Deathdream
Summary:
This dark, brooding low-budget effort opens in Vietnam, where young infantryman Andy Brooks (Richard Backus) is struck down by a sniper's bullet. At the same time in Andy's hometown, his poor mother is uttering a desperate prayer for Andy to come home... and shortly thereafter, he does. Despite Mrs. Brooks' exultation at her son's safe return, it becomes apparent to the rest of the fa... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Arthur Anderson - (Postman)
Richard Backus - (Andy Brooks)
Arthur Bradley - (Army Captain)
Lynn Carlin - (Christine Brooks)
Virginia Cortez - (Rosalie)
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Review:
Bob Clark's first collaboration with screenwriter Alan Ormsby is this grisly, psychologically trenchant low-budget horror film. Released in 1972 Deathdream has the distinction of being one of the first American films to deal, in its own effective way, with the trauma caused by the conflict in Vietnam. Deathdream is crude and schlocky, l... Continue >>
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