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Sleepstalker

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Sleepstalker - The Sandman's Last Rites
Directed byTuri Meyer
Written by
  • Al Septien
  • Turi Meyer
Produced by
Starring
Music byJim Manzie
Production
companies
  • Osmosis Pictures[1]
  • Prism Entertainment[1]
Distributed byPrism Entertainment
Release date
  • April 25, 1995 (April 25, 1995)
Running time
105 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

Sleepstalker (released in the Philippines as A Demon in the House) is a 1995 horror film directed by Turi Meyer, written by Al Septien and Meyer, and starring Michael Harris, Jay Underwood, Kathryn Morris, and Michael D. Roberts.

Plot

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Seventeen years after slaughtering all but one member of a family, "The Sandman" (Michael Harris) is pending execution. Before his execution the jailers allow a minister (Michael D. Roberts) to visit him. The minister is a voodoo priest and an ally of the prisoner, which the jailers did not realize. A hex is placed onto The Sandman, so that when his execution is over, his soul can travel to a new body made of sand, but all his blood relatives would need to die. The Sandman then plots to kill a young man named Griffin (Jay Underwood), who is his biological little brother, and additionally, a survivor of the abuse of their birth father. Griffin survived the attempted slaughter, but his adoptive parents did not. The Sandman is then reborn, upon execution, to have a chance to try once again.

Cast

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Production

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An international co-production between The United Kingdom and The United States. Prism Entertainment began pre-production of the film in 1994.[2]

Release

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Sleepstalker was released direct-to-video in 1995.[1] In the Philippines, the film was released in theaters as A Demon in the House on April 27, 1995.[3]

Reception

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TV Guide rated it 2/5 stars and wrote, "Sleepstalker simultaneously demonstrates its director's cinematic finesse and frustration at being unable to transform a sow's ear screenplay."[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Young, R. G. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 574. ISBN 9781557832696.
  2. ^ Goldstein, Seth (1994-07-09). "Picture This". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 28. p. 71.
  3. ^ "Opens Today!". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. April 27, 1995. p. 22. Retrieved June 2, 2021. Jay Underwood * Katherine Morris
  4. ^ "Sleepstalker: The Sandman's Last Rites". TV Guide. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
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