Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Based on the Stories by Stephen King

Television series
German title	Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Based on the Stories by Stephen King
Original title	Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Country of production	United States
original language	English
year	2006
length	45 - 60 minutes
Episodes	8 in 1 season
genre	Horror, drama
First broadcast	July 12 - August 2, 2006 on TNT
German-language ; first broadcast	August 4 - September 22, 2008 on Series Premiere

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Based on the Stories by Stephen King (Alternative title: Stephen King's Nightmares ) is an American television miniseries consisting of eight episodes based on various short stories by Stephen King . Stories from the short story collections Nachtschicht (OT: Night Shift ) from 1978 , Nightmares (OT: Nightmares & Dreamscapes ) from 1993 and In the Cabinet of Death (OT: Everything's Eventual ) from 2002 served as a template .

Episodes

Battleground

Director: Brian Henson
Script: Richard Christian Matheson
Cast:

William Hurt as Jason Renshaw
Bruce Spence as Hans Morris

The professional killer Jason Renshaw murders on behalf of Hans Morris, the director of a toy factory.
When he gets home, a package full of toy soldiers is already waiting for him. The miniature military force comes to life and begins a campaign of revenge that, despite Renshaw's ingenuity, ends in an explosive finale.

Battleground is based on the short story Schlachtfeld (OT: Battleground ) from Stephen King's short story collection Night Shift from 1978 .

Crouch End

Director: Mark Haber
Script: Kim LeMasters
Actors:

Claire Forlani as Doris Freeman
Eion Bailey as Lonnie Freeman
Linal Haft as Archibald, the taxi driver

Doris and Lonnie Freeman are newly married and are spending their honeymoon in London.
An invitation to dinner takes them both to the Crouch End district, where they get lost and lose themselves in a demonic whirlpool of dimensions. To get back, they have to hurry, because the being that reigns in this parallel world is already hot on their heels.

Crouch End is based on the story of the same name from Stephen King's short story collection Nightmares from 1993 .

In the wrong world

Director: Rob Bowman
Script: April Smith
Cast:

William H. Macy as Clyde Umney / Sam Landry
Jacqueline McKenzie as Linda Landry / Gloria Demmick
Tory Mussett as Arlene "Candy" Cain / pool girl

The die-hard private sniffer Clyde Umney no longer understands the world or his world. All of his old friends die or leave him, his buxom secretary Arlene quits without notice and his local pub is closed.
The solution to the riddle: Umney is just a character in a novel, created by crime writer Sam Landry. Due to personal problems, he wants to change from his world to Umney and is now rewriting the story for his needs. But the smart detective does not take it so easily and fights for his right to live.

In the false world of King's also based on a story from Stephen nightmares from 1993, Umney's Last Case (OT Umney's Last Case ).

The end of the end

Director: Mikael Salomon
Script: Lawrence D. Cohen
Cast:

Ron Livingston as Howard Fornoy
Henry Thomas as Robert "Bobby" Fornoy

Filmmaker Howard Fornoy was dying when he made a video recording of himself telling the extent to which he was involved in the fall of human civilization.
His younger brother Bobby was an absolute child prodigy, a genius straight out of a picture book. After a lightning career in all possible scientific fields and constantly changing areas of interest, he realized what his big goal should be. He dreamed of finding a way to bring about world peace. Bobby's dream came true, but it had ghastly side effects.

The end of the end is based on Stephen King's story , the end of the whole mess (OT: The End of the Whole measurement ) also from the short story collection Nightmares comes.

In the cabinet of death

Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Script: Peter Filardi
Cast:

Tom Berenger as Richard Kinnell
Marsha Mason as Aunt Trudy

The successful horror author Richard Kinnell acquires a mysterious painting.
However, he soon learns that the painting shows more than it appears. The man in the picture seems to be following Kinnell, because in the background you can see places where he was recently. The street virus, as the picture is entitled, is getting closer and closer, leaving behind a trail of blood and death.

Everything's Eventual based on the short story The Road Virus moves north (OT: The Road Virus Heads North ) from Stephen King's story collection Everything's Eventual from the year 2002 .

The fifth quarter

Director: Rob Bowman
Script: Alan Sharp
Cast:

Jeremy Sisto as Willie Evans
Samantha Mathis as Karen Evans
Robert Mammone as Jagger

Willie Evans has spent the last seven years of his life in prison and his resolution when he is released is, "Get out and never go back."
But suddenly an old friend shows up with him and his wife, he is fatally wounded and has a part a plan that, when all the parts are put together, should show the way to a fortune. What sounds like an adventurous treasure hunt becomes a race to the life and death as others are after the map fragment too.

The fifth quarter is based on Stephen King's short story of the same name from the story collection Nightmares .

Autopsy room 4

Director: Mikael Salomon
Script: April Smith
Cast:

Richard Thomas as Howard Cottrell
Greta Scacchi as Dr. Katie Arlen
Paul Gleeson as Ed Brooks

Stockbroker Howard Cottrell is admitted to the pathology department.
Dr. Katie Arlen is already making all preparations for an autopsy. Everything looks like routine, but in this case there's a tiny problem, Howard isn't as dead as it seems.

Autopsy room 4 is based on the story of the same name from the short story collection In the Cabinet of Death by Stephen King.

Rock 'n' roll will never die

Director: Mike Robe
Script: Mike Robe
Cast:

The married couple Clark and Mary Rivingham happen to get lost in the small town of “Rock 'n' Roll Heaven” where they meet a number of residents who bear a downright frightening resemblance to famous deceased rock stars.
In fact, the dead music legends invite the Rivinghams to a concert of a special kind and a cancellation is not accepted, not in "Rock 'n' Roll Heaven".

Rock 'n' Roll will never die based on the short story Damn good band have here (OT: You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band ) from Stephen King's short story collection Nightmares .

background

Well-known actors such as Oscar winner William Hurt (avowed King fan who has also read Atlantis together with King as an audio book), Tom Berenger and William H. Macy were hired for the series. Richard Thomas , the main character in the episode Autopsy Room 4 , played a major role in the 1990 film adaptation of Stephen King's It .

The series was broadcast in the USA from July 12th to August 8th, 2006 (two episodes per appointment) and has now been released on DVD. The series was a great success in the USA, mainly because of the acting performances and the technical effort.

Not a word is spoken during the entire episode, Battleground .

DVD release

Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King / December 7, 2007 / Warner Home Video


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