Why It Is A Great Netflix Original Horror Movie: Before making Jacob Tremblay the star of the most heart-wrenching scene in Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan made the talented youngster the star of Before I Wake – one of his lesser-known gems that sat in distribution limbo before Netflix acquired it, allowing audiences to bear witness to its visually stunning frights and sparking a fond relationship between the director and the streaming platform.
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A married couple (Thomas Jane and Kate Bosworth) adopt an 8-year-old boy (Jacob Tremblay) deathly afraid of falling asleep, which his new parents initially write-off as a childish fear, until his nightmares start to become their reality.