7.6 /10 1 Votes
8.2/10 TV Starring various Country of origin United States Running time 378 minutes Network TNT | 7/10 IMDb Composer(s) Jeff Beal No. of episodes 8 (list of episodes) Final episode date 2 August 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Horror, Miniseries, Drama, Fantasy, Anthology Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King is an eight-episode anthology series on TNT based on short stories written by Stephen King. It debuted on July 12, 2006, and ended its run on August 2, 2006. Although most of them are from the collection of the same name, there are some stories from different collections by King. A trailer confirming a DVD release of the series was made available in October 2006. The series was filmed entirely in Melbourne, Australia.
Production
Episodes based on stories from the Nightmares & Dreamscapes collection are "Umney's Last Case", "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band", "The End of the Whole Mess", "The Fifth Quarter" and "Crouch End".
The balance of episodes are adaptations of "The Road Virus Heads North" and "Autopsy Room Four", collected in Everything's Eventual, and "Battleground" from the anthology Night Shift. Stars include Tom Berenger, William H. Macy, Kim Delaney, Ron Livingston, William Hurt, Samantha Mathis, and an uncredited Bill Barretta as Savage Commando.
The special effects for this anthology series were provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
