Wilmington, NCMovie & Television
Filming Locations

Dinger and Derek Hurry to Stop Joel, Bobby Drives Around

Dream a Little Dream (1989)

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.Passing the cemetery gates…and Burnt Mill Creek

Dinger (Corey Haim) and Derek (John Ward) hurry to stop that asshole Joel (William McNamara) who previously showed Dinger his gun and told him what he planned to do with it.

John Ward is actually from Wilmington, his sister was a stand-in for Drew Barrymore when Stephen King’s Firestarter was filmed here. He popped up later in a few other Wilmington productions, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), and Matlock (1993-1994).

Also, a car scene shows Bobby (Corey Feldman) driving past this same cemetery, just a bit back the other direction. In all likelihood, Corey wasn’t probably even driving the car, speaking from experience. One of my first Ichabod Crane photo double gigs for FOX’s Sleepy Hollow was riding along with the Lt. Abbie photo double, we were just a couple blocks away at a different cemetery. I didn’t even have the real coat on, and they gave me a horrible wig. Seeing in to cars is hard, so just about anyone can do it without needing to pay an expensive actor to do some mind-numbing driving in circles.

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.

And going in the direction that Dinger and Derek were heading leads to a previous shot of Bobby driving past a gas station, which is also just a bit down Princess Place Drive.

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Joel’s House

Dream a Little Dream (1989)

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Dinger (Corey Haim) waits for Joel (William McNamara) to surprise him with his late night plans. This leads to Joel flying solo and seeking out the other mean boys to give them a talkin’ to.

Only seen once, this house is not yet located, but since so much of the locations are right nearby each other, I’ll probably find it. But if you are reading this, I probably gave up. So much for 100% location coverage.

Bridge Bar Alley

Dream a Little Dream (1989)

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.The smoke hides the fact there isn’t anything there but the back of a building for Joel (William McNamara) to enjoy

This is Quince Alley, which sits between South Water and South Front streets. The building on the right has been several different restaurants. This was shot from near Water Street and looking down the alley toward Front Street. The building in the background is still there with the same structure, which is what is shown on the map below:

This location serves as a conflict zone in which the boys all get serious with each other. Dinger (Corey Haim) and Derek (John Ward) show up to find Joel trying to exact lethal revenge on Dumas (Matt Adler) and his gang.

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© Vestron Pictures, Inc.Really cool looking shot with bully Dumas and his 3 cohorts, Low Life #1, #2, and #3
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