Existing outside the boundaries of reality, House of Dreams is a lost chapter of mid-century, avant garde horror from director Robert Berry. The story follows Lee (Berry), a frustrated author who is plagued by recurring nightmares centered around a haunted house. Shot on gritty 16mm film stock in Indiana and never legitimately distributed, House of Dreams is a sincere, abstract, and melancholy haunting that would feel right at home on a triple feature with Meshes of the Afternoon and Carnival of Souls.
Directed by Robert Berry
69 mins / 1963 / B&W
Special features:
– Region Free Blu-ray
– Preserved from the only 35mm print in existence, courtesy of Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
– Commentary with director Robert Berry, moderated by film programmer Jason Coffman
– Alternate score by Coffman
– Scrapbook photo gallery
– Midnite Dream Theatre (172 mins), a triple feature VHS mixtape with preservations of Meshes of the Afternoon (1959 version, dir. Maya Deren & Alexandr Hackenschmied), House of Dreams, Carnival of Souls (1962, dir. Herk Harvey), and mid-century commercials and trailers
– Zine with an essay by Berry
– English SDH subtitles
