Sleepstalker

{{Short description|1995 direct-to-video film}} {{redirect|Sleep stalker|the 2007 single by Boondox|Sleep Stalker (song)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Sleepstalker - The Sandman's Last Rites | image = Sleepstalker.jpg | director = Turi Meyer | producer = {{plainlist| * Luigi Cingolani * Brian Patrick O'Toole * Al Septien }} | writer = {{plainlist| * Al Septien * Turi Meyer }} | starring = {{plainlist| * Michael Harris * Jay Underwood * Kathryn Morris * Michael D. Roberts }} | music = Jim Manzie | studio = {{plainlist| * Osmosis Pictures<ref name=fantasy>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies|last=Young|first=R. G.|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=2000|isbn=9781557832696|page=574|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QoJ4jTghUPYC&pg=PA574}}</ref> * Prism Entertainment<ref name=fantasy/> }} | distributor = Prism Entertainment | released = {{Film date|1995|04|25}} | runtime = 105 minutes | country = {{plainlist| * United Kingdom * United States }} | language = English | budget = }} '''''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== 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== * Michael Harris as The Sandman **Giuseppe Andrews as Young Sandman * Jay Underwood as Griffin Davis **Vincent Barry as Young Griffin Davis * Kathryn Morris as Megan * Michael D. Roberts as The Preacher * William Lucking as Detective Bronson Worth * Kathleen McMartin as Dana * A.J. Glassman as Kenny * Peter Vasquez as 'Dog' Sanchez * Ken Foree as Detective Rolands * Christopher Boyer as Detective Garcia * Angel Ashley as Cheryl * Lenore Van Camp as Julia * Marc McClure as Mr. Davis, Griffin's Father * Caryn Richman as Mrs. Davis, Griffin's Mother * Barry Lynch as Pierson, Prison Guard * Michael Faella as Sandman's Father * Lillian Hurst as Old Woman

==Production== An international co-production between The United Kingdom and The United States. Prism Entertainment began pre-production of the film in 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XggEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22sleepstalker%22+%22prism+entertainment%22&pg=PA71|title=Picture This|last=Goldstein|first=Seth|magazine=Billboard|date=1994-07-09|volume=106|issue=28|page=71}}</ref>

==Release== ''Sleepstalker'' was released direct-to-video in 1995.<ref name=fantasy/> In the Philippines, the film was released in theaters as ''A Demon in the House'' on April 27, 1995.<ref>{{cite news|title=Opens Today!|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19950427&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=June 2, 2021|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=April 27, 1995|page=22|quote=Jay Underwood * Katherine Morris}}</ref>

==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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/sleepstalker-the-sandmans-last-rites/review/130602/|title=Sleepstalker: The Sandman's Last Rites|author=|work=TV Guide|accessdate=2016-03-19}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0114473}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|sleepstalker_the_sandmans_last_rites}}

Category:1995 films Category:1995 horror films Category:American slasher films Category:American supernatural horror films Category:British slasher films Category:British supernatural horror films Category:Sandman in film Category:Films scored by Jimmy Manzie Category:1995 English-language films Category:1995 American films Category:English-language horror films