Come True
Come True

Come True

2020Movie105 minEnglish

Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she's become the conduit to a frightening new discovery.

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IMDb6.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Metacritic67/100
Google Users70%
Director: Daniel GoldhaberGenres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Plot Summary

A troubled teenager, suffering from recurring nightmares, decides to enroll in a university sleep study program. As she delves deeper into the experimental treatments, the lines between her dreams and reality begin to blur. She uncovers a sinister conspiracy involving the researchers and the very nature of sleep itself. The program aims to explore the power of the subconscious, but it may unleash something far more terrifying than she could have imagined.

Critical Reception

Come True received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its atmospheric dread, unsettling imagery, and unique take on sleep paralysis and nightmares. While some found the plot occasionally convoluted, many appreciated its psychological horror elements and slow-burn tension.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its effective atmosphere and disturbing visuals that tap into primal fears.
  • Noted for its intelligent and original exploration of sleep disorders and the subconscious.
  • Some found the narrative a bit too abstract or slow-paced, impacting overall engagement.

Google audience: Audiences generally appreciated the film's creepy atmosphere and its ability to induce a sense of unease. Many found the concept of sleep paralysis and nightmares to be effectively realized, though a segment of viewers felt the plot was occasionally confusing or anticlimactic.

Fun Fact

The film's director, Daniel Goldhaber, also co-wrote the screenplay with his partner, Sydney Clara Brafmann, and they drew inspiration from their own experiences with sleep paralysis.

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Dr_Nostromo

Dr_Nostromo

60/100 A nerdy and somewhat outcast girl signs up for a sleep experiment and things get strange. Very cosmic in nature, the film tinkers around with the sleep paralysis / shadow people mythology in a very different way than previously ex...
SWITCH.

SWITCH.

The human brain, Anthony Scott Burns suggests, is the ultimate horror movie director, and the sleep paralysis demons of 'Come True' are just an extreme form of the standard-issue nightmares we all unwillingly create on a regular basis. It's...