Racheal Cain’s thriller Somnium blends the reality of making it in Hollywood with the nightmare of a shady drug company. It is premiering at the Chattanooga Film Festival this week.

After a painful breakup, small-town Gemma moves to Los Angeles with the hopes of making it big. To get on her feet, she takes a job working the overnight shift at Somnium – a mysterious, experimental sleep clinic where dreams are made real.

Meanwhile, Gemma throws herself into the cutthroat world of Hollywood auditions. But as the pressure to succeed mounts, she begins to experience strange and unsettling phenomena, and soon finds herself trapped in a nightmarish spiral as she discovers a darkness lurking within the clinic walls.

You can watch the official teaser trailer for Somnium below.

Somnium trailer

Somnium is written and directed by Racheal Cain. It stars Chloë Levine (The OA), Will Peltz (Euphoria), Peter Vack (Someone Great), Johnathon Schaech (Ray Donovan), Clarissa Thibeaux (Runaways), and Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things).

The movie is produced by Cain, Maria Allred, Chris Raby, Patricia Chica, Mike Hatton, Andrea Saavedra, and Ali Mahir Aksu. Executive produced by Chloë Levine, Dan Gregory, and Hüseyin Yener. Composed by Peter Ricq. Cinematography by Lance Kuhns. Edited by Kent Lamm. An Allred production.

Somnium will premiere at the Chattanooga Film Festival on June 22, 2024.