First let me talk of the featuret which comes before the movie. Animatrix is a computer-animated Matrix sequel prequel, sort of in the way of the Final Fantasy movie, except the technology looks to have improved a bit. Nice little ten minute flick, great for animation fans.

Okay, now to the main feature. It's based on a Steven King book I've never read so I'll just review it as a film in itself. A dreamcatcher is something woven with yan and beads then hung over one's bed to catch the nightmares so they don't escape from your head into the real world. With that said, the only thing a piece of old indian basket weaving has to do with this pic is there's one hung up as decoration and even it gets burnt before the first 45 minutes are up. So if you're expecting something fun like nightmares coming to life or something then go somewhere else. I'm guessing the title is King's way of being literary.

Basically think alien bug hunt with a psychic foursome thrown in. They got some psychic power they're abbreviated as "SSDD", but if you want to know what that stands for then I guess you'll have to read the boom because the movie doesn't say anything. Anyway, deadly alien eggs that come out of the rear instead of the chest, which makes for some gratuitous noises and plenty of ichy messes. The four guys in question are at a hunting cabin and so it might be surprising to know how many of them die or are overcome before anyone thinks to reach for a gun instead of just a roll of duct tape.

Alien snakes, a special kid you just know is going to be another alien, big-daddy alien possessing someone, psychic war games, and the expected death-match at the end. Oh yeah, and there'san insane army officer whose sole purpose seems to be the reason for that dramatic delay in the good guys getting to the head alien in time. Boiling as it does right down to an ordinary monster horror flick, this thing rates the Cheesey Scale. This one I rate as a Swiss.