The Sleeping Car

Feb 2, 1990

1h 33m

★ 4.7

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.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Triax Entertainment Group

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Cast

Jason McCree

David Naughton

Kim

Judie Aronson

Vincent Tuttle

Kevin McCarthy

Bud Sorenson

Jeff Conaway

Joanne

Dani Minnick

Mrs. Erickson

Ernestine Mercer

The Mister

John Carl Buechler

Ghost Mister

Gary Brockette

Dwight

Steve Lundquist

Kerry

Bill Stevenson

Clarice

Nicole Hansen

19-year-old Girl

Tiffany Million

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