Eli Roth (Hostel and Cabin Fever) has unleashed the terrifying new found-footage film Dream Eater. Fresh off its limited theatrical run, the film has just arrived on all digital platforms.
Roth’s The Horror Section promises a nightmare that “lingers long after the final frame.” The film delivers “raw, documentary-style realism with escalating tension and scares.”
Dream Eater follows documentary filmmaker Mallory (Mallory Drumm) and her boyfriend Alex (Alex Lee Williams) as they retreat to a remote cabin deep in the snowy Laurentian mountains for a holiday. Mallory begins to document Alex’s severe and violent parasomnia (sleepwalking).
As Alex’s condition quickly deteriorates, Mallory suspects the cause is something far more sinister than a mere sleep disorder. Mallory starts digging into Alex’s shadowy past, unraveling a decades-long mystery steeped in deep trauma and the occult. As a relentless darkness closes in, an ancient evil awakens. The couple is plunged into a spiral of madness and horror. It threatens to destroy far more than just their relationship.
The film comes from the highly acclaimed Canadian genre trio behind Blind Luck Pictures: Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, and Alex Lee Williams. The trio co-wrote and co-directed the film, with Williams and Drumm also starring in the lead roles.
Eli Roth issued a powerful, enthusiastic endorsement, comparing his reaction to watching Dream Eater to his first, terrifying encounters with genre titans The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity.
“I vividly remember every movie that truly terrified me,” Roth stated. “I remember watching a screener of Paranormal Activity… And then there was Dream Eater, watching this movie alone, in my house, and turning on the lights because it was that scary. It has been so long since I have been truly terrified by a film to such a degree that I had almost forgotten what it felt like.”
Roth did not hold back his praise, declaring the filmmakers achieved “the holy grail of horror.” He concluded: “I believe Dream Eater will be the scariest film of the year and truly has the potential to break out to be the next Paranormal Activity or The Blair Witch Project.”
Witness the horrors of Dream Eater at home now on digital from services like Amazon, Apple, Fandango at Home, and Hoopla.
