The Dreaming

The Dreaming stars Penny Cook as doctor Cathy Thornton, whose father, archaeologist Professor Bernard Thornton (Arthur Dignam), disturbs an Aboriginal burial ground on a remote island, which causes all sorts of strange occurrences. Before long, Cathy is experiencing bizarre dreams in which centuries old whalers slaughter indigenous people with metal hockey sticks. Seeking answers, she visits her father on the island, only for dad to turn into a deranged killer.

A large percentage of this film consists of confusing hallucinations and nightmares, but even the stuff between the dreams is difficult to fathom; by the end of the film, I was none the wiser. There are a couple of cool visual moments - an animated x-ray and a cloud of mist clearing to reveal a kid impaled on scaffolding poles - but the film is, by and large, a boring and impenetrable mess.