Deadly Dreams (1988)
1/10
Double Crossing Rats
26 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I'm watching the trailers on the Deadly Dreams DVD and this "Eye in the Labyrinth" one - you gotta hear the voice of the lady who says "I forbid you to step foot in this house." Eat your heart out Optimus Prime or Phil Anselmo. This other trailer is called The Electric Chair. Seems a doozy. How come I haven't seen that before? Some oddball kooky characters in it, looks decent. Why don't they just show the whole movie with these trailers.

I swear that "Come on Eileen" song was going to play at the start credits of Deadly Dreams. It's Christmas time. Has a ring of Silent night deadly Night about it. Bill from Stephen King's IT and Clark W Griswold are introduced when suddenly a Bloody Wednesday shotgun wielding maniac bursts through and presents an unwelcome gift. Jump forward to Jesse from Nightmare on elm street 2 whose on edge and jumps at shadows. He's also paranoid and sitting in Needle Park, Kensington, where his friend Potzi provides him with some fentanyl.

Quote, "Do you know what I like in you?" Response "My -" Priceless. (You have to see it to understand what I'm referring to. Hmm.)

He just looked directly into the camera. A movie no-no.

Oh man, dream sequences? They're a wasted investment and misleading. Flashbacks too? Come on movie, what are you trying to be and where are you taking this?

Jesse's hooked on opiates already and his best friend, Potzi, is trying to ply more illgal substances into him. A pusher of some sorts you might say. This girl is impressed 'cause she's been told that she is only worth 50-bucks.

Now hang on a minute, this 50-dollar girlfriend sort of resembles Lisa from Nightmare on elm street 2 a bit. Odd.

I wonder if you can get drunk by pouring alcohol directly into your ears? Sorry, my mind is wandering again and not focused on this revenge movie.

If they're going to school of a day time then why are they allowed in a bar at night? They're not 21.

What's any of this courtship rubbish got to do with the hunter gather rat masked killer?

I think were alone now Tiffany has only known him for one day and already he's bedded her? (Earth girls are easy springs to mind.)

Jesse tries to go cold turkey and kick his tranq addiction but goes through withdrawal symptoms and no sooner is hanging out with Potzi again who's pointing a .22 Remington at him while high.

Let that be a lesson to you boys and girls, never play with guns.

Is that Elaine's boyfriend - the guy who used to get up in your face?

What did Stallone say in Over the Top - you don't meet anyone halfway, or something? Well, I'm here to tell you, that's not entirely true because sometimes you do and this movie is a clear cut example of that. Its like there's missing pieces of the puzzle M. I. A. And you dont care for who the hunter killer was at the start, or his history.

These dream sequences are really annoying. They're doing it again back-to-back two times in a row with the dream sequences and it's beyond played out. So it's a case of The little boy who cried Wolf now, huh? This movie is NOT a horror film. It's some sort of psychological psycho babble thriller that confuses itself, and the viewer, like a Rubiks Cube.

Just take the stickers off and cheat.

I honestly don't know how to rate this movie as I sat there like the cast of The Langoliers when they encountered the Pac Man eating Gremlins at the airport. Some were aghast, some appalled, other's cried. There's mixed emotions but I was void of any while watching Deadly Dreams.

I'll put it this way... I'll never watch Deadly Dreams again.
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