Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam is a 1985 American science fiction comedy film starring Jim Varney. It was written and directed by John Cherry. It is the first film to feature the Ernest P. Worrell character, but it has a slightly darker tone than his later films. It was shot in Fall Creek Falls State Park, Boxwell Scout Reservation, and Nashville, Tennessee.
https://archive.org/details/dr.-otto-and-the-legend-of-the-gloom-beam-with-intro
The video doesn’t play on Archive.org for me but the description reminds me of something I saw in the 90s and haven’t been able to find again ever since.
It was a film about a man who has a nightmare about a mechanical hand and the hand gets loose, cuts him, and attacks his friend. He awakens from the dream to an earthquake and a shattered mirror gives him the same exact cut and he learns over the phone that his friend from the dream has also died in real life.
If anybody figures out what thats from, let me know.
I don’t know what it is but this sounds like The Hand mixed with Dreamscape to me
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TslqIrV4Rus&pp=ygU0RHIuIE90dG8gYW5kIHRoZSBsZWdlbmQgb2YgdGhlIEdsb29tIEJlYW0gd2l0aCBpbnRybw%3D%3D
Ah, a YT link to the Dr. Otto movie! Nice!