A Nightmare Wakes is a 2020 American psychological thriller film directed and written by Nora Unkel. The film stars Alix Wilton Regan, Giullian Yao Gioiello, Philippe Bowgen, Lee Garrett and Claire Glassford. It premiered on Shudder on February 4, 2021.
Plot Mary is a young writer whose story comes to life in horribly vivid hallucinations, causing her to question the relationships she maintains with the people she loves and the reality around her.
Cast Alix Wilton Regan as Mary Shelley Giullian Yao Gioiello as Percy Shelley Philippe Bowgen as Lord Byron Lee Garrett as Dr. John Polidori Claire Glassford as Claire Clairmont Shannon Spangler as Harriet Shelley Nicholas Freeland Clark as Party Goer
Critical reception On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 55% of 33 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "A Nightmare Wakes revisits the creation of a classic story from an admirably novel perspective; unfortunately, it never quite lumbers to life."
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