Trouble Sleeping is a 2022 psychological thriller film written and directed by Robert Adetuyi and starring Billy Zane, Vanessa Angel, Fred Stoller, Rick Otto, Ingrid Eskeland, and Kale Clauson.
Vanessa, a middle-aged woman, is haunted by the ghost of her late husband. Her stepson has just been released from a mental institution - four years ago he discovered his father's body, shot in the head, a supposed suicide. Now he's returning home and will inherit his late father's estate on his twenty-first birthday. However, Vanessa and her new younger husband have no intention of letting Justin get his hands on the money.
The film was produced by Greg Mckay, Roger Fex, and Linda Eskeland.
The film, whose production had started in 2015, was released in 2022 only. A very mixed review at HeyUGuys wrote, "Tonally, a rather different stance for Adetuyi albeit the light-hearted comedy seeps through the nightmarish situations these characters find themselves in." Peter Gray, of ThisIsFilm, stated, "Again, if writer/director Robert Adetuyi (Stomp the Yard, Honey: Rise Up and Dance) intended AngelâÂÂs blasé reactions, ClausonâÂÂs stereotypically over-the-top craze, and EskelandâÂÂs âÂÂvixenâ vibe to be a deliberate reaction to the archetypal script then the soap operatic melodrama adhered to over the film's 90-odd minutes is a specific choice. If not? Trouble Sleeping is likely to bore audiences with its clichéd narrative and made-for-TV gloss, something that will be the more unacceptable should it not be viewed under the right comedic eye." A more positive review on Aiptomics.com, called the film a "neo-noir Melrose Place" and concluded, "Its premise sounds a little silly â mostly because it is â but that is part of the charm of Trouble Sleeping."