Marion Smith’s life changes forever when a temper tantrum at a burial mound results in her getting cursed. Disowned by her family and with no one to turn to she meets a Dream Chaser named Maria Sanchez who takes her in and teaches her the trade. Forced to come to terms with a fate she never expected, Marion fights against Ghost Hunters, Sorcerers, and her own terrible past and forges a new life for herself. Dream Chasers is a prequel to The Curse.
Number of Episodes: 8
Date Completed:
December 2002
Airdates:
December 2002 – May 2003 on SPC-TV, Carbondale, IL
Main Cast:
Marion Smith — Morgan Thomas
Maria Sanchez — Holly Simons
Zoey Zurrell — Brittany Ann Whalen
Morpheus/Namtaru — Paul Costello
Atropos — Syndi Eller
Check out the production diary for behind-the-scenes info and footage!
Dream Chasers was filmed from late October thru early December so there were a lot of days with harsh weather. Check out posts from the Survivor's Club to see what it was like to jump into a lake in late November, freeze at a stone fort, and try not get blown away on set.
Episode List
Episode 1 — The Curse
Cursed by a Native American spirit, Marion Smith contemplates suicide and ends up being saved by a Dream Chaser named Maria Sanchez. Marion discovers her life isn’t ending, it’s just beginning.
Guest Stars: Michael Bunnell as the Demon, Jenn R. as Pre-Curse Marion, and Erica V as White Feather.
Marion makes a deal with the God of Nightmares and drugs Maria with deadly results. Forced to save the woman she almost killed, Marion finally decides to take control over her own life.
Warned to stay away from Maria by Death herself, Namtaru enlists the help of a former flame. Zoey, however, has plans of her own and Marion discovers what happens when a Chaser meets a Hunter.
Guest Stars: Jenn R. as Pre-Curse Marion, and Erica V as White Feather.
Zoey joins Namtaru when he agrees to teach her magic. Marion’s Chaser lessons begin, but are interrupted when both Namtaru and Morpheus are kidnapped. Zoey and Maria must work together if they’re ever going to see them again.
Guest Stars: Christi Gerrish as Athena, Michael Bunnell as the Demon, and Ryan Davis, Jenny H, Mike H, Joe O, and Brian M as the Sorcerers' Council.
Episode 5 — Hunting the Hunter
Led by Athena, Maria, Marion, and Zoey cross into the old Sorcerer’s World to rescue Nightmare and Dream from three renegades. But who can they trust when world itself is turned upside down?
Guest Stars: Christi Gerrish as Athena, Dan M. as Azi Dahaka, Brian M as Tai Shen, and James McKinley as Ares.
With the world in balance again, everyone takes a much-needed vacation. Namtaru returns to plotting against Maria, and Marion has to make a decision that could change her life forever.
Guest Stars: Christi Gerrish as Athena, Dan M. as Azi Dahaka, and James McKinley as Ares.
Namtaru turns on Zoey when she tries to warn Maria about his plan. Devastated after Marion leaves her, Maria walks right into Namtaru’s trap. Can Marion’s curse help her save Maria before it’s too late?
Guest Stars: Jenny H, Mike H, and Joe O as the Sorcerers' Council.
Namtaru is banished to the Dream World, but continues to plot against the girls. He goes after Zoey first and weaves a tangled web that traps both Marion and Maria. Life hangs in the balance in this a surprising conclusion where Marion is forced to confront her true fate.
Character
Bios
Marion Smith –
Raised in a rich home by an emotionally abusive father and taught to hate
Native Americans, Marion rebels against mother’s side of her family when she
discovers she is part Native American. The fight that ensues leads her to
getting cursed by White Feather and is forced to change both physically and
emotionally. Although at first she appears full of hatred and violence, as she
begins to change Marion discovers a smarter, stronger, more sensitve side of
her that she has spent years repressing.
Maria Sanchez – The
only daughter of the God of Dreams, Maria has spent her life being raised by a
mother who dies when she is young then dependent on an absent father who cares
deeply for her but his own enemies use her to get to him. Forced from a young
age to defend herself against the God of Nightmares and nightmare demons, Maria
becomes a Dream Chaser and captures and destroys the demons that threaten the
weak and defenseless.
Zoey Zurrell – Born
with the ability to see and talk to ghosts, Zoey became afraid of them when
locked in a closet with a harmful poltergeist and has since grown to hate all
ghosts and spirits. She is a Ghost Hunter who seeks them out and captures them
until she can find a way to destroy them. Fiesty, saucy, and determined Zoey is
a woman who is only ever on her own side.
Atropos – Unlike the other Spirit Sorcerers, Atropos as Death doesn’t have any helpers and is constantly overworked. She is strong, smart, and pessimistic. Against her better judgment she feels overprotective towards her niece, Maria, but in the end Atropos will always fall back on her duty and do what fate insists must happen.Morpheus – As the God of Dreams, Morpheus is spends his time working constantly. He makes as much time as he can to protect and look over his daughter, Maria, although the time he can spend with her is limited.
Namtaru – Constantly assuming the same shape as Morpheus for his own twisted reasons, Namtaru harbors a deep hatred for his counter-part which he tries to take out on Morpheus’s daughter, Maria. He is power hungry, selfish, vengeful, and apparently under-sexed.
©2002 by Eleanore Stasheff
