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Dreamcatcher (2003)

Dreamcatcher poster
Directed by
Lawrence Kasdan
Genre
horror film, science fiction film, buddy film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 08m
Rated
R
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 1,927 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four friends with psychic abilities reunite at a remote cabin in the woods. They find themselves under attack by parasitic aliens and hunted by a secret military group.

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What happens

Dreamcatcher is a 2003 American science fiction horror film based on Stephen King's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan and co-written by Kasdan and screenwriter William Goldman, the film stars Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant, Morgan Freeman, Tom Sizemore, and Donnie Wahlberg. The film tells about four gifted friends who encounter an invasion of parasitic aliens while trying to find their long lost friend and evade a military organization that are hunting both them and alien activities. Dreamcatcher was released on March 21, 2003 by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, having grossed $75.7 million against a $68 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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