Review of Dreamscape (1984) by Jeff C — 01 Nov 2007

Very cool for its time. David Patrick Kelly was very disturbing.

This review of Dreamscape (1984) was written by Jeff C on 01 Nov 2007.

Dreamscape has generally received mixed reviews.

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