Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King

1Battleground

53 minJul 12, 2006★ 8.5

Professional hitman Renshaw finds himself the target when he kills a toymaker and the victim’s mother sends Renshaw a present: a toy foot locker filled with toy soldiers equipped to kill.

2Crouch End

44 minJul 12, 2006★ 7.0

Lonnie and Doris Freeman, an American couple honeymooning in London, go to a friend's house for dinner but end up stranded in the mysterious Crouch End district. The area is strangely abandoned except for some bikers and free-range children, and the couple soon realize they're trapped in a place where the barriers between dimensions are weak... and they may be next to be sucked in to somewhere else.

3Umney's Last Case

51 minJul 19, 2006★ 6.2

In 1938, private eye Clyde Umney has it all – a successful career, adoring clients, and a beautiful secretary. But the arrival of the building owner, Sam Landry, throws his life into chaos when he arrives and tells Clyde that he’s evicting Clyde... permanently.

4The End of the Whole Mess

44 minJul 19, 2006

Young genius Bobby Fornoy comes up with a chemical cure for human violence. With the aid of his brother Howie, he comes up with a way to implement it worldwide. But the 'cure' comes with a horrible side effect.

5The Road Virus Heads North

45 minJul 26, 2006

Writer Richard Kinnell is on a way back from a check-up where he's found out he may soon be facing death. On his way home, he stops off at a garage sale and is intrigued by a painting of a vicious killer driving a car. Kinnell buys the portrait, but as he heads home he realises that the painting is...changing. The car in the picture is following his route, and getting closer with every minute...

6The Fifth Quarter

46 minJul 26, 2006

After a long prison stint, Willie Evans is released on probation and promises his wife Karen to go straight. However, during the night, his former cellmate, Barney, who had lived with Karen for a period, appears in their trailer, bleeding. He reveals that he participated in a $3.5 million heist with four other criminals, the leader hid the money and gave one quarter of the map to each hoodlum.

7Autopsy Room Four

43 minAug 2, 2006

Howard Cottrell is on vacation playing golf. Chasing the ball into the undergrowth, he's bitten by a snake and completely paralyzed, showing no sign of life. At the hospital, unable to communicate, Howard is the key witness to his own autopsy.

8You Know They Got a Hell of a Band

43 minAug 2, 2006

A wrong turn on a lonely road turns frightening for computer programmer Clark Rivingham and his wife Mary as they stumble upon a town not on any map — Rock and Roll Heaven, Oregon. There's a free concert every night, but the price of admission is high — once the audience enters, it can never leave.