The Dark Sleep (2012 film)

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The Dark Sleep (2012), AKA H.P. Lovecraft's The Dark Sleep

Summary

A loose re-telling of "Dreams in the Witch House (fiction)", in which a recently-divorced writer moves into a haunted house to finish her next book, only to be troubled in her sleep by the apparitions of a sorcerer and his rat-like familiar as they lead her on bizarre journeys into strange nether-worlds.

Details

• Release Date: 2012
• Country/Language: US, English
• Genres/Technical: Fantasy, Horror
• Runtime: 1 hr 20 min
• Starring: Taylor Nicole Adams, Bob Dennis, Steve Diasparra
• Director: Brett Piper
• Writer: Brett Piper, H.P. Lovecraft
• Producer/Production Co: Brett Piper, Polonia Bros Entertainment
• View Trailer: (link)

Ratings

MPAA Ratings

• Rated: (not rated) (?)

Tentacle Ratings

A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

• SSS__ (Three Tentacles: Lovecraftian)

An amusing gender-flipped loose adaptation of "Dreams in the Witch House (fiction)", with plenty of added do-it-yourself-low-budget-special-effects monsters to torment the character with.

Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.

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Synopsis

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A loose re-telling of "Dreams in the Witch House", in which a recently-divorced writer moves into a haunted house to finish her next book, only to be troubled in her sleep by the apparitions of a sorcerer and his rat-like familiar as they lead her on bizarre journeys into strange nether-worlds.

Notes

Associated Mythos Elements

• TO DO
• fiction: "Dreams in the Witch House (fiction)"
• film: compare to Equinox (1970 film) for the loads of adorable low-budget monsters
• character: Brown Jenkin