title: Sleepstalker
text: # Sleepstalker
  
  Sleepstalker (released in the Philippines as A Demon in the House) is a 1995 horror film directed by Turi Meyer, written by Al Septien and Meyer, and starring Michael Harris, Jay Underwood, Kathryn Morris, and Michael D. Roberts.
  
  ## Plot
  
  Seventeen years after slaughtering all but one member of a family, "The Sandman" (Michael Harris) is pending execution. Before his execution the jailers allow a minister (Michael D. Roberts) to visit him. The minister is a voodoo priest and an ally of the prisoner, which the jailers did not realize. A hex is placed onto The Sandman, so that when his execution is over, his soul can travel to a new body made of sand, but all his blood relatives would need to die. The Sandman then plots to kill a young man named Griffin (Jay Underwood), who is his biological little brother, and additionally, a survivor of the abuse of their birth father. Griffin survived the attempted slaughter, but his adoptive parents did not. The Sandman is then reborn, upon execution, to have a chance to try once again.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Michael Harris as The Sandman
     * Giuseppe Andrews as Young Sandman
  * Jay Underwood as Griffin Davis
     * Vincent Barry as Young Griffin Davis
  * Kathryn Morris as Megan
  * Michael D. Roberts as The Preacher
  * William Lucking as Detective Bronson Worth
  * Kathleen McMartin as Dana
  * A.J. Glassman as Kenny
  * Peter Vasquez as 'Dog' Sanchez
  * Ken Foree as Detective Rolands
  * Christopher Boyer as Detective Garcia
  * Angel Ashley as Cheryl
  * Lenore Van Camp as Julia
  * Marc McClure as Mr. Davis, Griffin's Father
  * Caryn Richman as Mrs. Davis, Griffin's Mother
  * Barry Lynch as Pierson, Prison Guard
  * Michael Faella as Sandman's Father
  * Lillian Hurst as Old Woman
  
  ## Production
  
  An international co-production between The United Kingdom and The United States. Prism Entertainment began pre-production of the film in 1994.
  
  ## Release
  
  Sleepstalker was released direct-to-video in 1995. In the Philippines, the film was released in theaters as A Demon in the House on April 27, 1995.
  
  ## Reception
  
  TV Guide rated it 2/5 stars and wrote, "Sleepstalker simultaneously demonstrates its director's cinematic finesse and frustration at being unable to transform a sow's ear screenplay."
  
  