2016 · fantasy · horror · supernatural
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
Directed by Pearry Reginald Teo1h 29m2016
Thomas Kaiser inherits an ancestral mansion that has been in his family for generations — only to learn that he has also inherited an ancient curse stemming back to the Crusades. Forced into his new role as “protector” — the guardian appointed to keep the evil demons in the house at bay — Thomas teams with an ambitious local realtor and paranormal cleric to unravel the mystery of the house, while struggling to awaken the beautiful Briar Rose, held captive in a terrifying netherworld seen previously in his dreams.
Our read: The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive fantasy · horror · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured fantasy / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- cold
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