Sleepstalker (Video 1995)

Seventeen years after slaughtering all but one member of a family, a vicious serial killer known only as "The Sandman" awaits execution. But first, his jailers allow a minister to visit the... See full summary »

Director:

Turi Meyer

Writers:

Al Septien, Turi Meyer

Stars:

Michael Harris, Jay Underwood, Kathryn Morris

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Harris	...	The Sandman
Jay Underwood	...	Griffin Davis
Kathryn Morris	...	Megan
Michael D. Roberts	...	The Preacher
William Lucking	...	Detective Bronson Worth
Kathleen McMartin	...	Dana
A.J. Glassman	...	Kenny
Carmen Mormino	...	Officer
Peter Mark Vasquez	...	Dog Sanchez
Christopher Boyer	...	Detective Garcia
Ken Foree	...	Detective Rolands
Vincent Berry	...	Griffin, age 7
Giuseppe Andrews	...	Young Sandman (as Joey Andrews)
Caryn Richman	...	Mom
Marc McClure	...	Dad

Storyline

Seventeen years after slaughtering all but one member of a family, a vicious serial killer known only as "The Sandman" awaits execution. But first, his jailers allow a minister to visit the killer to give him last rites, unaware that the minister is a voodoo priest and an ally of the condemned prisoner. The priest places a hex on the Sandman so that when he is executed, his soul migrates into a new body made of sand. To sever his ties with his former life and achieve absolute power, the sandman must find and kill a man named Griffin, the sole survivor of the last family murdered by the killer.

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Plot Keywords:

sandman | execution | serial killer | child abuse | murder | 

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Taglines:

The Sandman's Last Rites

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 March 1998 (Thailand)

Also Known As:

Sleepstalker: The Sandman's Last Rites

Company Credits

Production Co:

Intrazone, P.G. Entertainment, Prism Entertainment Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The main characters' age is depicted differently throughout the film. In the first scene, Griffin is seven years old and Sandman appears to be in his early thirties. Seventeen years later, as Sandman awaits execution, he seems not to have aged a day, while Griffin is a full grown man. However, the flashback scene shows Sandman appearing to be about 10 years old, while Griffin is depicted as a baby. Their age difference just doesn't match up.

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Connections

Referenced in Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

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Soundtracks

"BIRTH OF THE SANDMAN"
Composed and Performed by Adam Gorgoni

User Reviews

Decent idea fails because of not-so-special effects

The basic idea, a killer coming back from the dead as a guy made of sand in order to kill people again, isn't bad, and the movie has a few scary moments, but the effects are far from special. One of the effects that gets incredibly over-used happens whenever the killer turns into sand and defies gravity to pour himself up into air vents or whatever happens to be nearby. At first, it looks pretty cool, but if you turn your head upside down to watch the scene, it's pretty obvious how it was done, and the entire movie looks cheaper. If I remember right, there's a great plot twist towards the end, but it's too little, too late to save this movie. I don't recommend Sleepstalker.