Somnium – Movie Review
Director: Racheal Cain
Writer: Racheal Cain (Screenplay)
Cast
- Grace Van Dien (V for Vengeance)
- Johnathan Schaech (That Thing You Do!)
- Chloe Levine (The Ranger)
- Gillian White (The Island)
- Peter Vack (Puddysticks)
- Will Peltz (Unfriended)
Plot: At experimental sleep clinic, Somnium, your dreams are made real. Side effects may include: hallucinations, confusion, paranoia, sleep paralysis, detachment from reality, lost sense of self, permanent nightmares.
Runtime: 1 Hour 32 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Somnium starts when Gemma (Levine) moves to LA to chase her dreams of becoming an actress. However, she must first find a job to make ends meet, which sees her take a role at an experimental sleep clinic. Gemma must work nights watching over the patients. Noah (Peltz) helps create the dreams for the clients and is Gemma’s only company overnight.
As the nights roll past, Gemma starts believing she is seeing and hearing things around the office. It leads to her questioning time and reality, as her sleep depravity starts catching up with her.
Verdict on Somnium
Somnium is a horror thriller following a young woman chasing the LA dream. She moves to LA and works a night shift in a sleep experiment facility. However, her time there starts making her question her mind and past decisions.
This movie takes us down the nightmare journey of wanting to make it in LA. It challenges perception and reality as Gemma tries to find herself. There is plenty of nightmare fuel unleashed, even if it seems slower than first imagined. It is a movie that takes unusual twists and turns, leaving you shocked by each interaction along the way. Chloe Levine is brilliant in the leading role, showing how easily somebody can lose themselves.
Final Thoughts – Somnium is creepy, unsettling and disturbing.
