Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2006)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Directors:

Barrett J. Leigh
Thom Maurer

Writers:

Barrett J. Leigh (writer)
H.P. Lovecraft (story)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

I wake with bad things...

Plot:

Joe Slaader is a mysterious mountain man being held in the Ulster County Asylum after the brutal murder of his family...

Plot Keywords:

Asylum | H.P. Lovecraft | Doctor | Mental Disorder | Nudity

Cast

George Peroulas	...	Happy Home Mental Patient
Fountain Yount	...	Edward Eischel
Gregory Fawcett	...	Francis (as Greg Fawcett)
William Sanderson	...	Joe Slaader
Kurt Hargan	...	Dr. Wardlow
Frank Schuler	...	Peter Slaader
Marco St. John	...	Dr. Fenton
Rick Dial	...	Dr. Barnard
Tom Savini	...	Sheriff
Robert Jayne	...	Jasper (as Bobby Jacoby)
Rachel Mellendorf	...	Ardelia
Jan Jackson	...	Nurse in operating room (as Jane Jackson)
Tonya White	...	Featured Extra
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David T. Alcorn	...	Syringe Head
Tommy Barnes	...	Attendent
Haley Buchanan	...	Dream Child
Emily Cochran	...	Sarah Slaader
Lauren Cornish	...	Nurse Calloway
Patrick Cranford	...	Featured Extra
Steven W. Easley	...	Bizarre Patient / Singing Patient
Michael Fairman	...	Older Intern (voice)
Dale Gould	...	Inbred
Steve Huenke	...	Tentacle Inbreeder
Kenneth Jackson	...	Dr. Sherman
Lisa Marie King	...	Dream Child #4
Dakotah Lowry	...	Child In Dream Sequence
Winston Lowry	...	Dream Child #2
Jason Petty	...	Dr. Gregor
Perry Poston	...	Uncle Irving
Austin Sanders	...	Mountain Man
Amelia Rae Shaw	...	Child in Dream Sequence
Keith Valcourt	...	Interviewer (voice)
Melay Vowel	...	Wardlow's Test Girl
Scott Witlock	...	Young Intern
Robert Ziegler	...	Amducious

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody horror violence and gore, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18A (Manitoba)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

El Globo Films

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Behind the Wall of Sleep (2006) (V)

Hilarious

My friends and I rented this movie thinking it would be a creepy adaptation of a good Lovecraft story, since a couple of us are Lovecraft fans. However, what we got was something very different than what we bargained for. In short, to us this was not a straight horror movie; it's a dramatic, sardonic comedy that just happens to have a horror-based plot. To me, its overall execution seemed more like a film noir parody than anything. One look/listen at the cheap visuals, low-quality audio, melodramatic acting, horrible scripting, and downright hilarious one-liners makes it fairly obvious that this is not a movie to be taken seriously. At least, we hope not. For what it is (or at least what we hope it is), it was very well-done in that it was pure entertainment, nothing more. If you want some gore, insanity, and slight creepiness to accompany your laughter, then this is the film for you.