Rude Awakening (1000) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1000 · 52 mins · English

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Directed by

Peter Sasdy

Starring

Denholm Elliott, Pat Heywood, James Laurenson, Gareth Armstrong, Eleanor Summerfield, Lucy Gutteridge

A real‑estate broker begins to experience vivid, hyper‑real dreams that bleed into his waking life, leaving him unsure whether he is dreaming or living. As the boundaries between nightmare and reality dissolve, his sanity unravels. The story first aired as an episode of the British horror anthology Hammer House of Horror and was later compiled into a feature‑length release for U.S. audiences.