Monday, March 12, 2018

Before I Wake

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   Mark and Jessie Hobson have finally decided to take in a fosterchild, after loosing their son in an accident. Eight year old Cody, who's very intelligent and passionate about butterflies, is taken in by them. He tells Jessica he's scared of "the Cankerman," who according to Cody ate his mother, rendering him and orphan. Jessica assures him that he has nothing to worry about, and assumes he goes to sleep.
   But on one of his first nights there, the couple is sitting downstairs, when the room suddenly fills with butterflies, apparently entering the room from and open door. But soon enough, the couple realizes that they're not coming from the garden, but everything that Cody dreams comes true while he sleeps, after they see their son Sean appearing in the living room, the night after talking about him with Cody. Jessica realizes that she can ever touch her son, as if he was real again. She starts to take advantage of Cody's gift, talking about Sean and showing Cody videos of him to stimulate his dreams, to be able to see more of her dead son. However, the couple will soon realize that not only do good dreams come true while Cody sleeps. His nightmares are just as capable of coming alive.
   This movie is an absolute masterpiece, and I love it so much. The actors are amazing, especially Jacob Tremblay who plays Cody. The plot is amazing, the CGI absolutely gorgeous (especially the butterflies, dear lord) and sometimes horrifying as needed for a good horror movie, and I love the ending, as it is a bit open, but we still get all the important answers to our questions, but I won't tell you if it's a happy or a sad one, that's for you to find out. There are things you figure out for yourself, but there are also stuff that comes as a surprise as the movie goes along.
   I would definetly recommend this movie to everyone reading this, if you have as much as a hunch that it might be your style. So if you're even the smallest bit into horror movies, I recommend you watch Before I wake, because I promise you won't regret it!

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