Dream Demon

Dream Demon is a 1988 British horror film co-written and directed by Harley Cokeliss and starring Jemma Redgrave in her debut role opposite Kathleen Wilhoite, Jimmy Nail, Susan Fleetwood and Timothy Spall.

While being assailed outside her home by photographer Peck and investigative journalist Paul, Diana is helped by Jenny, a tourist from Los Angeles who fights them off.

Some time later, 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.

Meanwhile, Paul arrives at the hotel, having been following the women, and confronts Jenny with information he has uncovered about Oliver: He is in financial ruin and is marrying Diana for economic security.

The women become separated, and Diana experiences further disturbing visions of the young blonde girl, as well as Peck and Paul.

Diana awakens again in her disheveled bedroom and is confronted by Oliver and Deborah, who drug her to fall back asleep.

The two again become separated, and Jenny relives her repressed childhood trauma: Her widowed father, a violent and abusive artist, tied her to a sculpture in his basement art studio to use as a model.

"[3] The Sydney Morning Herald wrote: "The special effects won't rock your socks but the build-up of suspense and some sudden shocks are guaranteed to hold attention.