Stars: Julia Sarah Stone, Landon Liboiron, Carlee Ryski, Christopher Heatherington, Tedra Rogers | Written and Directed by Anthony Scott Burns
Stylishly directed, shot and edited by Anthony Scott Burns (Our House), this creepy Canadian sci-fi horror takes a nightmarish peek into the subconscious. Combining strong visuals with an intriguing mystery plot and at least one state-of-the-art jump scare, Come True brings new meaning to the term sleeper hit.
Julia Sarah Stone plays 18 year-old Sarah Dunne, a high school student whose relationship with her mother has soured to the point where she’s effectively a runaway, though she still pops home under cover of darkness to pick up things like a sleeping bag and her laptop. Tired of kipping overnight in a child’s playground, she jumps at the chance to participate in a sleep study, where she’s hooked up to a bunch of machines and is observed every night by Dr.
Stylishly directed, shot and edited by Anthony Scott Burns (Our House), this creepy Canadian sci-fi horror takes a nightmarish peek into the subconscious. Combining strong visuals with an intriguing mystery plot and at least one state-of-the-art jump scare, Come True brings new meaning to the term sleeper hit.
Julia Sarah Stone plays 18 year-old Sarah Dunne, a high school student whose relationship with her mother has soured to the point where she’s effectively a runaway, though she still pops home under cover of darkness to pick up things like a sleeping bag and her laptop. Tired of kipping overnight in a child’s playground, she jumps at the chance to participate in a sleep study, where she’s hooked up to a bunch of machines and is observed every night by Dr.
- 3/23/2021
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
“Come True” wears its many influences on its sleeve, notably the work of David Cronenberg and Philip K. Dick, “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Donnie Darko,” with nods to “The Shining,” “Night of the Living Dead” and “The Terminator” thrown in for good measure. Nonetheless, filmmaker Anthony Scott Burns (“Our House”) melds those inspirations — as well as Rodney Ascher’s “The Nightmare” — to craft a uniquely illusory sci-fi thriller about an adrift young woman who copes with her unsettling slumbering visions by participating in a sleep study. that should bolster its chances to break out of the genre pack when it debuts in select theaters and on VOD on March 12.
Estranged from her mother for unknown reasons, 18-year-old Sarah (Julia Sarah Stone) spends her nights in a sleeping bag on a playground slide, her mind gliding forward through dark, misty passageways decorated with shadowy bodies and structures, and ending...
Estranged from her mother for unknown reasons, 18-year-old Sarah (Julia Sarah Stone) spends her nights in a sleeping bag on a playground slide, her mind gliding forward through dark, misty passageways decorated with shadowy bodies and structures, and ending...
- 3/12/2021
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Few cinematic tropes are as easy — and annoying — to deploy than the winking revelation that “it was all just a dream!” And while filmmaker Anthony Scott Burns mostly avoids falling into that particular narrative trap in “Come True,” a horror outing built around literal nightmares that just might be real, he can’t avoid other missteps that do similar damage to an otherwise compelling story. In just his second feature, , but a series of stumbles in the film’s final act — the worst of which is run through with icky implications Burns seems terribly unaware of — end the film on a wearisome final point.
Most of the work that gets us there is good, however, and Burns’ ability to build an original horror film out of compelling ideas is obvious. Bolstered by a strong performance from Julia Sarah Stone and an intriguing setup, “Come True” has plenty of elements worth celebrating,...
Most of the work that gets us there is good, however, and Burns’ ability to build an original horror film out of compelling ideas is obvious. Bolstered by a strong performance from Julia Sarah Stone and an intriguing setup, “Come True” has plenty of elements worth celebrating,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The darkened screen is almost pitch black before we can begin to discern shapes in the distance. First it’s wooden stakes in the ground at what looks to be a trailhead of sorts. Next it’s a mountain in the distance. Finally we come to a door that swings open as though we’ve been placed inside a videogame merging the puzzle mechanics of Myst with the brooding aesthetic of Hellraiser only to continue moving forward towards a bald figure with back turned—unmoving and foreboding with a mysterious air that can conjure nothing besides dread. And suddenly it’s over with a cut to Sarah (Julia Sarah Stone) awakening from a nightmare, bundled inside a sleeping bag and laying atop a playground slide. The day commences. The images slightly fade.
Writer/director Anthony Scott Burns knows they won’t disappear, though. He’s opened Come True with this...
Writer/director Anthony Scott Burns knows they won’t disappear, though. He’s opened Come True with this...
- 8/30/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Come True is a thriller from director Anthony Scott Burns (Our House). The story involves Sarah and a series of nightmares. She turns to a sleep study for help, but something in the experiment makes her nightmares worse. Come True stars: Julia Sarah Stone (The Killing), Landon Liboiron and Carlee Ryski. As well, Come True was co-produced by cult director Vincenzo Natali (Splice), Steven Hoban - amongst others. The film's first poster and early still are hosted here. The first poster is a mind-bender. The graphic shows Sarah with an eye patch. The other glimmers, while the title is hard to decipher. Partially funded by Telefilm Canda and shot in Alberta, more chills will be coming this August 20th, when the film has its World Premiere. The World Premiere will take place at the Fantasia Int. Film Festival, which begins August 20th. The festival will be run digitally this year.
- 7/31/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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