Synopsis
- Mary Shelley
from her novel Frankenstein
"Your evil therefore became my good"
PARASOMNIA is a broad term for the strange and often terrifying phenomena that occur during sleep, from night terrors to sleep paralysis, where dreams blur with reality and reveal haunting truths.
Jayne Salgado has suffered from crippling night terrors since childhood—visions of ghosts so vivid they feel like echoes from another world. Unable to escape these horrors, she grew up reclusive, trapped in a cycle of fear and isolation. Now, at 35, Jayne has learned to live with her nightmares, though they’ve left her emotionally hollow and yearning for connection. When her best friend Vera convinces her to go on a date with Patrick, a charming man who seems to truly see her, Jayne begins to hope for a life beyond her fears.
What begins as a hopeful evening turns into a night of confusion and horror when Jayne wakes into another nightmare, one she seems unable to escape. Inside Patrick’s house, the ghosts of murdered women reveal the horrifying events that unfolded after she closed her eyes, forcing Jayne to confront the truth: she is Patrick’s latest victim. The ghosts, resigned to their fate, try to reveal Jayne’s own grim reality—that she is dead and trapped like them. But unlike the others, Jayne refuses to surrender, discovering her own hidden strength within this prison of purgatory.
After countless failed attempts to escape Patrick's house, Jayne finds herself at her lowest point, resigned to the same fate as the other trapped souls. But when Patrick returns with his next victim—her best friend, Vera—Jayne is forced to confront her fear and transform into a vengeful poltergeist. Embracing her power, she fights to protect Vera, expose Patrick’s crimes, and free the other ghosts from their prison. In the end, after defeating Patrick, Jayne chooses to remain in the dream realm, using her strength to comfort a young girl plagued by parasomnia, turning her torment into hope.