Dr Sander's Sleep Cure (2025)

"Quirky and Creative Anthology Movie That's Set a New Guinness World Record"

Here's something a bit different from Estonia. DR SANDER'S SLEEP CURE has just been released on digital in the United States, with a UK release date currently awaited, and it has indeed broken a Guinness world record, about which more in a bit.

The brainchild of writer-director and star Mart Sander, the film uses the anthology format, telling eight weird stories and using the framework of a man (Sander in one of many roles) who suffers from insomnia trying to get to sleep with the aid of a cassette tape that is the 'cure' of the title.

The stories themselves range from excellent (the first) to slight, with one story, the fourth, being a ghost tale told entirely in German with no subtitles. However, apart from the acting being a little flat and a couple of the stories not quite hitting the mark this is actually quite the achievement for a low budget independent film. Sets and costumes are excellent (there's a fair bit of green screen as well) and Sander knows how to set up and move the camera well to tell his tales.

As for the tales themselves, they all tale place in the realm of the fantastical. Some tend more towards horror, at least one is comedy (and so is the framework), and there's even some very peculiar science fiction in there as well. Despite the film being quite a ragbag of ideas Sander's style pulls everything together nicely and the entire endeavour both looks gorgeous and is graced with a well chosen soundtrack of library music. 

As for the Guinness World Record that the film has already achieved? That's actually addressed by the film itself at the end and is for the most roles played by a single actor in a film. The previous record was 45. Sander manages a few more than that in a film that's well worth checking out if you fancy something a little bit different. Here's the trailer:

Mart Sander's DR SANDER'S SLEEP CURE is distributed by Octane Multimedia and is streaming from all major VOD retailers in the US right now, with UK dates to be announced later.