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8 episodes

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King - Miniseries

First aired Jul 12, 2006Season 1

Browse all 8 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Battleground

8.4
Jul 12, 200653 min7 votes

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.

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Episode 2

Crouch End

6.9
Jul 12, 200644 min7 votes

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.

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Episode 3

Umney's Last Case

6.2
Jul 19, 200651 min13 votes

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.

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Episode 4

The End of the Whole Mess

5.8
Jul 19, 200644 min6 votes

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.

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Episode 5

The Road Virus Heads North

6.5
Jul 26, 200645 min4 votes

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...

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Episode 6

The Fifth Quarter

7.3
Jul 26, 200646 min3 votes

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.

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Episode 7

Autopsy Room Four

7.8
Aug 2, 200643 min4 votes

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.

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Episode 8

You Know They Got a Hell of a Band

7.3
Aug 2, 200643 min4 votes

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.