Product Details

• Actors: Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant
• Directors: Lawrence Kasdan
• Writers: Lawrence Kasdan, Stephen King, William Goldman
• Producers: Bruce Berman, Casey Grant, Charles Okun, Elizabeth Dollarhide
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004
• Run Time: 134 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (319 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AMRUM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,663 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Regardless of its critical roasting, Dreamcatcher is a must-see for Stephen King fans. In adapting King's epic novel (itself an amalgam of familiar King plotlines), director Lawrence Kasdan and cowriter William Goldman sacrificed much of the character depth that gave the story its crucial humanity, resulting in a tame frightfest about four longtime friends (Damian Lewis, Jason Lee, Thomas Jane, Timothy Olyphant) whose past--and a shared gift of telepathy--connects them to a present-day alien invasion in the snowy forests of Maine. Like an ambitious episode of The X-Files, this slick production offers slimy "weasels" that gestate in human bowels; ominous aliens who seize control of bodies and minds; a secret military strike (led by Morgan Freeman) against the invaders; and enough gross-out humor to satisfy jaded horror buffs. Unfortunately, it just isn't scary. Despite its A-list advantages, Dreamcatcher works best as a glorified B-movie, likely to benefit from lowered expectations. --Jeff Shannon

Product Description
Four young friends perform a heroic act and are changed forever by the uncanny powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they are overtaken by a blizzard, a vicious storm in which something much more ominous moves. Challenged to stop a deadly alien force, they confront an unparalleled horror, with the fate of the world in the balance.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars strangely , very appealing, January 18, 2006

By	doppelganger "dvd-archive" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

There's just a cozy feeling to it. It's a constantly white-out snowing, Stephen King style, humor mixed with gore, great movie. And, I even like the story. Okay, it's not Great-Great, but really good. Especially when you have to stay inside (snow, flu, broken leg etc.).

Regardless, it's definitely worth a look. I never met anyone who just hated it. And if you don't love it, you'll probably just be glad to have seen it and move on to your next scary/funny, sunday/rainy movie.

But again, this is one of my favorite movies for some strange reason. Everybody's got a few of those, so I know you'll understand.

AND, you might want to buy it now, they're not producing this edition anymore and I already can't find it in a retail store.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Strong Parts, Entertaining Film, March 20, 2003

By	Roland P. Petalver (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Overall, the creators of this film did a good job: the story moves along quickly, the characters possess depth and believability, and the cinematography and directing make for a very clean product. Moreover, there were scenes that, because of the creativity, effects, and acting, got me to compare them to some of the best horror scenes in filmatic history. The bathroom scene especially, made me think of similarities with Jack Nicholson's "Here's Johnny Scene" and Hitchcock's shower scene. Tense, tense stuff.

My complaints of the film pertain to it's depiction of military and alien (E.T.) operations, the way they do things. In both cases, the creators of the film seriously underestimate the abilities of these entities to accomplish their goals. Depicting the military, we see commanders who are mentally unstable and psychotic as well and soldiers ignoring chain of command. With the aliens we see an advanced species unable to accomplish what appears to be the simplest of objectives (I won't ruin it) and getting wiped out real easy like.

All together, good and bad, the film rates a pretty good because the positives were pretty striking. I just wish there had been more of them.

I would recommend this film to horror or Stephen King buffs, as well as aficianados of sci-fi and action.

Thank you.

Roland Petalver

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars So Scooby Doo helps Homeland Security?, August 12, 2004

By	TrezKu13 (Norfolk, VA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Dreamcatcher [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I've never read the book, so I won't pass judgment on Stephen King, but as for this movie...oh boy. And what a movie it was too - a race of fart-worms born of our butts invades New England and it's up to a mentally challenged alien with a dosage of puppy power to stop them. You're probably saying, "Stop it, TrezKu13, you're not funny." Oh ho ho ho, gentle reader...if only I WAS trying to be funny...

The problem with these Stephen King adaptations is that many times they take an interesting concept and then try to do too much with it, or add too much. For example, with "Storm of the Century" it's a nice idea to have a stranger go into a perfect little town and reveal hidden secrets...but THREE HOURS OF IT!? It's the same thing with this movie - OK, so an alien race invades and a military organization works to contain them. Sound familiar? Well, there's something to add to that: four friends who were granted special powers at an early age and they must use it against the aliens to stop the destruction of their world. In my opinion, though, the special powers weren't all that great - I mean come on, two of the four die halfway through the movie. In fact one guy doesn't even use his powers, he just gets killed - and might I add for a freggin' toothpick! That bizarre scene might have gone on better if they hadn't dragged it out for ten minutes, but sadly that's what this movie does the whole time: drag things out for as long as possible. The last thirty minutes felt like the longest thirty minutes I had ever watched; it's almost like the cast decided to mill around for a while. The only thing they do rush is the ending, which takes a cue from kung-fu movies and ends RIGHT AFTER the death of the villain.

By the way, the three-star general walking in with the 10th Mountain Division patch on his beret made me laugh my head off. You don't wear your unit patch on your beret you wear your rank. You would think that would be a simply concept for a movie to follow. I used to live on Fort Drum, the home of the 10th, and even their commanding general didn't wear the patch on his beret.