Beyond the Wall of Sleep

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Beyond the Wall of Sleep ★ H.P. Lovecraft's Beyond the Wall of Sleep 2006 (R)

Ponderous, repetitive (and loose) adaptation of a Lovecraft story. In 1908, in New York's Catskill Mountains, deformed Joe Slaader (Sanderson) is confined to the Ulster County Asylum after murdering his family. But with Joe's arrival come sinister forces that seemingly infect the inmates and they begin to take over the madhouse. 84m/C DVD . US William Sanderson, Tom Savini, Rick Dial, Fountain Yount; D: Barrett J. Leigh, Tom Maurer; W: Barrett J. Leigh, Tom Maurer; C: Bill Burton; M: Kaveh Cohen. VIDEO

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