Its been a while since I've watched this anime and it ain't up on the net anymore so here we go; based on memory Story - 8 The premise is unique for a magical girl anime; our young teen heroine is a long line of dream hunters, people able to enter others dreams and combat the demons that lurk within those vulnerable to their influence. The parallel story arcs concerning the real world and the dream world and the transitions between can get quite interesting. Otherwise, the anime takes a lot of elements from fantasy anime (Valis style magic swords vs huge monsters), magical girl, horror (Krugerstyle killed in your dreams) and spiritual/supernatural/mysticism (Monks, exorcism and demons). The anime even has cute little interludes where a Chibi REM gives you a crash course lesson about dreaming! Plot arcs usually involve evil/spiteful spirits/demons that seek revenge for their brutal murder, want to cross over to the real world and just plain like killing people in their sleep etc.
Also beware some nip slips (since skimpy battle armour), horrid death sequences (cause you don't really die if you die in your dream; usually) and some 'I've seen enough hentai' moments since Dream Hunter was intended as a hentai first before being rereleased in its more commercially viable form.

Art - 9
This is one of the more well produced retro OVAs I've seen, featuring a nice array of colours and some very well choreographed action sequences. Art design goes anywhere from feudal to gothic to 80s fantasy anime which is all well; 80s anime settings weren't always drawn the best but they sure looked nice and had a lot of thought put into the design.
The characters designs are also nice (but 80s character designs always are).

Sound - 7
This had mostly pop synth and rock as background music, rather interesting and a nice Japanese take on 80s style synth music. No problems with SFX or VA either. New Dream Hunter Rem had far more kickass synth.

Character - 8
Dark green is a nice shade of hair colour for our heroine, Rem. She may look like a cute girl but she's just as capable as any heroic, selfless 80s action girl. Packing a huge revolver outside of the dream world and a trusty sword in the dream world, you know she can kick some ass. Her allies include a transforming dog and cat and a monk and a police chief who make for a interesting contrast and work well together. The main villain is given the deranged serial killer backstory who disturbingly, continues his work, even in death (key character trait, the bastard just wont die as we see in the New OVA series). Looks wise he's the clichéd evil guy in top hat and a cane, but given the two face treatment to make for a character who looks as dangerous as he is evil.

Enjoyment - 8
I liked this one a lot, very dark and violent at times but you were always rooting for Rem to come out on top. It always gave you a hope that things would end up fine. Besides, there's a car filled with more missiles than its own volume.