About this episode

The episode discusses the 2016 film 'Before I Wake', exploring its themes of dreams and nightmares.

Send us Fan Mail This week, we've got another Mike Flanagan classic. It is 2016's, Before I Wake! Sarah takes us through this modern fantasy tale about a grieving couple who adopts a young boy with a tragic past. Soon, the boys dreams begin manifesting into beautiful illusions in the waking world. However, things take a dark turn when the dreams become nightmares. No one is safe, sleeping or awake, from the horrifying Canker Man, a monster from the boy's imagination that threatens all their l...

People in this episode

Host: Sarah

Topics covered

• horror
• fantasy
• adoption
• dreams
• nightmares
• film review

Keywords

• Before I Wake
• Mike Flanagan
• Canker Man
• dreams
• nightmares
• film review
• horror
• fantasy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Before I Wake

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