2. Before I Wake (2016)
A while after the accidental death of their son, a couple take in a fostered boy with some strange things in his history, and soon discover that his dreams can influence reality - and so can his nightmares.
The Netflix specific trailer plugs this heavily as being from Mike Flanagan (here director, co-writer and editor) when he was producing miniseries for them, and it feels like an early look at some of the themes in his version of The Haunting Of Hill House a couple years later in particular, with a family dealing with a put-upon child with a supernatural gift, things appearing in the background of scenes, longish group therapy scenes, and an ending letting the side down after a good buildup.
The medium: Netflix
Gameability: It’s an interesting power, and not a threat you can stop easily.
A not entirely convincing attempt at a happy ending.
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