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Directed by | Jonathan Hopkins |
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Cinematography | Polly Morgan |
Edited by | Gary Forrestor |
Music by | Ulas Pakkan |
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Distributed by | Vertical Entertainment |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Slumber is a 2017 British supernatural horror-thriller film directed by Jonathan Hopkins and co-written by Richard Hobley and Hopkins. It stars Maggie Q, Kristen Bush, Sam Troughton, Will Kemp, William Hope and Sylvester McCoy.
It was released on 1 December 2017, by Vertical Entertainment. [1]
Alice (Maggie Q) is a rationally minded sleep doctor, who is forced to abandon scientific reason when she meets a family being terrorised by a parasitic demon known as the nocnitsa [2] which paralyses victims as they sleep. [3]
Slumber was filmed at Home Farm in Kent and doubled as the Morgan family home. Production used exterior and interior shots at the location. [4]
Additional external shots from Yorktown Heights, and Pound Ridge, New York.
In May 2017, Vertical Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film. [5]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 0% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 3.25/10. [6]
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