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Released
1988 · FILM

Bad Dreams

“When Cynthia wakes up, she'll wish she were dead...”

Directed by
Andrew Fleming
Written by
Andrew Fleming, Michael Dick
Runtime
86 min
HorrorThriller

Synopsis

Unity Field is a 1970s “free love” cult that is chiefly remembered for a mass suicide orchestrated by its charismatic leader, Harris. Although the plan called for all members to be burned together, a young member named Cynthia survived by chance. Years later, the trauma of Unity Field remains buried in her memory, but as people around her begin committing suicide and she experiences visions of Harris, she may have to confront the past before it confronts her.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jeff FreemanShot by Alexander GruszynskiScored by Jay FergusonDesigned by Ivo Cristante

Box Office

1988 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$9.8M

Budget$4.0M
Worldwide gross$9.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $4.0M — 41% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $4.7M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,180 theaters

Also known as

  • Vision der Dunkelheitde
  • Visiones, 13 años despuéses
  • Panicsfr
  • Vivere nel terroreit

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