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Dr. Pretorious (Steve Larkin) has gathered a very small group in his
institute, a former schoolhouse in a one-horse town, for a sleep
experiment: There's divorcee Wanda (Victoria Grace Borrello), who just
wants to get away from it all, there's spiritual Margo (Jax Kellington),
there's born sceptic Porter (Jon Meggison), and there's good-natured and
slightly alcoholic Hilbilly Theo (Tim Coyle). Now what the good doctor
wants is to create sleep paralysis with the help of hypnosis to this way
also do some investigation on the Sleep Demon (Chynna Rae Shurts), that
seems to have its place in pretty much every folklore. Now during the
first experiment, all four participants experience the exact same
nightmare, and that night they all dream of the Sleep Demon. But what's
worse, the Sleep Demon snatches one of them, Theo. Pretorious insists Theo
has just left on his own accord, but quite honestly not even he believes
that. What's worse is that the next night, the Sleep Demon takes none of
the participants but the doctor himself, leaving the remaining three with
only his journal to figure out how to get rid of the Demon before she
snatches them as well ... Now the film's title seems to have
been chosen a bit unluckily as it bears no similarities whatsoever to The
Conjuring series, instead is a pretty tight supernatural
thriller in its own right. And while the premise sure enough is rather on
the far-fetched side, a well-structured script that goes for under- rather
than over-statement, and a solid direction keep things grounded while a
relatable to even likeable ensemble cast bring the thing to life rather
nicely, to make this cool genre entertainment.
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