Miniseries · TNT
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
William Hurt
Jason Renshaw
1 eps
Bruce Spence
Hans Morris
1 eps
Mia Sara
Beautiful Passenger
1 eps
Krista Vendy
Front Desk Clerk
1 eps
Enrico Mammarella
Guard #1
1 eps
Brad McMurray
Guard #2
1 eps
Jackie Kelleher
Hans Morris' Mother
1 eps
Eion Bailey
Lonnie Freeman
1 eps
Claire Forlani
Doris Freeman
1 eps
Linal Haft
Archibald
1 eps
Eva Lazzaro
The Girl
1 eps
Ryan Sheldrake
The Boy
1 eps
Kenneth Ransom
Cabby
1 eps
Luke Walker
PC Farnham
1 eps
Jennifer Congram
Concierge
1 eps
Monica Maughan
Woman in Street
1 eps
John Flaus
Man in Street
1 eps
Ron Haddrick
Man in Lift
1 eps
Marijke Mann
Woman in Lift
1 eps
Jean-Marc Russ
Rat Man #1
1 eps
Josh Futcher
Rat Man #2
1 eps
Martin Broome
Rat Man #3
1 eps
William H. Macy
Clyde Umney / Sam Landry / George Demmick
1 eps
Jacqueline McKenzie
Linda Landry / Gloria Demmick
1 eps
Tory Mussett
Arlene 'Candy' Cain / Pool Girl
1 eps
Harold Hopkins
Vernon Klein
1 eps
Melinda Butel
Ardis McGill
1 eps
Julian O'Donnell
Peoria Smith
1 eps
Don Halbert
Dunninger
1 eps
Peter Curtin
Mr. Woolrich
1 eps
Louis Corbett
Danny Landry
1 eps
Mark Mitchell
Blondie
1 eps
John Orcsik
Stan the Cop
1 eps
Sigrid Thornton
Mrs. Agnes Sternwood
1 eps
Ron Livingston
Howard Fornoy
1 eps
Henry Thomas
Robert Fornoy
1 eps
Andy Anderson
Duke Rogers
1 eps
Nicholas Bell
World Health Official
1 eps
Tyler Coppin
Richard Fornoy
1 eps
Rebecca Gibney
India Fornoy
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
An anthology based on eight short stories by Stephen King in his 1993 collection of the same name.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Battleground
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.
- Directed by Brian Henson
- Written by Richard Christian Matheson
S01E02
Crouch End
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.
- Directed by Mark Haber
- Written by Kim LeMasters
S01E03
Umney's Last Case
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.
- Directed by Rob Bowman
- Written by April Smith
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E07
Autopsy Room Four
- Directed by Mikael Salomon
- Written by April Smith
S01E05
The Road Virus Heads North
- Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Written by Peter Filardi
S01E04
The End of the Whole Mess
- Directed by Mikael Salomon
- Written by Lawrence D. Cohen
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Bill HaberExecutive Producer
- Jeffrey M. HayesProducer
- John I. McMahonProducer
Writing
- Richard Christian MathesonWriter
- Lawrence D. CohenWriter
- Alan SharpWriter
- Peter FilardiWriter
- Mike RobeWriter
- April SmithWriter
Direction
- Sergio Mimica-GezzanDirector
- Mikael SalomonDirector
- Mike RobeDirector
- Rob BowmanDirector
- Brian HensonDirector
- Mark HaberDirector
Cinematography
- Ben NottDirector of Photography
- John StokesDirector of Photography
Music
- Jeff BealOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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