
"The Curse of Sleeping Beauty" is an entirely new, dark vision of the classic Brothers Grimm adventure. 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 must unravel the mystery of the house, while struggling to awaken the beautiful Br... (Full plot summary below)
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"The Curse of Sleeping Beauty" is an entirely new, dark vision of the classic Brothers Grimm adventure. 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 must 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.
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| Film Journal InternationalSimi HorwitzFor viewers who are not into genre trappings, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty [...] is dull and silly beyond belief. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekRuns for less than ninety minutes, but you still might have trouble staying awake through it. |
| ForbesLuke Y. ThompsonWell, the brothers Grimm are credited in the opening titles for the story of Briar Rose, but were they still alive, they might have passed on that favor. |
| We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoThis is one sluggish curse that wouldn't wake even Sleeping Beauty. |
| Punch Drunk CriticsRoxana HadadiIt doesn't build up enough mythology to be a pure fantasy; it doesn't do enough with the original Brothers Grimm story to be a pure fairy tale; and there aren't enough scares or enough gore to be pure horror. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe Curse of Sleeping Beauty is a hard-working but dreary horror-thriller inspired by the classic Grimm’s fairy tale. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreThe effects — monsters, demons — are mildly chilling. But Josh Nadler’s script is amateurish in the extreme. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDirector/co-screenwriter Pearry Teo succeeds in investing the silly proceedings with spooky visual stylishness, providing enough scary demons and possessed mannequins to deliver the requisite jump scares. Unfortunately, the film also features sound, which results in the audience being able to hear the inane dialogue accompanying the familiar horror tropes. |
| User ReviewDarren BOk a lot of people didn't like it. I really enjoyed it! I give it a 5 star and hope a second film is released! Then ending pissed me off because who knows if there's going to be a second. |
| User ReviewNshssi JWatch it on Netflix, not the typical princess movie (huge Disney fan here as well as someone that loves the grim tales!) this was a perfect chance of pace. |