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Waking Nightmare
USA 2023
produced by
Steve Craig, Brian Farmer, Gary Craig (executive), Deborah Craig (executive), David Faggioli (executive), Kelly Faggioli (executive) for Final Kill Pictures
directed by Steve Craig, Brian Farmer
starring Shelley Regner, Diane Franklin, David Naughton, Helene Udy, Ryan Bonnick, Jamison Newlander, Yan Birch, Every Heart, Brian Tyler Cohen, Gabby West, Stephen Wu, Brian Farmer, Damny Filaccio, Steve Craig, Shawn C. Phillips, Nicole Slotterbeck, Thomas Hanslowe, Sean Teague
written by Brian Farmer
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Ever since her roommate in college has committed suicide, Jordan (Shelley
Regner) has been plagued by terrible nightmares, and what's worse of late
she has also taken to sleepwalking - so it was only a logical step for her
to move back in with her parents (Diane Franklin, Jamison Newlander) for
the time being, even if her mother seems to be a bit on the
over-protective side, while her doctor (David Naugton) knows little but to
prescribe her ambien. Only with her best friend Zoey (Every Heart) she
feels somewhat free - but that's not enough, as her condition worsens, so
much so that on occasions during a sleepwalking spell she actually leaves
the house and one night is picked up by a security guard - who wants to
takie advantage of her, upon which she brutally stabs him to death. When
she wakes up later in the shower, she has no memory of what went down, and
since there were no witnesses chances are she'll get away with it - but
then her mother finds her blood-covered nightgown. But of course, she
still covers for her daughter when questioned by a police detective the
next day, and of course the detective has no reason to actually suspect
Jordan. However, it's not long before Jordan sleepwalks into her pervert
neighbour's (Yan Birch) house, and it's not long before he tries to rape
her. Eventually he turns up dead as well, but this time it's not Jordan's
doing ...
Genre fave Helene Udy makes a cameo appearance as crime scene
photographer.
While this film's build-up at first seems pretty familiar to an average
genre audience, by the by there are plenty surprise twists and turns to
keep one at the edge of one's seat, at the latest when sleepwalking Jordan
kills the security guard. Plus, there's a fittingly nightmarish scene to
all the murder scenes (especially to Yan Birch's one) that goes hand in
hand with the occasional (and intentional) suspension of logic. But a
strong ensemble cast made up of many familiar genre faces keep things
grounded and relatable at all times, and the end result is a pretty
unusual but also pretty enjoyable piece of horror.
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