Sleepstalker (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 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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The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
SLEEP STALKER is a mid '90s straight-to-video horror flick that borrows heavily from the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series. In it, a kid is terrorised by a serial killer who kills his parents. The guy is sent to Death Row and executed years later, but unfortunately for the now grown up boy, his spirit returns in the literal form of the 'Sandman' and now he wants to finish his earlier job.The similarities between this film's villain and Freddy Krueger are too obvious to ignore, but otherwise this isn't bad at all for an STV horror film. I quite like the look of these mid-'90s horror efforts, with their crisp photography and good use of set locations for lots of action-focused horror. The acting is nothing to write home about, but since when did we watch these films for the acting anyway? Where this film excels is in its use of special effects. I'm normally not a fan of CGI work, but the early CGI in this film is much better than it is in more recent efforts. The villain is literally a man made of sand and the blowing sand effects look great. The kills are pretty creative too, and despite the usual B-movie trappings this turns out to be an entertaining little movie; much better than it should be given the circumstances.
This movie is for those 10 and up. Maybe kids shouldn't's see horror flicks, but let's face it, they love them. This is a true popcorn cruncher. Just like many horror movies, it starts off slow. It builds slowly but keeps you hooked. You get hooked by a murder within the first ten minutes of the movie. Maybe a better title of the movie should have been Sandman. The cast helps make this movie work and yet none of them are what I would call superstars. This movie would be good for sleepovers and slumber parties. The movie offers little surprise in plot and ending.An average horror film with average entertainment value.Enjoy the flick for what it is. Four thumbs up.
At first glance this looks like a complete rip off of the far superior "Dust Devil" (check out the opening credits). The characters are laughably wafer thin - especially the Hispanic gang banger. But fair play the guy who plays the evil priest hams it up to superb effect (the funniest thing about this movie). I can't believe I actually sat through this and I can honestly say as a long time horror movie fan, there is nothing to report here. Zero suspense and about as scary as a big fluffy bunny!
I saw this movie a little while ago. For a killer who is apparently made of sand, two things were immediately obvious to me, the viewer. Water would slow him down and as I suspected, there would be a fiery demise for him.The hero is someone you don't actually care about so it's mostly just a big sigh of relief at the end when the Sandman offs him. But why oh why do all directors, when the scene calls for a handgun, pick a Desert Eagle? IMI (the company that makes them) either has the biggest product placement deal in the universe, or are simply rubbing their hands in glee at all the free coverage it gets. They are in everything. Simply because they are the biggest handgun in the world doesn't make them the best. But as far as directors go, size apparently does matter.Anyway, the film sucks terribly and seems to go on forever. If you need a film to fall asleep to, this is it.