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'The Sandman'
(Tobin Bell, Haylie Duff, Shaun Sipos, Shae Smolik, et al / DVD / R / 2018 / LGF)

Overview: A young girl is bringing a terrible evil to life every time she falls asleep. When a string of violent deaths circle around young Madison, she realizes that the Sandman in her nightmares is commiting these crimes. With the help of her Aunt Claire (Haylie Duff), she tries to stop him before anyone else dies.

DVD Verdict: The Syfy Channel don't do horror originals very often and that's a shame because more often than not when they do they're quite good.

'The Sandman', executively produced (in what actual capacity, who knows, by the great Stan Lee) is somewhat similar to 'Before I Wake' (2016), but adds a certain horror sprinkling to it that dazzles a wee bit more, in my humble opinion.

Written and directed by Peter Sullivan, 'The Sandman' chronicles events in the Los Angeles area when an orphaned girl with psychic abilities (Shae Smolik) is granted custody by her photographer aunt (Haylie Duff), who has a sometimes live-in partner (Shaun Sipos).

Unfortunately, there's a deadly creature linked to the girl whom she calls the Sandman. Tobin Bell plays a government agent obsessed with cultivating the girl's powers while Amanda Wyss plays a psychiatrist who wants to heal her.

Starring Haylie Duff (who was far better than I ever expected), Tobin "Jigsaw" Bell and Paul Logan (though he may as well not have been cast), this horror effort once again shows that Syfy should do more horror.

With a great looking beastie, decent performances and a well delivered concept this was a lot of fun. It's ending is a tad sudden and it's not overwhelmingly original, but it's forgiven due to it's decent entertainment value. This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.78:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

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