Cinema of the Damned
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6 titles
The Nightmare
›2015 · Horror, Documentary · 90m · Forrest Borie, Korinne Wilson, Andrew Schwarz
Eight people experience sleep paralysis, a condition which leaves them unable to move, speak or react.
Echoes
›2014 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Steven Brand, Kevin Brewerton, Ivory Dortch
A young writer experiences visions during episodes of sleep paralysis, and she retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated house in the desert. As the visions worsen, she teeters on the edge of insanity as she uncovers a life-threatening secret.
Be Afraid
›2017 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 99m · Brian Krause, Jaimi Paige, Louis Herthum
Not long after John Chambers and his family arrive at their new home in a small country town of Pennsylvania, John begins to experience sleep paralysis. Lying there paralyzed, trapped within his own nightmare, other-worldly beings visit John. They are entities which exist in the darkest shadows of the night and can only be seen out of the corner of one's eye. These encounters begin to haunt John, transforming to complete terror as he discovers the entities' sole purpose... the abduction of his seven year old son. In the end, John will uncover the town's horrific secret, a portal on his land, and make one last attempt to save his son before the shadow people permanently take him away to their world.
Dead Awake
›NR2016 · Horror, Thriller · 99m · Jocelin Donahue, Jesse Bradford, Jesse Borrego
Kate Bowman (Jocelin Donahue) is an average social worker who, after the sudden death of her twin sister, is investigating the mysterious deaths of other people who died in their sleep. Shortly before their deaths, the victims all reported a supernatural force that appeared to them while they were suffering from sleep paralysis. When Kate investigates further into the case, she opens herself up to the creature's wrath and soon finds herself and her family suffering from an ancient evil.
Slumber
›R2017 · Horror · 84m · Maggie Q, Will Kemp, Sylvester McCoy
A sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.
After She Wakes
›2019 · Horror, Thriller · 78m · Hannah Ward, Stella Carlish, Micah Joe Parker
After tragic death of her baby son, a narcoleptic mother with young daughter suffers from terrifying sleep disruptions as they try to deal with ongoing pain and grief. They begin experiencing different episodes of parasomnia including night terrors and sleep paralysis, leaving them unable to move and only able to witness horrific visions. These nightmares become too disturbing as they create a rift in their own realities causing the mother to believe someone or something is watching her sleep every night. Soon the terrifying visions from their dreams begin to manifest into a sinister reality, leaving the mother vulnerable.
