Sleepstalker

Sleepstalker - The Sandman's Last Rites
Directed by Turi Meyer
Produced by
Written by
  • Al Septien
  • Turi Meyer
Starring
Music by Jim Manzie
Production
company
  • Osmosis Pictures[1]
  • Prism Entertainment[1]
Distributed by Prism Entertainment
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
 105 minutes
Language English

Sleepstalker is a 1995 American 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

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 when his execution is over his soul can travel to a new body made of sand. The Sandman then plots to kill a young man named Griffin (Jay Underwood), who was the last survivor of the family he attempted to slaughter. The film features Ken Foree in a cameo role as a police detective.

Production

Prism Entertainment began pre-production of the film in 1994.[2]

Release

Sleepstalker was released direct-to-video in 1995.[1]

Reception

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."[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "Sleepstalker: The Sandman's Last Rites". TV Guide. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
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