Slumber

2017 • 84 mínútur

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Alice is a rational-minded sleep doctor, haunted by the mysterious nocturnal death of her younger brother. Whilst performing a routine examination on a traumatized family with sleeping problems, Alice is attacked by the father in his sleep. The father is arrested and blamed for causing the family’s sleep issues, but when he is thrown into jail and the problems get progressively worse, Alice is forced to abandon scientific rationale and accept that the family is being terrorized by a parasitic demon who feeds on the weak whilst they sleep: the Night Hag. In order to defeat the dark spirit who was also responsible for her brother’s death, Alice must journey into her own nightmares and confront her childhood demons.

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The first 25 minutes held promise. I thought, "this looks original, work well done". Then then a series of insipid choices, actions, and dialogue stalled and reversed the initial good qualities. Waste of time factor: 48 to 52 Waste of money: 20 to 80 paid $0.99. See what you think.

The format of the story is predictable from beginning to end. The viewer is led through the movie, look here and here. Even the antagonist is generalized to a vague type.

Surprisingly better than I thought. Had me a few times with a couple jump scares. Not bad at all!