Dream Demon (1988) ***

Dream Demon (1988) is a solid A Nightmare On Elm Street/Hellraiser mashup with some cool effects, a few great gore gags, and impressive dream-like visuals for a low budget movie. It's very much of its time in that has the look and feel of other late 80s British horror (including a generous helping of goofiness a la early Peter Jackson). Lead Jemma Redgrave is decent but a stronger actor could have carried the picture better. Timothy Spall is of course a highlight, particularly when he gets the opportunity to ham it up in gooey, gross-out makeup. All in all, a neat little film but a bit too derivative of other (better) ones, a bit of a wasted opportunity to go more gonzo, and not a film I would feel the need to necessarily revisit.