Strange Dreams

The originality of the vision is certainly worth praise, Anthony Scott Burns delivers a film that you won’t confuse with any other. Come True is about a girl who enrols into some sort of university sleep study. She suffers from night terrors, and those dreams – or nightmares, rather – become the centre of the story. The dream sequences have a great atmosphere, and not only them, the film as a whole has a very unique atmosphere, and I had to struggle a lot with the fact that even the events outside the dreams are weirdly detached from reality. But that’s not a reproach, because in spite of its initial viewer-unfriendliness, the film pulled me in and richly rewarded me. I expected it to be atmospheric, so I put it on in darkness with the headphones on, and I have to say that it made me jump more than once in the second half. I can imagine Come True without the last few minutes, which serve to set up the twist, but I think it can do without them. (12.03.2021)

A great surprise from Canada and, dare I say, the scariest horror film of the year so far. The story focuses on an 18 year old girl who suffers from nightmares and decides to enroll in an experimental sleep study where her nightmares can be monitored, but what the purpose of the study is even she doesn't know. Of the slow-burn horror films that have come out lately, this one is definitely the best. It's got interesting grey-blue visuals, excellent atmosphere with a surrealistic touch, the scary visions are absolutely perfect, and fortunately there are enough of them and they are dosed from the beginning, so boredom is not really a threat. There is one scene that seems to have come out of Sient Hill that will make you change your underwear. The finale is properly suspenseful and even though I expected it to be a bit more intense, I am satisfied. The cherry on top is the very final twist, which is shocking and unexpected at the same time. Surreal dreamlike Canada is worth it! 8/10. (10.03.2021)