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Parental fears and dark forces create a “FEVER DREAM” in Netflix’s trailer

Thursday, September 16, 2021 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

The hallucinatory film is coming to big and small screens soon.

Netflix will release FEVER DREAMS to select theaters October 6 and its streaming service October 13. Claudia Llosa directed from a script she wrote with Samanta Schweblin, based on the latter’s novel, and the cast is headed by María Valverde, Dolores Fonzi, Germán Palacios, Guillermo Pfening, Emilio Vodanovich, Guillermina Sorribes, Marcelo Michinaux and Cristina Banegas. The synopsis: “A woman named Amanda [Valverde] vacations in a sleepy Argentine village with her young daughter Nina [Sorribes]. Ever-concerned with her daughter’s welfare, Amanda constantly calculates the ‘rescue distance’ needed to protect her child. She soon discovers that things around her are not as they seem. A local boy named David [Vodanovich] interrogates Amanda, as she struggles to make sense of her surroundings. The beauty of the bucolic countryside is a striking counterpoint to an eerie story of dark forces, powerful emotions, and pervasive dangers.” See the movie’s Netflix page here.

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).