Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King is an American horror anthology television series that aired on TNT, based on short stories written by American author Stephen King. It debuted on July 12, 2006, and ended its run on August 2, 2006. Although most of the stories are from the book collection of the same title, some are from different collections by King. A trailer confirming a DVD edition of the series was released in October 2006. The series was filmed entirely in Melbourne, Australia.
Production
Episodes based on stories from the Nightmares & Dreamscapes collection are "Umney's Last Case", "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band", "The End of the Whole Mess", "The Fifth Quarter" and "Crouch End". "The Road Virus Heads North" and "Autopsy Room Four" are adaptations of stories from Everything's Eventual (2002), and "Battleground" is from Night Shift (1978).
The special effects for the series were provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
Cast
- Tom Berenger as Richard Kinnell
- William H. Macy as Clyde Umney /Sam Landry / George Demmick
- Kim Delaney as Mary Rivingham
- Steven Weber as Clark Rivingham
- Ron Livingston as Howard Fornoy
- Henry Thomas as Robert Fornoy
- Rebecca Gibney as India Fornoy
- William Hurt as Jason Renshaw
- Samantha Mathis as Karen Evans
- Jacinta Stapleton as Cece Pryor
- Jeremy Sisto as Willie Evans
- Sigrid Thornton as Mrs Angus Sternwood
- Peter O’Brien as Keenan
- Jacqueline McKenzie as Linda Landry / Gloria Demmick
- Claire Forlani as Doris Frehman
- Eion Bailey as Lonnie Frehman
- Richard Thomas as Howard Cottrell
- Rhondda Findleton as Sarah Joyce
- Kodi Smit-McPhee as Jackson Evans / Brandon
- Greta Scacchi as Dr Katie Arlen
- Chris Haywood as Dr Bogner
- Martin Vaughan as Dr Kazallan
- Tyler Coppin as Richard Fornoy
- Kym Gyngell as Will Tabor
- Bert La Bonté as Otis Redding
- Marsha Mason as Aunt Trudy
- Susie Porter as Sally Blair Kinnell
- Christopher Kirby as Sarge
- Bruce Spence as Hans Morris
- Kristian Schmid as Buddy Holly
- Robert Mammone as Peter Jennings / Jagger
- André de Vanny as Skater Boy
- Krista Vendy as Front Desk Clerk
- Mia Sara as Beautiful Passenger
- Greg Stone as CNN Anchor
- Sara Zwangobani as News Anchor
- John Orcsik as Stan the Cop
- Tory Mussett as Girlfriend of Private Detective
- Mark Mitchell as Blondie
- Monica Maughan as Woman in Street
- Ron Haddrick as Man in Lift
- Nicholas Bell as Health Official
- Steve Mouzakis as Driver
- Bill Barretta as Savage Commando (uncredited)
Episodes
Home media
The complete series was released on DVD on October 26, 2006.
References
External links
- Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King at IMDb
