Existing outside the boundaries of reality, House of Dreams is a lost chapter of mid-century, avant garde horror from director Robert Berry. The story follows Lee (Berry), a frustrated author who is plagued by recurring nightmares centered around a haunted house. Shot on gritty 16mm film stock in Indiana and never legitimately distributed, House of Dreams is a sincere, abstract, and melancholy haunting that would feel right at home on a triple feature with Meshes of the Afternoon and Carnival of Souls.
directed by: Robert Berry
starring: Robert Berry, Pauline Elliott
1963 / 69 min / 1.37:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0
Additional info:
Region Free Blu-ray
Preserved from the only 35mm print in existence, courtesy of Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Commentary with director Robert Berry, moderated by film programmer Jason Coffman
Alternate score by Coffman
Scrapbook photo gallery
MIDNITE DREAM THEATRE (172 mins), a triple feature VHS mixtape with preservations of MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1959 version, dir. Maya Deren & Alexandr Hackenschmied), HOUSE OF DREAMS, CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962, dir. Herk Harvey), and mid-century commercials and trailers
Zine with an essay by Berry
English SDH subtitles