Dead Asleep (2021) - Where to Watch, Reviews, Trailers, Cast

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Did a remorseful Randy Herman Jr. really commit a brutal murder in his sleep, or was it a convenient cover story? Exclusive access to Herman and his family, the defense and prosecution attorneys, journalists who covered the case, forensic psychiatrists and world experts in violent parasomnia (sleep-walking) give an inside look at the shocking twists and turns of the controversial crime.

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macanri

aka The Sleepwalker. as this doc is called in the UK. It took a fair bit of googling to find. Fascinating story or fabricated story! Very hard to say, although it seems like something that's very unlikely to ever happen. I will say that I e fallen asleep and within 19 minutes I have done "night screams", not the same , but I had no idea I had done it ( I've an app that records). The sleep specialist in this film would say thats Impossible but it obviously isn't.

SKE

Whatever the truth, its just sad for all.

richermorin

the biggest fing sleepwalker ever!

madstvwriter

feels distasteful, I don’t believe the bs sleepwalking excuse at all

Ttown

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central narrative of Dead Asleep is Randy Herman Jr. (convicted of first-degree murder in 2019) - focusing on his side of the story there’s little of victim Brooke Preston or the Preston family in this (they did not willingly participate) definitely feels one-sided/skewed and a practice run (off public opinion), since Herman is currently trying to have his conviction vacated, claiming his attorneys did not provide proper defense

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drusjella

1/10

This entire show is such BS. After watching this documentary I started looking more into the case since the film was woefully one-sided. It was alarming to me that Brooke's family were not included in the documentary if this were the truth of what happened. And as it turns out, this documentary leaves out a lot of evidence against Herman that contradicts his claim of what happened. The family refused to be part of the documentary because the claim in the film is a lie and they did not want their words twisted to benefit him. Brooke's sister is petitioning to have the film removed from Hulu for supporting her sister's killer and making a mockery of her death. This is not a shockingly sad story about the possible dangers of violent parasomnia. This is a PR stunt intended to frame Randy Herman as the poor kid who killed his best friend in his sleep and didn't know what he was doing so that he can make noise, get enough people on his side, and hopefully succeed in his push to have his conviction overturned (which he is currently fighting.) Don't believe everything this documentary says because this is essentially Herman's defense argument in video form with dramatic pauses, bad acting, and sad music all intended to evoke emotion and make you feel sad for him. It is missing a plethora of evidence and information contradicting Herman's testimony and does not acknowledge the state's arguments against him or the Preston family's protest of the making of the documentary.