At first glance, this is a win for the cinephile on a budget. But after watching Paul Matthews—Cage’s hapless evolutionary biologist who begins inexplicably appearing in strangers’ dreams—in a grainy, washed-out, 720p HDRip, I am here to argue a controversial point:

You are answering that question by closing the torrent file. Look, I understand the economics. Going to the movies is expensive. Streaming tiers are fractured. But Dream Scenario is a film that hinges on subtlety—the way Cage twitches his nose, the way a background extra freezes, the specific shade of red in a later, very graphic sequence.

They are grainy. They are soft. They feel like old home movies.

Borgli uses a technique of extreme dynamic range. One moment, it’s dead silence as Paul awkwardly clears his throat. The next, a sub-bass rumble mimics the "weight" of a nightmare.

If you have been browsing the high seas of the internet over the last 48 hours, you have seen it. The thumbnail of a bald, bewildered Nicolas Cage staring into the void. The file name: Dream.Scenario.2023.HDRip.XviD.AC3-EVO (or something to that effect).

Stay asleep, cinephiles. Just dream in HD.