Dream Eater

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Director: Alex Lee Williams Year: 2025 Runtime: 86 min
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Synopsis

A filmmaker documents her boyfriend's violent parasomnia during their holiday at a remote cabin in the woods.

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Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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Holiday Cheer Level: 3

Content Warnings

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a dog dies
spoiler No dog in the film. There are a couple of dead animals shown though including what looks to be a coyote (scroll for more info).
someone is sexually assaulted
spoiler Past references, none shown.
an animal dies
spoiler Not on screen, but we see two dead animals with blood around them (scroll for timestamps).
there's a dead animal
spoiler Brief shot of a dead racoon in the snow, around 12:56. We see blood around it but no gore/graphic injuries. Look away when the guy says 'woah, check this out!' if you don't want to see it. Also a dead animal shown around 1:17:30, I think it's a coyote. It is shown hung up on a door. There is blood on the floor beneath it. We see it when the woman enters the shed and again when she exits.
a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian
Yes
there's domestic violence
spoiler While possessed a man acts cruelly towards his girlfriend and threatens to shove razor wire inside her using graphic language. Towards the end of the film he repeatedly punches her (the actual impacts are off camera but we see his hands raising and hear the sound). Mentions of a cult that preyed on vulnerable women and raped at least one of them, who was also married to the cult leader.
someone gets gaslighted
Yes
someone is stalked
spoiler Woman is stalked around the house towards the end of the film.
a woman gets slapped
spoiler A woman is repeatedly punched by a man - we don't see the impacts on screen but we see him straddling her and repeatedly raising his hands and the sound of the impacts.
rape is mentioned
spoiler It is mentioned that a woman was raped by multiple cult members in a 'breeding ritual'. A possessed man graphically threatens to shove a razor wire inside his girlfriend.
hands are damaged
spoiler No. Alex attempts to put his hand in the garbage disposal but is stopped before he does.
someone is stabbed
spoiler Someone is stabbed in the chest. The impact is off-camera but we hear it and then see them with the knife in their chest.
a major character dies
Yes
there are jump scares
spoiler Yes, though frankly they're super ineffective, lol.
someone is possessed
Yes
someone vomits
spoiler Woman throws up in the toilet in the last 5 mins.
someone self harms
spoiler We hear an incident where a man cuts his arm on a window and is bleeding, nothing is shown on screen and it was an accident, however it may be triggering so wanted to mention it.
someone suffers from PTSD
Yes
there's dissociation, depersonalization, or derealization
Yes
there's flashing lights or images
spoiler A lamp is repeatedly switched on and off.
shaky cam is used
Yes
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
Yes
there's screaming
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
Yes
there is sexual content
spoiler Boyfriend makes crass sexual comments to his girlfriend on multiple occasions. We see a topless woman in the bath, and full-frontal male nudity. There are mentions of a cult taking advantage of vulnerable women for sexual purposes. No actual sex in the film.
there are nude scenes
spoiler Full-frontal male nudity and a topless woman.
someone is sexually objectified
Yes
the ending is sad
Yes
there's blood/gore
spoiler Blood, no gore.

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