Dream Eater (2025)

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

Dream Eater follows Mallory (Mallory Drumm), a documentary filmmaker, who heads to a remote cabin in the mountains with her boyfriend Alex (Alex Lee Williams) to document his violent parasomnia. As his condition worsens, Mallory suspects something more sinister may be at play. As the nightmares escalate, so do the scares, right through the final frame.

The Horror Section distributes in the US.

This is only the second film distributed by the newly-formed banner The Horror Section from filmmaker Eli Roth. On the film’s acquisition he was quoted saying: “I vividly remember every movie that truly terrified me. I remember standing on 25th street in New York City when my friend Kevin Foxe handed me a VHS of a film he had produced, which had just gotten into Sundance, called ‘The Blair Witch Project,’ and that night I had to sleep with the lights on. I remember watching a screener of ‘Paranormal Activity’ during the filming of ‘Inglorious Basterds’ in my apartment in Berlin, and I was so freaked out that I had to give it to Quentin [Tarantino] to traumatize him as well. And then there was ‘Dream Eater,’ watching this movie alone, in my house, and turning on the lights because it was that scary. It has been so long since I have been truly terrified by a film to such a degree that I had almost forgotten what it felt like.”

Adding… “What these three filmmakers have pulled is not just remarkable on a low-budget DIY filmmaking level; they achieve the holy grail of horror, which is to make a movie that absolutely terrifies you. I was so blown away that I sent the film to everyone at The Horror Section, and we all agreed that this is ‘the one.’ I believe ‘Dream Eater’ will be the scariest film of the year and truly has the potential to break out to be the next ‘Paranormal Activity’ or ‘The Blair Witch Project.’ I don’t want to over-describe it; the film speaks for itself. I cannot wait to see this in a dark theater with a packed audience hiding under their seats.” (8/8/25)

Filmed in Canada.

Filmmakers Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm and Alex Lee Williams were quoted saying: “We were tired of waiting for permission to make our next film, so we put everything on the line and did it ourselves with the help of a small but mighty crew deep in the snowy Laurentian mountains. To now be joining forces with the master of horror himself, Eli Roth, and the incredible team at The Horror Section to bring ‘Dream Eater’ to audiences worldwide is beyond a dream come true… It’s a nightmare realized – in the best possible way.” (8/8/25)

This is a found footage horror movie.

The Horror Section released Dream Eater in Theaters on October 24, 2025.

The Horror Section released Dream Eater on VOD/Digital on November 18, 2025.

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Directors: Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm, Alex Lee Williams