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The Sleeping Car

The Sleeping Car

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The Sleeping Car

1990

1h 33m

5.0(20 votes)

Horror

Overview

Jason moves into an abandoned train car where he resurrects the vicious ghost of his landlady's dead husband... The Mister. After some near-fatal encounters with the violent specter, he consults a local exorcist.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

David Naughton

David Naughton

Jason McCree

Judie Aronson

Judie Aronson

Kim

Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy

Vincent Tuttle

Jeff Conaway

Jeff Conaway

Bud Sorenson

Dani Minnick

Dani Minnick

Joanne

Ernestine Mercer

Ernestine Mercer

Mrs. Erickson

John Carl Buechler

John Carl Buechler

The Mister

Gary Brockette

Ghost Mister

Steve Lundquist

Dwight

Bill Stevenson

Bill Stevenson

Kerry

Creative team

Directed by: Douglas Curtis
Written by: Greg Collins O'Neill
Produced by: Douglas Curtis

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