I found myself on the side of the absurd, believing thoroughly, because Marg Helgenberg in a surprising and astonishing performance made me believe. I was so taken by her own conviction that I saw things the way she saw them. "Death Dreams" was made for Television but it's told with a ravishing cinematic language, look and feel. It doesn't respect any of the accepted rules of the genre but what is its genre? A ghost story? A supernatural thriller? A psychological whodunit? Yes, I think it could be all of that but above it all is a character driven drama dealing with the most unbelievable thing in the most believable way. The truth is not in the events themselves (I'm trying not to give anything away) but in the actor's faces. I completely forgot that Christopher Reeve was Christopher Reeve and that in itself is kind of extraordinary. I was afraid of him. Marg Helgenberger, long before CSI, shows an incredible dramatic range. A beautiful woman unafraid to show the signs of her torment. Look at the ravages of pain in her smiling face when her daughter's body is exhumed. Human, strange, fascinating. Waiting for the DVD.
Review of Death Dreams
