United Kingdom, Oct. 13 -- Dakota Fanning's performance in Vicious was inspired by a real-life experience.

The 31-year-old actress stars in the new horror film, and Dakota has revealed that a real-life event actually influenced her on-screen performance.

The Hollywood star told Extra: "The character that I play, Polly, receives a package from a mysterious visitor, and chaos ensues. I think it's really a pure horror film, and then at its centre it's like a story of this woman who's in this psychological battle within herself, with her own thoughts, with her own mind."

Dakota subsequently explained how a "lucid dream" influenced her performance in the movie.

She said: "I once had this really lucid dream that when I woke up in the mornin...