story represent a dream demon name the sandman be kill people in their sleep . it not a bad concept and it work for freddy and so it could work here . there be something inherently scary about sleep and a you be vulnerable and not completely guarantee to wake again in the morning . the overall narrative isn not bad . the writing and however and be beyond bad . i suspect that the writer come from a background in prose and a everything get way over explain instead of rely on the visuals to tell the story . d act represent the acting be bad and but i think it could have be salvageable in the hand of a good writer or director or editor . i think the actor must be from live theater background and a they be way and way overacting . it painful to watch and especially the viet nam veteran and the old lady that obsess with toy and and the walk 90 stereotype cool surfer ish kid . basically and all the actor should have be tell to turn it down a few degree and the script should have give them less monologue and more visual stuff to do to advance the story . dvisuals represent well and the sandman man look like a giant jawa from star war mix with one of the creature in john carpenter the fog . the main message be that it look cheap and but passable as long a it stay in the shadow and the audience never get a good look at him . unfortunately and this be not the case a we get to see every glorious inch of him . the end result be not good . d direction represent this director know what a wide shot be . that about it . he also doesn not seem to be aware that he can use take that be less than ten minute long . again and movie be not live theater . the camera can get close to the actor and and we do not have to hover on one angle for eternity . also and the director and or or the editor should have trim each scene down to the point where the message be deliver and move on . the direction be the big failure in this movie and because the script and the acting and while they weren not good and they could have be fix by a competent director . f. f. f. overall represent i can not really recommend this movie to anyone except for those who enjoy watch bad movie simply to poke fun at them . there be potential here and and i hope the writer or director learn the right lesson from his fail here and but skip this movie . if you see it for sale and run and do not walk . f .