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.
Contents
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
Source:
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
Harold Hopkins as Vernon Klein
Peter Curtin as Mr Woolrich
Fletcher Humphrys as Duane Allman
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)
Home media
The complete series was released on DVD on October 26, 2006.