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Virtual Nightmare (2000)

kinostr — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 22:06:19 GMT

Virtual Nightmare (2000)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smmA92sUe7E

Director: Michael Pattinson

'Virtual Nightmare is a 2000 made-for-TV horror film directed by Michael Pattinson and starring Michael Muhney, Tasma Walton, and Todd MacDonald. The story was conceived in 1995 when writer David Tausik read the Philip K. Dick novel Time Out of Joint.

In the future the world has apparently reached complete perfection, but when Dale suffers a car accident he begins noticing disturbing glitches in the fabric of reality.'

An interesting, kinda rare low-budget made-for-tv movie curiosity that is actually pretty cool, with coincidental similarities to The Truman Show, The Matrix and The Tunnel under the World a short story by Frederik Pohl. The following is from a comment by the writer David Tausik on the YouTube page:

'...Hi, I'm one of the writers of this film and I appreciate your posting it, since there is no other way for people to see it. I enjoyed reading the comments here.

...There was immediately a lot of interest, but also a lot of concern that it bore similarities to a film in pre-production called The Truman Show. At the time, only one executive mentioned The Matrix although I believe that was already in production. We were unaware of these projects at the time.

Fox ...refused to buy it. I heard a rumor that the president of Fox called it "anti-consumerist propaganda," but that's just a rumor.

The film's proper title is "The Product." In the US it was only shown once or twice. Ironically, on Fox Television, where they renamed it "Virtual Nightmare."

I have since been sent books by Pohl and Lem that bear some resemblance. In actuality, my inspiration for the idea came from Time Out of Joint by Philip Dick. Thanks to all of you who have commented on the film, it still means a lot to me.'

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The Stone Tape (1972)

kinostr — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 09:40:05 GMT

The Stone Tape (1972)

'The Stone Tape is a 1972 British television horror drama film written by Nigel Kneale and directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Michael Bryant, Jane Asher, Michael Bates and Iain Cuthbertson. It was broadcast on BBC Two as a Christmas ghost story in 1972. Combining aspects of science fiction and horror, the story concerns a team of scientists who move into their new research facility, a renovated Victorian mansion that has a reputation for being haunted. The team investigate the phenomenon, trying to determine if the stones of the building are acting as a recording medium for past events (the "stone tape" of the play's title). However, their investigations serve only to unleash a darker, more malevolent force.'

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The Lathe Of Heaven (1980)

kinostr — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:28:15 GMT

The Lathe Of Heaven (1980)

'The Lathe of Heaven is a 1980 film adaptation of the 1971 science fiction novel The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin. It was produced in 1979 as part of New York City public television station WNET's Experimental TV Lab project, and directed by David Loxton and Fred Barzyk. Le Guin, by her own account, was involved in the casting, script planning, rewriting, and filming of the production.

Synopsis:
George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist, discovers the gift to be real and hypnotically induces Mr. Orr to change reality for the benefit of mankind - with bizarre and frightening results.'

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