Directed by:
Bob ClarkScreenplay:
Alan OrmsbyCinematography:
Jack McGowanComposer:
Carl ZittrerCast:
John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Richard Backus, Henderson Forsythe, Anya Ormsby, Jane Daly, Jeff Gillen, Alan Ormsby, Ruth Roman, John Bonney, Mal Jones (more)VOD (4)
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In this shattering variation on The Monkey's Paw, grief-stricken suburban parents (Academy Award nominees John Marley of The Godfather and Lynn Carlin of Faces) refuse to accept the news that their son Andy (Richard Backus) has been killed in Vietnam. But when Andy returns home soon after, something may be horribly wrong: Andy is alive and well or is he? Produced and directed by Bob Clark (Black Christmas) and written by Alan Ormsby (Deranged), Deathdream became one of the very first films to confront the domestic ravages of the Vietnam War. More than thirty years later, it remains one of the most chilling horror films of all time. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![John Marley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/318/158318947_76823b.jpg)
John Marley
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Lynn Carlin
USA
Best movies:
Baxter! (1973)
Taking Off (1971)
Faces (1968)
Richard Backus
USA
Best movies:
Deathdream (1974)
The First Deadly Sin (1980)
Henderson Forsythe
USA
Best movies:
Silkwood (1983)
Interiors (1978)
Separate But Equal (1991) (TV movie)
Anya Ormsby
Best movies:
Deathdream (1974)
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
![Jane Daly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/401/166401248_fc12eb.jpg)
Jane Daly
USA
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
North Dallas Forty (1979)
Deathdream (1974)
![Jeff Gillen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/227/159227489_21c5e0.jpg)
Jeff Gillen
Best movies:
A Christmas Story (1983)
Absence of Malice (1981)
Deathdream (1974)
Alan Ormsby
USA
Best movies:
Lenny (1974)
Deathdream (1974)
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
![Ruth Roman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440698_2178cf.jpg)
Ruth Roman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
![John Bonney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/345/161345544_b7ebb1.jpg)
John Bonney
UK
Best movies:
Paranoiac (1963)
Jekyll's Inferno (1960)
Deathdream (1974)
Mal Jones
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
Lenny (1974)
Go for It (1983)
George De Vries
USA
Best movies:
Deathdream (1974)
Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
Arthur Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Zelig (1983)
Marco Polo Jr. (1972)