Dead Sleep
4.8 /10 1 Votes
Director Alec Mills Duration Initial DVD release December 16, 2003 Language English | 4.6/10 IMDb Genre Mystery, Thriller Running time 1h 32m Production Village Roadshow Pictures Country Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Michael Rymer (screenplay) Release date 1991 Cast Linda Blair (Maggie Healey), Tony Bonner , Christine Amor , Brian Moll , Sueyan Cox Similar movies Christine Amor and Brian Moll appear in Dead Sleep and Bloodmoon Tagline NOW SHE'S HIS NURSE. SOON SHE'LL BE HIS VICTIM. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dead Sleep is a 1992 Australian horror film about a series of suspicious deaths that occur in a psychiatric ward. The cast includes Linda Blair (who played the possessed girl in The Exorcist), veteran Australian actor Tony Bonner and Vassy Costiopoulos. The film went straight to video.
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Dead Sleep's British director Alec Mills is better known for a long career as a cameraman. Dead Sleep marked his second directing credit on a feature, following another horror film shot in Australia: Bloodmoon (1990).
Plot synopsis
Based on actual events, Maggie Healy (Linda Blair) works at a mental hospital and learns the grisly truth about Dr. Jonathan Heckett (Tony Bonner) who performs suspicious operations on comatose patients.
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Reception
Dead Sleep received negative reviews, earning an 18% Audience Score but no critical rating.
References
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