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

Featured in Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater: Killer Geeks (1995)

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Soundtracks

"BLUE TO BLACK"
Words and Music by Artie Colatrella, Lee Curreri and Lisbeth Scott
Produced by Lee Curreri
Performed by Lisbeth Scott

User Reviews

Does the Sandman do more besides put sand in your eyes?

I have only seen SLEEPSTALKER twice: and that was on cable.

I saw it first in 1997 and then recently this year (2001).

The thing in this movie that is really scary is the sad, mournful lullabye "Sleep baby, sleep...down where the woodbines creep...be always like the lamb, so mild and kind and sweet...sleep baby, sleep." TOO HYPNOTICALLY SCARY!! Woodbine is a plant that is remotely associated with the Grim Reaper (Death)

The whole premise of a convicted killer offering his soul to satan in exchange for immortality is nothing new to the horror movie genre...but the dialogue and special effects were pretty pitiful.

The similarity between the Sandman and Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street) is that both of these "nightime nightmare boogeymonsters" had rotten childhoods wraught with child abuse, and grow up to be killers... Hmmmm...interesting concept. I give this one a five out of ten.