Dream Demon

Diana Markham, a London schoolteacher, is preparing to marry Oliver when nightly visions intrude on her reality. In these dreams, Oliver acts out violent, coercive scenes that blur sex and danger. The unsettling imagery foreshadows threats that threaten both her relationship and her sense of safety.

Soon after moving into her new home, Diana experiences fiery visions of a young blonde girl with angel wings. She also develops a fear of the basement, feeling that the house itself is haunted. The unsettling visions begin to intrude on her daily life.

Deborah, Diana's therapist, tells her the dreams are a product of wedding stress and media harassment. She suggests there is no simple medical cause, but that emotional strain is shaping what Diana experiences. The discussion lays the groundwork for the idea that dreams can influence waking life.

Photographer Peck and journalist Paul harass Diana outside her home, but Jenny, a tourist from Los Angeles, fights them off. After the confrontation, Diana invites Jenny in for a drink and to talk. The two women begin to form an uneasy alliance.

Jenny confesses she is visiting to uncover her family origins, as she was adopted and has no memory of her biological parents who once lived at Diana's address. The revelation strengthens their bond as they decide to meet again the following day. The moment plants the seed for a shared journey into the past.

That night, Diana experiences a hallucinogenic nightmare in which Peck breaks into her house and assaults her. The vivid intrusion reinforces the sense that danger has followed her beyond ordinary life. The dream structure hints at a deeper threat tied to her relationships.

In the morning, Diana and Jenny find Paul in the home's basement, where he threatens Diana and reveals that Peck has gone missing. The discovery blurs the line between dream and reality, as danger seems to lurk in the physical space. Diana's sense of safety continues to erode.

Shortly after the incident, Diana confides to Jenny about her anxieties regarding the marriage and admits she is a virgin. The admission deepens their emotional connection and shifts the dynamic from ally to confidant. The vulnerability underscores the personal stakes of the upcoming wedding.

Later that night, Jenny experiences a hallucination in which she is attacked by a deformed Peck and witnesses a young blonde girl being verbally abused by her father. She flees and wakes Diana, ending the apparitions for the moment. The event hints at buried trauma connecting Jenny to the house.

Deborah suggests that Jenny may have astral projected and that Diana's dreams have a real impact on waking life. The group realizes there is a link between dream events and what occurs when they are awake. This sets the stage for exploring the supernatural mechanism behind their experiences.

The women return to the home and are plagued by shared visions anchored to the basement. Terrified, Jenny decides to return to her hotel in Los Angeles, insisting the house is haunted. Diana remains behind, wary of what the morning might bring.

Paul arrives at Jenny's hotel, revealing that Oliver is financially ruined and only marrying Diana for money. Diana begins to dream again while Jenny attempts to wake her; Diana slips into another nightmare featuring deformed Paul and Peck. The lines between waking life and dream blur further.

Diana is hospitalized and strapped to a brainwave monitor as she astral-projects. Deborah watches old footage of the young blonde girl in a therapy session, discovering the girl is actually Jenny as a child. The discovery reframes the haunting as a shared past reaching into the present.

In the astral plane, Diana returns to the home and saves Jenny, who is trapped in a void. The two are briefly separated, and Jenny relives her repressed childhood trauma—her abusive father and a fateful fire in which he burned. Diana frees and accompanies the grown Jenny away from the danger.

The women visit Jenny's father's gravestone, which bears a stone cast of Jenny with angel wings, tying the past to the present. Back at the empty home, an alive Peck and Paul suddenly return, hinting that the haunting is not finished. Diana and Jenny begin a new chapter together, with evidence that the past still lingers.