The Sleeper

Plot

It's 1981 and the girls of Alpha Gamma Theta sorority are having a party. As the new pledges arrive…

Release Year: 2012

Rating: 3.7/10 (201 voted)

Director:
Justin Russell

Stars: Brittany Belland, Tiffany Arnold, Riana Ballo

Storyline
It's 1981 and the girls of Alpha Gamma Theta sorority are having a party. As the new pledges arrive, so does an uninvited guest. Little do the sisters know someone is watching them in the shadows. As the girls shower, study, eat and sleep the stalker studies the girls. One by one he finds the girls at their most vulnerable and murders them. The police hunt for the missing girls and their killer, but will they find them in time? Or will the girls be forced to fight for their lives…

Cast:

Brittany Belland
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Amy

Tiffany Arnold
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Rebecca

Riana Ballo
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Stacey

John Bloom
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Dr. Briggs

Jessica Cameron
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Cindy

Jason Jay Crabtree
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The Sleeper

Ali Ferda
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Ava

Bob Ferrato
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Officer 1

Jenna Fournier
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Laura

Luke Frost
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Detective James

E. Ray Goodwin
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Detective Drake

Dana Jackson
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Pool Attendant

Beverly Kristy
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Miss Joy

Elizabeth Lane
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June

Paul Moon
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Bobby

Taglines:
If I die before I wake

Release Date: 31 January 2012

Filming Locations: Springfield, Ohio, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $30,000

(estimated)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

User Review

80s Slasher Homage

Rating: 7/10


The Sleeper is an homage to those slasher films of the 1980s. I
attended a screening of the film at the Grandview Theater in Columbus,
OH a couple nights ago and a large crowd had showed up for the Ohio
film makers who shot this thing in Springfield, OH. Set in 1981, the
film follows a sorority house whose pretty young members and
telephoned, stalked and killed by a maniac who likes to sit in the
basement, drawing things on their photographs and muttering
incoherently to himself. He calls up the house from time to time to let
those on the other end who is next victim will be. For a very low
budget movie ( the campus is virtually deserted and there are few
extras in the film), this came out pretty well. The acting is not
cringe worthy and The Sleeper's kills are pretty effective and gruesome
in some cases. Full of all the clichés and lapses in character logic
that the 80s slashers were infamous for….right up to the
not-so-shocking final scene, which makes no sense plot wise, but is
tacked on because that is what's expected from these films. During the
Q&A after the film, the director said there was distribution deal at
the moment, but hopefully some DVD label will pick this up.