Friday, May 29, 2009

The Sandman (1995)

Gary is a romance novelist who longs to be a real writer.  He lives in a trailer park and his second cousin Ozzy has just shown up unexpectedly to crash on his couch.  His girlfriend is a waitress who says he needs to get a job at a bank so he can advance in a career since the writing isn't panning out.  Geez, it's pretty lame for a waitress who lives in a trailer park to be giving ultimatum's because their boyfriends career isn't as advanced as they'd like.

Gary has insomnia and sees a giant figure with glowing eyes roaming through the trailer park at night.  A number of people in town have died in their sleep and Gary thinks this is due to the Sandman, which several of neighbors have mentioned.

The Sandman looks exactly like the picture on the cover, which is kind of neat but kind of Halloween costume so not that scary.  The women in the movie are extremely annoying and when Gary's lame-o friend declares all women evil, you can understand where he's coming from even though he's the biggest loser around.

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