![]() It will also reopen its velvet-draped speakeasy, Manderley Bar. The McKittrick Hotel, the dimly-lit, 1930s venue that the New York Times critic Ben Brantley once quipped looks like “what might have happened had Stanley Kubrick (of ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ and ‘The Shining’) been asked to design the Haunted Mansion at Disney World,” won’t just welcome guests back to see Lord and Lady Macbeth pull off some regicide. Shows will take place Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. Tickets for “Sleep No More” are now on sale for performances starting October 4. It’s the latest in a long list of cultural events, extending from Shakespeare in the Park to Broadway shows such as “Hamilton,” to set a date for its return. SLEEP NO MORE arrives on VOD and DVD October 2nd.“ Sleep No More,” the groundbreaking and immersive reimagining of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” will resume performances this fall, becoming the latest show to announce its return after COVID-19 caused theaters and live events to go on a months-long hiatus. What can I say forget this film’s title: go get those eight hours your eyeballs are craving and skip this cinematic sedative. It was decently gruesome and modestly tense but scary? Nope. Finally (and you knew this was coming), SLEEP NO MORE is not scary. While I LOVE the 80s aesthetic in this film I would have loved even more PRACTICALLY done monsters, said monsters are left to the edges where they peek out from a cloud of digitally rendered smoke. I can’t help thinking that much of the glorious ’80s immersion came at the expense of the effects budget. Speaking of showing things, the monsters are a CGI cringe fest. It’s almost as if each scene is a piece in a puzzle that doesn’t have anything interesting to show when placed. ![]() Now the negatives: the first no hitter is the pacing, which is…. The score moves the film along nicely, adequately elevating certain scenes, and the general concept keeps you interested (as much as you can be) throughout the running time. Finally we have SLEEP NO MORE’s score and general concept, both fairly pedestrian, but otherwise appealing. In fact, just watching these characters crumble from sleep deprivation is, in a way, more frightening than any of the supernatural forces in this film (more on that soon). You really feel the physical, mental and emotional stress these characters are going through in the name of curing sleep. Next, are the acting and the script, both solid and effective. Save for a few minute misplaced accents you would be hard pressed to find much that would ruin SLEEP NO MORE’s carefully crafted time warp illusion. First, is the ’80s aesthetic in set design rarely have I seen that decade brought to life as well, with the possible exception of big budget STRANGER THINGS. But what if we’re not the only ones who need to nap? What if an entity or entities also need us to nap? This being a horror film you can bet they don’t just roll over and let us cure ourselves of their life source.īefore I get into the yawn inducing aspects of SLEEP NO MORE, let me first highlight its positives. They’ve got a new-fangled drug called “Cogniph” that they think might cure the need for napping. The movie opens on a gaggle of grad students who are trying to cure sleep. That’s not to say it’s terrible, but it just might put you to sleep. I should but, well, there are so many good horror films to watch! Unfortunately, SLEEP NO MORE is not one of them. Starring Keli Price, Brea Grant and Stephen Ellis
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