[Note: The film""s script was more upbeat than Chase""s original story.In the original novel with a darker ending, Dunson""s wound - from Cherry - causes him to collapse, and he soon dies.Does that sound fine?" Then he reflection grabbed him by the throat and began choking him, and he realized he was only strangling himself.He forced Watkins to tell him about the scheme that involved five or six others, and then was able to protect Sally and his wife and lead them to safety from the upstairs darkened bedroom to the basement.Since the age of 15, Quentin had been prescribed Zoneral ("speed for kids with ADD").When they talked about common items in their dreams, Quentin described how insomniacs, after the 70 hour mark, would begin dreaming even if they were awake.