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Sleepwalkers |  | Director: Mick Garris
Actors: Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick, Alice Krige, Jim Haynie, Cindy Pickett
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 14305
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: COLD05815D
ISBN: 0767859480
UPC: 043396058156
EAN: 9780767859486
ASIN: B000053UIF
Theatrical Release Date: April 10, 1992
Release Date: January 16, 2001
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Product Description
Sleepwalkers are vampire-like creatures who prey on virginal girls. A mother/son pair come to a small, quiet town and and set their sights on one girl.
Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Release Date: 1-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD
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Stephen King's Sleepwalkers is about a half-human, half-cat race of shape shifters called, for no apparent reason, sleepwalkers. Hunky Charles Brady (Brian Krause) and his incestuous mother (Alice Krige) are sleepwalkers, and they've come to the small town of Travis, Indiana, where they've somehow acquired a nice house and false identities. They need virgin souls to survive and have fixated on local beauty Tanya (Madchen Amick from Twin Peaks). That's about it for the story--from then on it's a series of chase scenes full of badly done gore. King must have been sleepwalking himself when he wrote this screenplay--the dialogue is terrible, the characters are cardboard, and the plotting is clumsy. Combine that with mediocre acting, thoughtless direction, slapdash editing, and cheesy special effects, and you have Sleepwalkers. Amick comes off reasonably well and there are cameos by King, Clive Barker, and horror directors John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), Joe Dante (Gremlins), and Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre). But really, if you're interested in were-cats, see the original The Cat People, starring Simone Simon; it's both sexier and scarier. --Bret Fetzer
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 King's Cat People July 2, 2010
Stanley Runk (Camp North Pines)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sleepwalkers! One of those fun early 90s horror flicks that just kinda came and went, not to really be thought about again, kinda like Popcorn or Brainscan. Not saying those films are terrible, they certainly had entertainment value, just not impressive enough to remain in the forefront of your mind when recalling past horror films. Many folks have seen this movie, as it was a minor hit at the time. The big sell here is that it was Stephen King's first screenplay not based on one of his novels or short stories, and written especially for the screen.
It's pretty much always been looked at as a merely so-so or just plain lousy movie. I like it, I think it's kinda fun.
As if you didn't already know or just need a refresher, Alice Krige and her son played by Brian Krause are "sleepwalkers", an ancient race of cat-people type creatures that shapeshift into human forms and can make themselves or other objects invisible(or change appearance altogether). They have to stay on the run as they tend to get in trouble where ever they go. They're deathly afraid of cats, and go so far as to set up bear traps around their house to kill the amassing army of cats on the property. Mom and son are also lovers. It's never really explained(very little of the "sleepwalkers" lore is) if this incest thing is typical of the species, or, as Mr. Rooney said in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, "So, that's how it is in their family". They also feast on virgin souls for strength(I assume the blue light ray being sucked out of Madchen Amick's gorgeous mouth is a soul).
Alice Krige is weakening and needs to eat, so she sends her son to woo Madchen Amick so he can lure her back to mom. Amick is smitten, but escapes Krause's attack and leaves him mortally wounded. Pissed at what's become of her son, Krige goes on a rampage to get Amick.
Like I said, fun movie. Not great, quite silly at times, and never what you would call scary, but fun. It was directed by King nut and Masters of Horror creator Mick Garris. Garris, being the horror fan he is, stuffed this film with cameos by horror icons such as Clive Barker, Joe Dante, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, and of course King himself. So I don't think the film is supposed to be taken too seriously. Though it may be kinda forgotten and not always looked upon too highly, Sleepwalkers is worth revisiting for a glimpse at back when horror films still had a sense of fantasy and weren't trying to be so damn serious and brutal.
 excellent January 30, 2010
Elena K. Herrera (Las Vegas, NV)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
it is a great movie! all the readers of Stephen King should watch it. Very powerful ending , young romance taken into a mystery . Recommend it to people who like suspense..
Sleepwalkers January 30, 2010
Jo Anne Slone (Huntington,In.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was one of my favorite movies.It is one of Stephen Kings best.I love the story line.
Sleepwalkers January 26, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mädchen Amick is the sexually curious virgin who falls for the new boy in school--only to learn too late that he's a life-sucking Sleepwalker. Mutating at will from golden boy to savage monster, Krause stalks Amick to feed his seductive mother. As the tension mounts and the casualties pile up the town's tabbies gather for a final chilling showdown with the monsters in their midst.`Sleepwalkers' is a movie whose main plot thrust comes from the pre-opening credits description of what the movie title means. Just about all character backstory and motivations are given here, and we are then treated to a ninety-minute entertainment that plays out these events in a simplistic but interesting manner. The acting, for a horror picture, is remarkably good. This Stephen King adaptation is entertaining, something that horror fans will enjoy.
 wow August 3, 2009
Matthew David Ritchey (Hollywood, CA USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Three stars???? Proof once again of people's low standards and Hollywood's ability to shove steaming crap into the public's mouths and have them swallow happily.
Another on my list of Top Ten Worst Movies I've Ever Seen.
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