Before I Wake Page #3

Synopsis: In this intense and heart pounding supernatural thriller, Jessie (Kate Bosworth) and Mark (Thomas Jane) decide to take in a sweet and loving 8-year-old boy, Cody. Unbeknownst to them, Cody is terrified of falling asleep. At first, they assume his previous unstable homes caused his aversion to sleep, but soon discover why: Cody's dreams manifest in reality as he sleeps. In one moment they experience the incredible wonder of Cody's imagination, and in the next, the horrific nature of his night terrors. To save their new family, Jessie and Mark embark on a dangerous hunt to uncover the truth behind Cody's nightmares.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director(s): Mike Flanagan
Production: Relativity Media
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
PG-13
Year:
2016
97 min
Website
1,404 Views


We like to ask your son

a few questions

about an incident that

took place at school.

Cody, come here.

- Okay, screw.

- Screw.

- Phillips.

- Phillips.

Just be sure you cough or something

when you get downstairs, okay?

Hey, there he is.

- You look better.

- I feel a little better.

- Good.

- So, the police came by today.

- What they want?

- Well...

I feel a lot better.

Do you want to see

my race car bed?

- Race car bed?

- I was getting to that.

I think this little kid

still hasn't shown back up.

So, why they came here?

Well, I guess they have to

rule out abduction.

I guess Cody saw the kid leave.

How did Sean die?

What?

I just wondered.

Hey, buddy.

Why not you go set the table?

Okay?

We'll be in in minute.

Nice.

Like Tik Tak Tok game.

I'm playing it always.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- What do you think?

- That is orange.

Weren't you glad

we didn't go with fuchsia?

- What's this?

- Here you go.

Alright.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Using fork?

This is very civilized.

- Today was fun.

- Today was my favorite day so far.

Yeah? Mine, too.

Hey, listen...

About the question that

you asked me...

...earlier.

Sean drowned.

It was an accident.

And then, we found out

we couldn't have more kids, so...

I'm sorry I asked about that.

No, no. It's...

You have the right to know.

It's just important to you also

to know that...

nothing like that is

going to happen to you.

You okay?

I don't think I am.

You're a great mom.

That kid up there...

He needs a great mom.

You need a kid.

It's a perfect match.

We don't need anything else.

I know that you think you do.

And god knows there's a big

part of me it feels the same.

But we don't.

Come to bed.

Come to bed.

Okay.

Yes, love.

Sean?

Cody, Cody.

Wake up, wake up.

- Wake up, hunny. Wake up!

- Mark.

Won't wake up.

He won't, for a while.

- What did you do?

- He's...

Cody!

Cody, Cody! Wake up!

Come on, wake up.

Get out of here!

She won't wake up.

She won't wake up.

Here.

She's awake. She's awake.

I like to take your formal

statement, Mrs Hobsen

and then, refer you to someone

in social services.

- Social services?

- Why did you drug the child?

I...

gave him a sleeping pill.

His doctor prescribed it.

You know the whereabouts

of your husband

day before last

around lunch time?

Where you taking him?

We have any reason

to be near of your son's school?

- No, no, no, no, no.

- Ma'am, Ma'am.

I'm sorry.

Ma'am, we have to remove

the child from the house.

- No, please.

- Ma'am, please.

You can't take him away.

Natalie.

You haven't returned

my phone calls.

I was at the police station, all night.

Where is he?

It's not your business any more.

Where's your husband?

I don't know.

That's why I have to talk with Cody.

That's not going to happen.

I need to find out more

about him.

About his dreams.

You've heard this before.

There're several great spport

groups in here,

and a few therapists who

specialize in domestic violence.

I want you to reach out,

get some help for your situation.

And I never want to see you again.

Yeah, I'm so able

to take care of it.

- Great. Thanks.

- Yeah.

- Hi, can I help you?

- I'm here to see Whelan Young.

Whelan, you have a visitor.

Thank you.

What can I do for you?

I'm here to talk about Cody Morgan.

It says here that you

and your wife Katharina

fostered Cody for 15 months

before he was gaven to

Peter and Doris Clemens.

Wouldn't know about them.

They disappeared a year ago.

Much like your wife.

What are we talking

about here, Miss?

We're talking about

what happens when he dreams.

I've seen it, too.

You have now?

I watched it take my husband.

I wouldn't say that around here.

They fit you for slippers.

If you don't know

what I'm talking about,

- then I'm wasting importent time.

- Hey, wait.

I'm sorry.

You know, I hear "you're crazy"

for so long

before you start to believe it.

Please.

That little boy's dreams

come true.

Real and true.

It's an amazing, beautiful thing.

But so to his nightmares...

They're...

Dangerous.

Deadly.

Can I get him back?

My husband?

I don't know.

Wherever that thing comes from,

it takes them with it.

If they exist at all,

it's only in Cody's mind

How do you know that?

Katie and I fostered

two kids before Cody.

His mother died, no other family.

He was sweet, independent.

An artist, I thought.

Started with the butterflies.

That went on for a few weeks.

We though it was magical.

And then, Katie got sick.

had a bad flu.

And it seemed to really upset Cody.

And then...

No!

I'm sorry.

But wasn't Katie.

It was jus his impression of her.

That was all what was left.

He was too young.

He was too young...

to even remember her right.

And I hated him for that.

I know I shouldn't have,

but god help me I hated him for that.

But I couldn't do it.

I couldn't do it.

If I had, you're husband

would be alive.

That another family would be alive.

Maybe you can...

succeed where I failed.

No.

No.

It's the only way.

Thank you for your time.

And I'm sorry for your loss,

as well.

You really want to bet your life

to an eighteen year old boy

won't have another nightmare?

- It's not his fault.

- It'd be a mercy.

Someone has to do it.

Do you know anything

about his birth mother?

There's nothing in the file.

Only that she died.

I assume the way my wife did.

The way your husband did.

What you hoping to find?

Dr. Tennant told me not to come back

without the patient file.

He's try to call.

Do you have the PID?

I don't, all I have is

a last name and a date.

Night nurse said he didn't

sleep last night.

That's two nights in a row, then.

That we know of.

Policy says that we can't

let him go this long.

I'd like to stay here with him

tonight if that's okay.

You signed for the file,

you can take it.

There is a PE numbere here

on the intake.

How long you keep those?

If nobody claim them, there's a chance

they're still down there.

No! No!

- Cody, its for your own good.

- Honey, it's alright.

I don't want to hurt anymore.

It'll take a second.

Good job, son.

It's okay.

A case of mine was transferred,

and I need the name of

the facility for the report.

Natalie Friedman.

F-R-I-E-D-M-A-N.

Provider number, 11714.

Cody Morgan.

Where is he?

Mommy.

Cody?

It keeps them safe.

Until they grown up.

let them go.

Wait!

I'm taking him home.

This is for you.

It's your mother's journal.

Your mother's name was

Andrea Morgan.

And I can tell by reading this,

She loved you very, very much.

When you were a baby,

she noticed you're a special.

It was just the two of you

against the world.

She writes a lot about you,

and about your gift.

And how much she loved

watching you grow.

I don't think she's stopped

writing because she didn't want to.

I think it's because...

She got sick.

Which just happen sometimes.

These are some of your

mother's test results.

Do you see that word there?

Canker.

Not quite.

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