Movie Review: “SLUMBER” operates in a familiar dream state
The frightening phenomenon of sleep paralysis has already been given a pretty definitive screen treatment in Rodney Ascher’s documentary THE NIGHTMARE, which mixed interviews with chilling recreations. SLUMBER makes a decent go of giving it a full narrative treatment (also “inspired by real accounts”), but is ultimately undone by familiarity, even if you haven’t seen Ascher’s film.