Year: 1956
Runtime: 89 mins
Language: English
Director: Maxwell Shane
A hypnotist’s warning haunts Clarinetist Stan when he awakens from a vivid nightmare in which he murders a man inside a mirrored room. The dream feels real when he discovers fresh blood on his hands and a mysterious key matching the one from the vision, leading him to believe the crime may have actually occurred.
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