Sleepwalkers (film)

Sleepwalkers
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mick Garris
Produced by	Michael Grais Mark Victor Nabeel Zahid
Written by	Stephen King
Starring	Brian Krause Mädchen Amick Alice Krige
Music by	Nicholas Pike
Cinematography	Rodney Charters
Editing by	O. Nicholas Brown
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	April 10, 1992
Running time	91 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$29,200,000
Gross revenue	$30,524,763 (USA)

Sleep walkers (film) ,

Sleepwalkers (also known as Stephen King's Sleepwalkers) is a 1992 American horror film based on an unpublished Stephen King novel and adapted by Mick Garris.

Plot summary

Charles Brady and his mother Mary are Sleepwalkers — nomadic, shapeshifting energy vampires who feed off the lifeforce of virgin women. Though they normally maintain a human form, they can transform (partially or fully) into human-sized bipedal werecats (presumably their natural form) at will. They are considerably more resilient than humans and have powers of both telekinesis and illusion. Their one weakness is cats, who are not only able to see through their illusions but whose claws are capable of inflicting severe to fatal wounds upon them. They also maintain incestuous relationships.

Charles and Mary have taken up residence in a small Indiana town, having recently fled Bodega Bay, California (where they used the aliases Martha and Carl Brodie) after draining and killing a girl there. Charles attends the local high school, and there he meets Tanya Robertson in his creative writing class. Tanya does not suspect the real reason why Charles wants her so much — to take her lifeforce for his mother, who is starving. At first, it seems that Charles has fallen in love with Tanya (to the dismay of his jealous mother). On their first date, however, a picnic at the nearby cemetery, Charles attempts to drain the lifeforce from Tanya while kissing her. Tanya tries various things to ward off Charles' somewhat unusual advances, including bashing his head with her camera, scratching his face, and ultimately plunging a corkscrew into his left eye.

As it happens, Deputy Sheriff Andy Simpson who had earlier tried to pull Charles over for speeding and passing a stopped school bus (and seemingly trying to run down a young school girl), drives by the cemetery and notices Charles’ (now undisguised) car. When Tanya runs to him for help, Charles tracks Andy down and kills him. When Charles then turns to resume his lifeforce-depleting makeout session with Tanya, the deputy’s cat, Clovis, rises to the occasion and nearly kills Charles by scratching him in the face and chest. Mortally wounded by Clovis, Charles staggers back home to Mary who is able to make both of them "dim", i.e., turn invisible, and thus keep Charles from being arrested when the police storm their house.

Mary then seeks vengeance on the Robertson family, killing the sheriff and his entire department and fatally wounding Tanya’s parents. She kidnaps Tanya and takes her back to her house, where Charles by this time is all but dead. Mary resurrects him, and Charles tries to drain Tanya’s lifeforce. However, Tanya plunges her fingers into Charles’ eyes, killing him. Tanya manages to escape to safety with the help of the sheriff who is later impaled on the picket fences surrounding the house by Mary. Several of the cats that had been gathering around their house throughout the movie, led by Clovis, jump on Mary and claw at her until she bursts into flame, killing her. The movie ends with Mary lying ablaze on her driveway and Tanya hugging Clovis, her savior.

Main cast

Brian Krause ... as Charles Brady

Mädchen Amick ... as Tanya Robertson

Alice Krige ... as Mary Brady

Lyman Ward ... as Donald Robertson

Cindy Pickett ... as Helen Robertson

Ron Perlman ... Captain Soames

Jim Haynie ... Sheriff Ira

Sparks........as Clovis

Cameos:

Stephen King ... as Cemetery Caretaker

John Landis ... as Lab Technician

Joe Dante ... as Lab Assistant

Clive Barker ... as Forensic Tech

Tobe Hooper ... as Forensic Tech

Mark Hamill ... as Lt. Jennings (uncredited)

Soundtrack

The original music score was composed by Nicholas Pike.

Notes

The film won the 1992 Fantafestival Award(s) (aka, Mostra Internazionale del Film di Fantascienza e del Fantastico di Roma) for Best Actress (Krige), Best Direction (Garris), Best Film (Garris) and Best Screenplay (King).

The song which plays early in the film is "Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny, covered by many artists, including The Shadows and Joe Satriani.

The film includes the Enya song "Boadicea", which boosted her music's popularity.

The movie is referenced in the song "Ready or Not", possibly because the song used "Boadicea" by Enya. The song "I Don't Wanna Know" by Mario Winans and Diddy also samples the theme song "Boadicea" by Enya and makes reference to the movie.

One of the first motion pictures to use morphing in visual effects. The effects were created by Apogee, whose works include Spaceballs and Batman Forever.

Lyman Ward and Cindy Pickett, who play Tanya's parents, played the parents in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

(source:wikipedia)