Marg Helgenberger

Christopher Reeve

Fionnula Flanagan

Taylor Fry

George Dickerson

Conor O'Farrell

Cec Verrell

Jim Jarrett

Jan Devereaux

Pat Atkins

Kevin Page

Robert Ward

Harry Johnson

Richard Morrison

Wendell J. Grayson

Jack Angeles

John Rubinow

Tom Mustin

Gerald Gouriet

James Chressanthis

John A. Martinelli

Stephen Greenberg

Maggie Martin

Leonard Pollack

William Katz

Robert Glass

Roni Weisberg

Jeanne Van Cott

Bill Siegler

Bob Rubin

Dick Clark

Martin Donovan

Mystery

Drama

TV Movie

Death Dreams

Dick Clark Film Group

Lifetime

Ultra Entertainment

ABC Video Enterprises

Capital Cities Television Productions

United States of America

Death Dreams is a bad dream that even Marg Helgenberger couldn't end. 

The direction and flow here are so exquisitely off that this film can be viewed as three distinct segments. Firstly, family tragedy with obvious evil stepfather - mwahaha! (Christopher Reeves); secondly, the introduction of parapsychologist - "my dear... my dear" (Fionnula Flanagan, complete with non-credible accent); then finally, a bizarre murder court case based on very little physical evidence, which at times seems to test the audience's suspension of disbelief more than the jurors. 

Tacked-on is a just-desserts ending which comes as no surprise, but rather a predictable narrative duty. Dare we get into the unsuitable use of first-person-perspective lens shots? What about the film's relentless desire to be cute despite the dire subject matter of little girl drowned? 

Now, all of this might sound like a lot's going on, but this one's a mess. The story is likely to elicit more groans than fascination and The X Files subsequently used this whispers from the dead trope multiple times with more effectiveness. 

Marg, do wake me up, I'm having a bad dream.

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