what does this sound like?? lucid dream?

For about 1 yr 1/2 my friend has had this weird occurrance happen when she's half sleep/half awake state. Behind her eyelids, she sees this party of ppl, in black and white, sort of like a silent movie all talking, no sound..very animated bunch. Usually, one person tries to break away from the crowd and get my friend's attention by waving, etc. but she tells him/her she can't hear them but they still keep trying. She can't tell what they're wearing: pretty non-descript clothes. The last 3 times, however, when this occured, she found herself in the same place, only this time, noone is trying to get her attn. She looks to the right of the group and sees this attractive older woman w/long dark hair. My friend thinks she's nice so she smiles. The woman makes her way toward my friend wearing this "sh*t eating grin" as my friend says. My friend becomes uneasy. She get's up close to my friend, still grinning, but the skin on her face becomes thin and grey, almost aged..grin still there.

She says if she opens her eyes, the people disappear, when she closes them again, she's right back where she left off at the party. She says she doesn't fall fully asleep though.

Thats kind of neat. Reoccuring hypnagogic imagery. It could be random, but it would be cooler if it was some old memory that is trying to surface. I'm imaginig some cool Hollywood movie, where the main character keeps getting these visions, and then finds out that they were memories from when she was a small child.

Have you read about Hypnagogic Imagery? We get these brief dreamlets right on the edge of sleep. They are the hallucinations that pull you into unconsciousness.

I have something similar with faces. I will see random strange faces right on the border to sleep. They will morph into different people, all strangers. I can open my eyes, even roll over. Once I see them, they will always be there when I close my eyes, until I fall asleep. I can even exert some control over them, and turn them into familiar people, or even animal faces.