alt Hacker News> sleeper
Obligatory, I do not think it means what you think it means.
When that film first debuted, you couldn't throw a rock without hitting someone who knew of it.
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soupfordummies • yesterday at 7:58 PM
It's just memory-holed to the point of being purposefully buried at this point.
This comment and a similar one on reddit are the only times I've even seen it mentioned anywhere (IRL or otherwise) in 10+ years
We're old. When younger people uncover the greatness of an older movie, from there perspective it's equivalent to uncovering a sleeper.