Dreamscape
1984
Alex Gardner: (talking about his current lifestyle) Sounds like you disapprove. Doctor Paul Novotny: You're damn right I disapprove! You've got tremendous gifts, and you've chosen to piss them all away.
Alex Gardner: You had Tommy Ray kill that woman in the dream link, didn't you? Bob Blair: Yes. Alex Gardner: Why? Bob Blair: I wanted to see if it could be done. Alex Gardner: You're a real humanitarian, Blair. Bob Blair: I'm a realist. We live in a dangerous, hostile world. I will do whatever I have to, to keep this country safe. Alex Gardner: Yeah, that's what scares me. Bob Blair: You're a very intelligent young man, Alex. You've mastered an amazing technique. Surely, you can see the possibilities. During his dream link with Matusik, Tommy Ray stabbed her with a knife. A dream knife. The shock to Matusik's system caused a coronary and she died. So, the old wives' tale comes true after all. When you dream that you die, you die in life, at the very same instant. Now we can go into an enemy's dream, kill him, and make it look as if he died in his sleep. Do you realize what that means? Alex Gardner: That means no-one's safe from you.