L'uomo di sabbia

I've seen this movie a couple times on cable, but the only thing about it I remember is the haunting lullaby ("Sleep, baby, Sleep") at the end. It took me awhile to even remember its name. It's far from being a good movie, but at the same time, it's not bad enough to have much camp value. That lullaby, though, is amazing.

A serial killer, thinking he's the sandman goes on a rampage trying to kill families that match a certain description. He is caught by police just as he's about to kill his intended victim, a little boy Griffin. The sandman is locked away. He later kills himself and upon his reincarnation he takes up from where he left off and sets out to kill a grown up Griffin.

Incredibly low budget and looks very cheap, but it's not the worst film in the world. It is infact moderately entertaining with a pretty good story. The production team make the best of what little budget they have, using some very low budget camera shots in places allowing them to spend a little more money on some bigger effects shots else where.

The acting and direction is fairly average but doesn't lower itself to being bad or too cheesy. The sentimental bulls**t is also thin on the ground which is pleasantly surprising for a film like this where they would try and make up for the lack of budget with sentiment and crap dialogue in the script.

Fairly good, watch it if it comes on TV but don't go out of your way to see it.

7/10

'Sleepstalker' is the rare exception to the oft reiterated internet theorem that most low-budget 90s horrors were pony, as, for me at least, this modestly marvellous DTV doozie rocked a little less timorously than you might have originally thought!! Turi Meyer's mythically menacing 'Sleepstalker' (1995) also features beloved horror icon Ken Foree as Stoic Detective Rolands!!!! Hellz yeah, dude!!!! While ultimately it's a cheap and skeevey 'Shocker' knock-off, it's got a deliciously dusted, hoodoo-voodoo terror-twist in the tale! Right on!!!! 'Sandman's coming to dust more than your phooken eyes, baby!' And, ohhhh!!! Yeah!!! The deliciously rudimentary CGI scene is a legit double-take gasser!! While 'Sleepstalker' is the frequently forgotten fright-flick that can usually be found on a budget DVD collection with 3 other wholly unrelated, infinitely more grot-laden titles, its ignominious relegation to the B-Horror 'dust' bin of DVD doom is not entirely justified!

Although the movie reminded me of the "Freddy" films and the movie "Dust Devil," It had enough creepy moments to make it a worthwhile viewing. A repeated flashback/dream sequence was exceptionally disturbing and the Sandman's Lullaby was really chilling. Also, the ending was unexpected. Some thought and creativity went onto the Special Effects and for once the killer was underplayed.

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.