House of Dreams Blu-ray

Existing outside the boundaries of reality, House of Dreams is a lost chapter of mid-century, avant garde horror from director Robert Berry. The story follows Lee (Berry), a frustrated author who is plagued by recurring nightmares centered around a haunted house. Shot on gritty 16mm film stock in Indiana and never legitimately distributed, House of Dreams is a sincere, abstract, and melancholy haunting that would feel right at home on a triple feature with Meshes of the Afternoon and Carnival of Souls.

Directed by: Robert Berry
Starring: Robert Berry, Pauline Elliott
1963 / 69 min / 1.37:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Preserved from the only 35mm print in existence, courtesy of Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
• Commentary with director Robert Berry, moderated by film programmer Jason Coffman
• Alternate score by Coffman
• Scrapbook photo gallery
• Midnite Dream Theatre (172 mins), a triple feature VHS mixtape with preservations of Meshes of the Afternoon  (1959 version, dir. Maya Deren & Alexandr Hackenschmied), House of Dreams, Carnival of Souls  (1962, dir. Herk Harvey), and mid-century commercials and trailers
• Zine with an essay by Berry
• English SDH subtitles