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Before I Wake

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6.5/10 • 1.8K

2016-04-071h 37m

DramaFantasyHorrorThriller

Fear your dreams.

An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.

Directors
Mike Flanagan
Writters
Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard
Editors
Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard, Mike Flanagan

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  1. Kate Bosworth

    Kate Bosworth

    Jessie

  2. Jacob Tremblay

    Jacob Tremblay

    Cody

  3. Thomas Jane

    Thomas Jane

    Mark

  4. Annabeth Gish

    Annabeth Gish

    Natalie

  5. Lance E. Nichols

    Lance E. Nichols

    Detective

  6. Scottie Thompson

    Scottie Thompson

    Teacher

  7. Dash Mihok

    Dash Mihok

    Whelan

  8. Jay Karnes

    Jay Karnes

    Peter

  9. Kyla Deaver

    Kyla Deaver

    Annie

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Reno

Sep 9, 2016

7/10

It all begins with the butterflies! People think it is a horror, but it was a fantasy-horror. According to the director, it is a supernatural theme. You may ask what's the big deal, but if you watch the film you will get, particularly the conclusion twist. It was a decent film with a good cast. It marks the return of the wonder boy Jacob Tremblay, after a tremendous performance debut from the Oscar nominated film 'Room'. Once again, he was brilliant, but due to the different theme, it might not be recognisation on a big scale. The main narration was led by Kate Bosworth, really worth mentioning her role as she was excellent like never before in the lead. When a young couple lose their son, they adopt an eight year old boy, Cody. It's a new start for them, as well as for the boy, but after a few days later they come to know the boy has some kind of supernatural power. So they begin to use him for their own gain and neglect him on the other ground. But it won't stay long that way, as one day a dreadful event happens, followed many similar. The remaining narration is to tell us how they're going to fix it, but the real question is, is it possible to solve. It's a better film than what the rating states. But the issue was it is kind of improvised version of 'Oculus'. And it is not too scary or the too soft narration, but the kind of ending it had, it should have been targeted the families and children with more leaning on the fantasy stuffs. I think the horror concept brought in just to attract the adult crowds. Overall, it can be watched by everyone and that excludes little kids. For me the ending part made me consider it a good film. Because I believe everyone had such misunderstanding, growing up at that stage of the life, so did I. 7/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$3,295,624.00
Keywords
dreamnightmareinsomniaorphan