up?

Dr. Carmen, what are you doing

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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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