Dreamcatcher
Movie, 2003, Derry, Set in Old friends from Derry
Dreamcatcher is #20 of 42 in release order and #30 of 42 in chronological order in the Stephen King Universe.
The story
Four childhood friends reunite for a hunting trip in the Maine woods, bound by a psychic force born from a childhood friend's dreamcatcher. They find themselves caught in a grotesque alien invasion that twists memory, sanity and reality into something far more sinister.
Dreamcatcher recap
Dreamcatcher (2003) follows four lifelong friends from Derry who share telepathy and meet an alien invasion on a hunting trip in the Maine woods. Lawrence Kasdan directs from a script he wrote with William Goldman. Psychiatrist Henry Devlin (Thomas Jane), Gary "Jonesy" Jones (Damian Lewis), Pete Moore (Timothy Olyphant) and Joe "Beaver" Clarendon (Jason Lee) owe their gift, "the line", to Douglas "Duddits" Cavell (Donnie Wahlberg), a boy with Down syndrome they saved from bullies as children. At their cabin they take in a sick stranger, Rick McCarthy, who is carrying a parasite that bursts out and kills Beaver. Jonesy is taken over by an alien called Mr. Gray, who keeps him locked in a warehouse of memories in his own mind. The army, led by Colonel Abraham Curtis (Morgan Freeman), quarantines the area and destroys the crashed ship. Henry escapes Curtis's camp with Lieutenant Owen Underhill (Tom Sizemore) and fetches the dying Duddits.
Dreamcatcher ending explained
Dreamcatcher ends with Duddits sacrificing himself to destroy Mr. Gray. Mr. Gray, in Jonesy's body, heads for the Quabbin Reservoir to infect Boston's water. Curtis, relieved of command, attacks by helicopter; Underhill shoots him down and dies of his wounds. In the pump house, Duddits reveals his own alien nature, and he and Mr. Gray destroy each other. Jonesy, free again, crushes the last parasite before it reaches the water.
Post-credits scenes
No. Dreamcatcher has no mid- or post-credits scene.
Where to watch Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher is streaming on Hoopla, YouTube (free), and Plex in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 27%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Green Mile, before 1408.
- Chronological order: after It Chapter Two, before The Dead Zone.
What to watch before Dreamcatcher
It (1990), which Dreamcatcher (2003) continues.
Cast
- Thomas Jane as Henry
- Damian Lewis as Jonesy
- Morgan Freeman as Col. Abraham Curtis
- Jason Lee as Beaver
- Timothy Olyphant as Pete
- Tom Sizemore as Owen
- Donnie Wahlberg as Duddits
- Michael O'Neill as Gen. Matheson
- Rosemary Dunsmore as Roberta Cavell
- Mikey Holekamp as Young Henry
- Reece Thompson as Young Beaver
- Joel Palmer as Young Pete
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan.