dream about being chased and man trying to kill me

Hello,
all, new to the forum.


I had a dream that a man was chasing me to kill me, this seemed out of a horror movie were there is a serial killer after me and he is killing people one by one, I remember this guy killing people with a knife, one after the other, I would run all over the farm and he kept on going after me although he never got a hold of me. I did feel the fear of being persecuted and the feeling I was running for my life.
Any ideas on what this could be?

I got a call from my mom today, she lives in another country and she also had a restless night filled with nightmares, she told me she woke up around 3am and couldn’t sleep at all and she was anxious, jumpy and restless.
I feel the same way today.

PS: I usually don’t watch horror movies.