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William Malone (writer)
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2009 (USA)
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A horror-thriller centered on a woman (Wilson) suffering from a medical condition that causes her to sleep her life away, waking briefly on rare occasions. full summary | add synopsis
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Multiple Personality Disorder report
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Has Potential of Cult-Movie
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Dylan Purcell | ... | Danny Sloan |
 | Patrick Kilpatrick | ... | Byron Volpe |
 | Jeffrey Combs | ... | Detective Garrett |
 | Cherilyn Wilson | ... | Laura Baxter |
 | Timothy Bottoms | ... | Dr. Corso |
| Kathryn Leigh Scott | ... | Nurse Evans |
 | Brennan Bailey | ... | Danny - Age 8 |
| Dov Tiefenbach | ... | Billy |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Alison Brie | ... | Darcy |
| Katherine Carlsberg | ... | Miranda |
 | Madison Davenport | ... | Young Laura |
 | Jeff Doucette | ... | Detective Conroy |
 | Mekita Faiye | ... | Nurse / receptionist |
 | Enzo Giobbe | ... | Man in hallway with camera |
| Louis Graham | ... | Dr. Bhyle |
| Jane Hamilton | ... | TV Reporter |
 | Valorie Hubbard | ||
 | Ronald Hunter | ... | Stranger |
| Marty Ingels | ... | Mr. boudreau |
 | Janet Tracy Keijser | ... | Sara |
 | Christine Krench | ... | Sales Clerk |
 | Sarah Laine | ... | Pretty Young Nurse |
 | John Landis | ... | Department Store Manager |
 | Danielle Langlois | ... | Anne |
 | Sandy Martin | ||
 | Sean McHugh | ... | Officer #2 |
| Ricardo Medina Jr. | ... | Officer |
| Philip Newby | ... | Phil |
| Leo Quinones | ... | Field Reporter |
 | Charles Schneider | ... | Gun selling creep |
 | Kent Shocknek | ... | News Anchor |
 | Malcolm Foster Smith | ... | Security Guard |
 | David Ury | ... | Record Store Owner |
 | Sean Young | ... | Madeline Volpe |
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Germany:103 min (European Film Market)
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Director William Malone funded the entire project himself.
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References Frankenstein (1931)
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While visiting his friend Billy (Dov Tiefenbach) in the rehabilitation of a local psychiatric hospital, the arts student Danny Sloan (Dylan Purcell) decides to see the serial killer Byron Volpe (Patrick Kilpatrick), who is a deranged hypnotizer that used his ability to control his victims and keeps saying "tick tick" that is arrested wearing a hood to cover his eyes, in a cell in the end of the corridor. When he passes by the room of Laura Baxter (Cherilyn Wilson), he becomes fascinated with her angelical beauty and discovers that she has Parasomnia or the Sleeping Beauty syndrome, sleeping most of the time and awaking briefly on a few moments only. Billy visits the girl in other occasions falling in love with her; when he finds that she will be transferred to serve as experiment in a clinic with bad reputation, he decides to abduct Laura and bring her to his apartment. However, Byron also loves Laura and controls her nightmares, and uses his power to bring her back to him in a trail of blood.
First of all, the weird "Parasomnia" definitely has potential of cult-movie. The absurd and odd story begins like a romantic tale (I believed it would be an update of Sleeping Beauty), introducing the gorgeous and lovely Cherilyn Wilson (her breasts are perfect); shifts to horror, supported by a magnificently bizarre cinematography that recalls in some moments Guillermo Del Toro's "El Laberinto del Fauno"; a cameo of Sean Young and John Landis; the cult Jeffrey Combs in the role of Detective Garrett; and a creepy and evil villain, performed by Patrick Kilpatrick. The overture of "Romeo and Juliet" is used in one of the most bizarre, disturbing and imaginative scenes I have ever seen in a horror movie. Last but not the least, there are lots of gore to satisfy the fans. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Sonâmbulos" ("Sleepwalkers")