A Nightmare Wakes

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A Nightmare Wakes
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Poster
Directed by Nora Unkel
Produced by
  • Frédéric Fiore
  • Gabriel Rosenstein
  • Robert Menzies
  • Devin Shepherd
  • Eric Tavitian
Written byNora Unkel
Starring
Music byJon Cziner
Cinematography Oren Soffer
Edited byScott Schuler
Production
companies
Logical Pictures
Wild Obscura Films
Zed.Film Productions
The Spitting Image
Eggplant Picture & Sound
Distributed by Shudder
Release date
  • October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)(Salem Horror Fest)
  • February 4, 2021 (2021-02-04)(USA)
Running time
90 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Nightmare Wakes is a 2020 American psychological thriller film directed and written by Nora Unkel. The film stars Alix Wilton Regan, Giullian Yao Gioiello, Philippe Bowgen, Lee Garrett and Claire Glassford. It will premiere on Shudder on February 4, 2021. [1] [2]

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Plot

Mary is a young writer whose story comes to life in horribly vivid hallucinations, causing her to question the relationships she maintains with the people she loves and the reality around her. [3]

Cast

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References

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