The Sleeping Room –
Reviewed
The Sleeping Room, New British horror and directorial debut
from writer/producer John Shackleton.
Orphaned 19 year-old Brighton call girl Blue (Leila Mimmack
– Becoming Human) is sent by her violent pimp Freddie (David Sibley – Downton
Abbey) and his blowsy partner Cynthia (Julie Graham – Tower Block) to meet a
new punter in Brighton, unaware of the horrifying impact it will have on her
life.
As Blue begins to fall for the quirky charms of her client
Bill Hepworth (Joseph Beattie – Hex), she's even more intrigued by the grand
Regency terraced house that he is renovating; a once infamous Victorian
brothel.
Together they uncover a secret room that unlocks many dark
and terrifying secrets relating to Blue's murky family past and the death of
her mother. A terrible supernatural force is about to be unleashed and nobody
will escape its monstrous power unless a score for a heinous felony is settled.
It all starts to kick off when bill shows Blue on of the old
end of the pier “What the Butler saw machines” but what’s on the reel of old
flick film in the machine isn’t some old time titillation type of movie this
one is called “Dance with the Devil” It appears to show an old man in a sack
mask in a room with two ladies, he produces a knife and what at first seems to
be some kind of magic trick turns into a throat slitting Victorian snuff
movie!
She returns back to chat with madam Cynthia and Freddie and
tells them what she has seen, Cynthia then proceeds to tell her the story of a
Victorian brothel owner that had a nasty habit of sex with all his own family
as well as wanting to film the girls in so called action, the thing was that if
they refused they would disappear, Until one day when all the ladies apparently
got together to put a stop to all his evilness and he mysteriously
disappeared………
The sleeping room is a good low budget horror story, The back story of the guy in the
film Dance With the Devil was solid but I would have liked to see a lot more
about it maybe we will get a follow up/prequel? That would be great! The actors were all pretty good especially Blue (Leila Mimmack) she
is definitely an actress to keep you’re eye on. The Sleeping room will be available on VOD 27th April and you can own it on DVD on 11th May.
Jonny T
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