The Curse of Sleeping Beauty

Thomas Kaiser inherits an ancestral mansion that has sat in his family for generations, and soon discovers a centuries old curse tied to the Crusades. He becomes the house turning guardian, charged with keeping malevolent forces from slipping into the world. To meet this burden he teams with a determined local realtor and a paranormal cleric, digging into the dark history that haunts the halls. As the investigation unfolds, he wrestles with strange visions and a creeping sense that the mansion is shaping his choices. He also seeks to wake Briar Rose, a beauty trapped in a nightmare netherworld that keeps appearing in his dreams. The house seems to feed on fear, and the dream realm mirrors the waking world in unsettling ways, suggesting the curse runs deeper than anyone realizes.

Directed by Pearry Reginald Teo, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty landed in 2016 as a fantasy horror riff on the Sleeping Beauty myth with Grimm era influences. The film features India Eisley as Briar Rose and Ethan Peck as Thomas, with Alexis Iacono narrating and Bruce Davison as Richard.

Box office details for this film are not widely reported. It received a limited release and did not produce a widely documented worldwide gross, making a strong commercial footprint unlikely.

Cultural impact has been limited, placing the Curse of Sleeping Beauty in a niche corner of horror fantasy. It relies on familiar imagery from fairy tale tropes and Gothic interiors, with dream sequences that echo classic nightmare motifs rather than creating a widely referenced pop culture moment.

On the thematic side the film centers on inherited curses and the burden of guarding a doorway between worlds. It blends Gothic mood with peril and dream imagery. The reception has been mixed with appreciation for atmosphere and production design, but criticism of pacing and uneven plotting that keeps the suspense from fully landing.