The Sandman

The Sandman

1991
Family/Kids
Horror
Short Film
10m
On a dark night, as the clock strikes eight, a mother sends her child upstairs to bed with only a candle for light. The child is wary, then frightened. The child hears something climbing the stairs. We see a birdlike man, his head like a crescent moon, stealthily then noisily approach the child's room. Mother appears to kiss the child good night. Has the sandman been a figment of the child's imagination? (imdb)
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The Sandman

1991
Family/Kids
Horror
Short Film
10m
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Avg Percentile 58.97% from 107 total ratings

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Rated 01 Feb 2024
88
75th
Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those... well, you know.
Rated 20 Jul 2009
80
67th
A bedtime story for adults. Based on a Hoffman story, this gothic version of the classic story conveys the horror of the original- and also offers another reading as a primer in Jungian theories: sleep equals denial of life, unconsciousness is therefore an invitation to death. The film led to Paul Berry (1961-2001) working as animator on Tim Burton's "Nightmare Before Christmas." (quote from youtube)
Rated 05 Sep 2015
68
20th
Not my cup of tea, but not bad.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
20
5th
A crooked nosed man-bird who's based on the moon steals a child's eyes to feed his young. If you're into brief 90's stop-motion clips I guess
Rated 04 Aug 2019
75
49th
Looks like 1902.
Rated 20 Jul 2009
84
59th
Beautiful with some cool animations.
Rated 28 Apr 2009
70
41st
This had some fairly cool animation and it was nice to see a black kid in the lead for a change.
Rated 27 Dec 2008
71
79th
good short film
Rated 22 Mar 2016
70
75th
I think this is pretty much guaranteed to terrify small children, something that folk tales used to do in the olden days and unfortunately fell out of favor. Very nicely done in that twisted stop-motion style of early Tim Burton and such.
Rated 27 Feb 2009
70
61st
Interesting.

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