Deadly Dreams (1988)

Director
Kristine Peterson

Main cast
Mitchell Anderson; Juliette Cummins; Xander Berkeley; Thom Babbes; Troy Evans

Genres
Horror, Thriller

Description
From the director of the highly acclaimed "Body Chemistry," comes a frightening excursion into terror. Alex is caught in a web of distrust between his brother, his best friend, a beautiful stranger and the renewed dreams of the slaughter of his family.


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