Stephen King's Sleepwalkers (1992)
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17% of critics liked it
(12 reviews) -
39% of users liked it
(26,230 ratings)
Stephen King wrote his first original screenplay for this horror gore fest that features cameos by directors Clive Barker, Joe Dante, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, and King himself (playing a cemetery attendant). The story concerns a twilight people named "sleepwalkers" --creatures similar to… More Stephen King wrote his first original screenplay for this horror gore fest that features cameos by directors Clive Barker, Joe Dante, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, and King himself (playing a cemetery attendant). The story concerns a twilight people named "sleepwalkers" --creatures similar to vampires and werewolves whose faces turn animalistic whenever they are frightened or angry and who require the lifeforce of a virgin to survive. A single-parent sleepwalker family, consisting of Mary Brady (Alice Krige) and her son Charles (Brian Krause), have taken up residence in a small Indiana town. Charles has expressed a romantic interest in the attractive Tanya Robertson (Madchen Amick), a girl in his high school literature class. Mary wants Charles to lure Tanya home so that she can suck out her life force, but it appears that Charles has fallen in love with her --that is, until their first date, at a picnic at the cemetery. There Charles changes from a shy romantic suitor into a brutal and violent force, slapping Tanya around and attempting to rape her. But Tanya wards off his advances by plunging a corkscrew into his torso. Charles staggers back home to mother, where she nurses him back to health. Then Charles and his mother seek vengeance upon the Robertson family. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mick Garris
- Written By
- Stephen King
- Genres
- Horror
- In Theaters
- Apr 10, 1992 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com
I enjoyed revisiting this lesser-known, more unusual than your usual horror story. I haven't seen it in many years, and for the most part it still holds up.
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Staci Layne Wilson, StaciWilson.com
A campy cat-treat.
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Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
A nicely scary little thriller and one of the better adaptations of King's work.
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Andreas Samuelson, Slasherpool
Fairly entertaining
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
Plays as if King took it out of the trunk, blew the dust off, and cashed his check.
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Cast
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Brian Krause
as Charles Brady
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Mädchen Amick
as Tanya Robertson
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Alice Krige
as Mary Brady
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Mark Hamill
as Lt. Jennings (uncredited)
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Jim Haynie
as Ira
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Lyman Ward
as Mr. Robertson
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Cindy Pickett
as Mrs. Robertson
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Ron Perlman
as Captain Soames
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Glenn Shadix
as Mr. Fallows
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Monty Bane
as Horace
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Stephen King
as Cemetery Caretaker
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Joe Dante
as Lab Assistant
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John Landis
as Lab Technician
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Clive Barker
as Forensic Tech
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Tobe Hooper
as Forensic Tech
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Joey Aresco
as Victor
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Karl Bakke
as Police
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Lucy Boryer
as Jeanette
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Stuart Charno
as Police Photographer
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Bojesse Christopher
as Crawford
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Diane Delano
as Police
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Cynthia Garris
as Laurie
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Ernie Lively
as Animal Control Officer
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Michael Reid Mackay
as "Charles" Sleepwalker
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Dan Martin
as Andy Simpson
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Roger Nolan
as Stenta
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Donald Petersen
as Boy with Ear Ache
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Rusty Schwimmer
as Housewife
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Karyn Sercelj
as "Mary" Sleepwalker
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Hayden Victor
as Little Girl at School Bus
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Judette Warren
as Carrie
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O. Nicholas Brown
as Officer Wilbur
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Frank Novak
as Deputy Sheriff
- Wendy Kurtzman

