Dreamkatcher is a horror film made by Kerry Harris debutant who previously worked on many television serial films. The film stars several famous names, such as Radha Mitchell, Lin Shaye, and Henry Thomas, who are widely known for their role as Elliot in E.T., four decades ago. With a capital of several players who are experienced, but strangely, this film is not able to work well.
Gail (Mitchell) was invited to take a vacation in the cottage house belonging to his boyfriend, Luke (Thomas), who also brought his son, Josh. Josh still traumatized by the unnatural death of his mom. He was still having a nightmare meeting his mom. One time, Gail and Josh, came to an old warehouse owned by Ruth that sells ethnic trinkets nuanced. Josh quietly took an object that he thought could be to ward off his nightmare. Instead, the dreamcatcher would expel the evil in it.
Oh my. Surprisingly, a filmmaker with a budget apparently can still make films this bad. The expectations from the start were low, but who would have thought the film could be this bad. The film seems incomplete, many scenes are missing, the dialogue is often too rigid, and there are many scenes made improperly. The story itself already too familiar. A family seeks peace in a remote place, but it is a disaster they get. There is nothing new here. This film also does not have enough innate conflicts (background of character problems) to be able to give depth to the story.
Lin Shaye that we know often plays in this genre, also has no interest. Whoever plays Ruth, the effect is not much different. Mitchell and Shaye, even the little ones, don’t play bad at all, but with a script like this, what can I say. The panoramas are excellent in many scenes, including the cabin house, which cannot be utilized to its full potential to build its horror side. Even horror tricks are not scary.
Dreamkatcher is a half-baked horror that fails as its genre and discards the talents of its senior players. Not unexpectedly, the film is so technically established, but not balanced with the script. To hope that this film can compete commercially in nonpandemic situations is impossible. One more thing that bothers, the official poster just so bad because there is not one element there, in the film. For marketing purposes, the poster can be said to outwit a potential audience successfully.
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