House of Dreams
1963 / Dir. Robert Berry / 69 mins / B&W / 1.37:1
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.
Special Features
- 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
- Director
- Robert Berry
- Runtime
- 69 mins
- Format
- Blu-ray
- Region
- Region Free
- Street date
- April 28, 2026
- Catalog
- BS-013
