Before I Wake Page #2

Synopsis: In this intense and heart pounding supernatural thriller, Jessie (Kate Bosworth) and Mark (Thomas Jane) decide to take in a sweet and loving 8-year-old boy, Cody. Unbeknownst to them, Cody is terrified of falling asleep. At first, they assume his previous unstable homes caused his aversion to sleep, but soon discover why: Cody's dreams manifest in reality as he sleeps. In one moment they experience the incredible wonder of Cody's imagination, and in the next, the horrific nature of his night terrors. To save their new family, Jessie and Mark embark on a dangerous hunt to uncover the truth behind Cody's nightmares.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director(s): Mike Flanagan
Production: Relativity Media
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
PG-13
Year:
2016
97 min
Website
1,289 Views


I was trespassing.

No. You're parenting

When you came in, you said

something about a ghost?

There was something.

What did it look like?

Well, it was wearing a black thing

that went all the way to the floor.

Weren't you a little

frightened at the time?

Oh, yes.

- That, Mr. Loren, is hysteria.

- Jess.

Well, then doctor, how do you

explain what happened to Lance?

Was that hysteria too?

You better get that

checked in a day or two.

Thanks, doc.

Where they come from?

Have you ever seen this many?

Do we have any jars?

Butterflies even come out at night?

Maybe there is a big pretty moths.

- What?

- It bit me.

- Butterfly bit you?

- No...

Where are they coming from?

I need a lid.

What the hell?

What the hell just happened?

I saw something last night.

I think it was Sean.

I know we have all had

those dreams,

and felt like we've seen

our kids out in the world.

But this was different.

And I couldn't help but feel

that it was because...

Go ahead.

He knows about Cody.

And he's angry with me.

For replacing him?

Yeah.

We talked about something

ike this at the begining,

when Mark wanted to sell

the house,

- but you refused, because...

- I felt like he was still there.

You said you saw him sometimes.

Yes.

Okay.

The thing you need to understand

about the dreams

you can lose at dreams, it's can feel

very real while we having them.

This wasn't a dream.

- I was awake.

- Doesn't matter.

If we're suppressing negative

emotions like guilt or fear,

especially for sleep deprived

on top of that,

our subconscious will figure out

a way to process those emotions.

Even if we're awake.

We can even achieve levels of

REM's sleep while we're awake.

It's called "a waking dream".

It's more common than you think.

Just felt very real.

Yeah, I'm sure it did.

But, waking dream,

any dreams actually,

are convorsation that we're

having with ourselfs.

Every character in your dreams

is actually just you.

And when we're trying to

bury uncomfortable emotions,

or ideas, or we feel threatened,

sometimes the only outlet they

have is our subconscious.

It's normal for us to feel huanted,

by our past, by our losses,

by the children we lost.

But, Jessie, know.

Sean is not haunting your home.

The question is what are you

trying to say to yourself?

What unresolved emotions

are strangling to get out?

That's pretty.

It's a monarch.

Don't they have...

I guess so.

Thank god, where did you

find him this time?

He's in the maintenance shed,

which will be locked from now on.

Oh, No. Not your seat.

You know where you going.

Is this everything?

I'll do sweep.

Hey, pal.

How are you doing?

Are you alright?

Who is that?

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