The Sleeping Soul

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The Sleeping Soul
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Promotional poster
Directed byShawn Burkett
Written byShawn Burkett
Screenplay byRyan Stacy
Produced by
  • Shawn Burkett
  • Ryan Stacy
  • Corey A. Thrush
Starring
  • Ayse Howard
  • Corey A. Thrush
Edited byShawn Burkett
Music byJosh Hamilton
Production
company
Concept Media LLC.
Release date
March 3, 2012
Running time
54 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Sleeping Soul is an independent supernatural horror film written and directed by film writer and producer Shawn Burkett. The story centers on Grace (Ayse Howard) as she is haunted after the traumatic death of her husband (Corey A. Thrush). The film was released in March 2012.

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Plot

The Official Site (taken down after the premiere) listed this as the plot summary: [1]

The Sleeping Soul is a story about a woman "Grace" who has lost her

fiance & unborn son to a drunk driving accident.

Almost a year after the accident Grace is beginning to recover from the tragedy, until her vivid nightmares & paranormal occurrences begin to push her to the edge. The line between sane & insane begins

to blur as the days grow closer to the one year anniversary.

The adds more details. The trailer begins with her sitting at her computer, filming a video diary, with smudged makeup and a somber face. She begins, choked up, "It is the one-year anniversary of when my fiancee died." A ghost (assumed to be her husband's spirit) torments her in between her next video diary, moving things eerily while she is in the shower. In the next video diary she says "It's constantly toying with me...I don't know how much more I can take." We see her recklessly taking pills and drinking in an obvious downward spiral. The trailer ends with an unexplained startling noise apparently brought on by her dead fiancee. [2]

Cast

Reception

Horror Society rated The Sleeping Soul 3/5 stars, [3] and Bloody Disgusting rated it 0.5/5 stars. [4]

Background

The Sleeping Soul was based on a short story Shawn Burkett wrote in late 2010. He later started a small independent film company and began shooting films. This was his second. The Sleeping Soul was filmed in January 2012, and premiered on March 3, 2012. [5]

Accolades

The Sleeping Soul was an official selection of the 2012 Fright Night Film Fest, a horror convention located in Louisville, Kentucky. [5]

See also

Notes

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