Now, Reddick has returned to the world of supernatural terror with his new movie,Dead Awake.
Sleep paralysis happens when your brain wakes up, but your body doesnt click that switch.
So, youll wake up but you cant move your body.
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Your brains synapses start firing and people hallucinate.
A lot of people report seeing an old woman sitting on their chest, suffocating them.
The Night Hag is what its called.
Im always drawn to real-life stories and it was fun to delve into that nightmare territory.
If youre thinking this all sounds ratherA Nightmare on Elm Street-y, then Reddick will not be remotely upset.
I was 14 years old, says Reddick.
It was so imaginative.
All the stuff that Freddy could do, Id never seen that in a movie before.
Youd never seen a heroine actually goafterthe villain like she went after Freddy.
That movie just really struck me.
Im 14 years old in Kentucky.
I havenoidea how the film business works.
He sends it back to me and hes like, We dont take unsiolicited material.
[Laughs] Only the young can be so ballsy!
They ended up hiring me, and I stayed there for 11 years, and they madeFinal Destination.
I creditA Nightmare on Elm Street, and Bob, and Joy, for my career, basically.
If he hadnt returned that second little snotty letter, you never know where Id be today.
I got to meet Wes at theLast House on the Leftpremiere, the remake.
Wes actually died on the last day of shooting [Dead Awake].
That was really sad.
Dead Awakeis also screening at theAlamo City Film Festival in San Antonioon Oct. 29.
Watch trailers forA Nightmare on Elm StreetandDead Awake, below.
