When a Vietnam war casualty (Richard Backus) returns to his parents (John Marley, Lynn Carlin), he prowls in search of human blood. The Vampiric horror is secondary to the terror that comes from the disintegration of a typical American family.
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28 March 1945, Goffstown, New Hampshire, USA
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27 April 1963, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
5 September 1937, Hammond, Indiana, USA
14 December 1943, USA
29 August 1922, Staten Island, New York, USA
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31 January 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 April 1948, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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March 31, 2005
Deliberate, uncompromising, and very sad, Bob Clark's quiet masterpiece is still one of the most inspired anti-war genre pics out there.
September 09, 2004
Grim, tasteless and inexplicably overrated trash.
July 11, 2014
One of the first and best films to confront the ill-effects the Vietnam War had on the home front.
June 28, 2004
John Marley imbues the film with the kind of pathos that wears down the defenses of a principally comic filmmaker like Clark
October 09, 2005
A disturbing low-budget horror film that doubles as a critique of America's involvement in Vietnam.
February 02, 2003
Like the best genre films, Deathdream offers an interesting glimpse of the American psyche during the time it was made.
