Sleepwalkers (1992)

Director:

Mick Garris

Writer (WGA):

Stephen King (written by)

Release Date:

10 April 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

They feast on your fear - and it's dinner time.

Plot:

A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures come to town to seek out a virgin to feed on.

Plot Keywords:

Life Force | Supernatural | Reading Story To Class | Stray Cat | Screaming

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Brian Krause	...	Charles Brady
Mädchen Amick	...	Tanya Robertson
Alice Krige	...	Mary Brady
Jim Haynie	...	Ira
Cindy Pickett	...	Mrs. Robertson
Ron Perlman	...	Captain Soames
Lyman Ward	...	Mr. Robertson
Dan Martin	...	Andy Simpson
Glenn Shadix	...	Mr. Fallows
Cynthia Garris	...	Laurie
Monty Bane	...	Horace
John Landis	...	Lab Technician
Joe Dante	...	Lab Assistant
Stephen King	...	Cemetery Caretaker
Clive Barker	...	Forensic Tech

Also Known As:

Sleepstalkers (Hong Kong: English title) (cable TV title)
Stephen King's Sleepwalkers (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some terror/violence and language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1993) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 | South Korea:15 (cut) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Norway:(Banned) (1992-2003) (cinema release)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Cameo: [Mark Hamill]One of the police officers who enters the house at the beginning.

Goofs:

Continuity: Officer Horace shoots the vase with yellow flowers twice

Quotes:

Policeman: [They get into a yard full of cats] There's a lot of cats.
Policewoman: Well, I can see that, dickhead.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Married with Children: Movie Show (#7.21)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

IT ('S A MONSTER)

Cat Scratch Fever

This film begins with a helpful definition of Stephen King's "Sleepwalkers": "Nomadic shape-shifting creatures with human and feline origins. Vulnerable to the deadly scratch of the cat, the sleepwalker feeds upon the life-force of virginal human females…" Then, in Bodega Bay, California (an obvious reference to Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"), officer Mark Hamill (in a cameo appearance) discovers a home populated by hanging dead cats. From there, director Mick Garris moves the action to Travis, Indiana...

We are introduced to shirtless hunk Brian Krause (as Charles Brady) and his still hot mother Alice Krige (as Mary Brady). They are obviously a nostalgic duo, evidenced by their slow dancing to Santo & Johnny's 1959 hit "Sleep Walk". A likely choice. Anyway, the son and mother are also lovers. But, Mr. Krause needs to suck the life force out of a virgin female to satisfy Ms. Krige, who is "famished". Krause is too old for high school, but he attends anyway; and, after rebuffing his gay teacher, he decides to hook up with implausible virgin Mädchen Amick (as Tanya Robertson).

Horror novelist King and some others appear in small roles. Together, Ms. Amick and Krause look a little like older versions of Brook Shields and Christopher Atkins. Hmmm. In Bodega Bay, with "The Birds" and the cats. It all must mean something, but what?

***** Sleepwalkers (1992) Mick Garris ~ Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick, Alice Krige