SLEEPWALKERS (DVD/DSS/P&S/WS 1.85/FR-SP-BOTH/ENG-PO-CH-KO-TH-SUB) DVD

Sleepwalkers
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, All Movie Guide

Cast Brian Krause as Charles Brady Mädchen Amick as Tanya Robertson Alice Krige as Mary Brady Mark Hamill as Lt. Jennings (uncredited) Jim Haynie as Ira Lyman Ward as Mr. Robertson Cindy Pickett as Mrs. Robertson Ron Perlman as Captain Soames Glenn Shadix as Mr. Fallows Monty Bane as Horace Stephen King as Cemetery Caretaker Joe Dante as Lab Assistant John Landis as Lab Technician Clive Barker as Forensic Tech Tobe Hooper as Forensic Tech

Crew Sig Tingloff - Art Director Wendy Kurtzman - Casting Lisa Mionie - Casting Richard Stenta - Co-producer Marleen Garris - First Assistant Director Randall Badger - First Assistant Director Mick Garris - Director O. Nicholas Brown - Editor Dimitri Logothetis - Executive Producer Joseph Medawar - Executive Producer Nicholas Pike - Composer (Music Score) Enya - Songwriter Rick Stratton - Makeup John Blake - Makeup Tony Gardner - Makeup Special Effects John F. de Cuir, Jr. - Production Designer Richard Stenta - Production Designer Rodney Charters - Cinematographer Mark Victor - Producer Nabeel Zahid - Producer Michael Grais - Producer Bruce Gibeson - Set Designer Peter Kelly - Set Designer Don H. Matthews - Sound Mixer Robert O'Brien - Sound Editor John O. Wilde - Sound Editor Don S. Walden - Sound Editor Spice Williams - Stunts Patricia Peters - Stunts Cindy Folkerson - Stunts Perry Barndt - Stunts Jeff Ramsey - Stunts Doc Charbonneau - Stunts Jane McKernan - Stunts Bud Davis - Stunts Tony Conforti - Stunts Michael Haynes - Stunts Jim Wilkey - Stunts Andy Gill - Stunts Dwayne McGee - Stunts Noon Orsatti - Stunts Peter McKernan, Jr. - Stunts Denver Mattson - Stunts Phil Adams - Stunts Coordinator Stephen King - Screenwriter Tony Gardner - Creature Effects Michael Condro - First Assistant Camera Marty Wereski - Music Editor Ray Mercer, Jr. - Properties Master Robert D. Nellans - Second Assistant Director Leslie Joyce - Costume/Wardrobe Aida Swinson - Costume/Wardrobe Richard Baum - Assistant Properties Robert Hedland - First Assistant Editor Bryan H. Carroll - First Assistant Editor Mike Revell - Production Accountant

Sleepwalkers
Although Stephen King himself wrote the screenplay for this horror exercise, Sleepwalkers is no better or worse than the many quickie adaptations that have been produced without the author's direct input. It's merely an adequate outing full of cool ideas whose execution lacks enough atmosphere or true psychological insight to frighten or even unsettle most audiences. Likable Twin Peaks vet Madchen Amick seems wasted as the good-girl protagonist; Alice Krige is far more alluring as the matriarchal vampire whose feline sensuality sets up all sorts of intriguing Oedipal conflicts with her son. Unfortunately, director Mick Garris doesn't milk such subtext as much as he should. He seems more interested in showing us his titular shape-shifters turning things invisible and slipping into Beauty and the Beast drag. Still, for all its quotidian special effects and familiar thrills, Sleepwalkers is fairly entertaining. A bit of campy humor and a few celebrity cameos give it just enough genial charm to tip the scales in favor of watchability. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish, Por Sound Processing: DDS: Dolby Digital Surround Additional Features: Digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video Widescreen and full-screen presentations Audio: English 2-channel [Dolby Surround], French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai Bonus trailers Interactive menus Talent files Production notes Scene selections DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 89 min   DVD Chapters: Scene Selections 0. Scene Selections 1. Start [5:36] 2. Oedipal slow dance [5:08] 3. Tanya & the new guy [5:48] 4. A mother's questions [1:29] 5. Mr. Fallows' class [2:31] 6. Plans of her own [2:36] 7. At Tanya's house [3:53] 8. A hand for Mr. Fallows [3:18] 9. In pursuit [6:19] 10. "He didn't have no face." [2:11] 11. One hungry mother [4:32] 12. Tanya meets Mary [3:17] 13. Homeland Cemetery [2:23] 14. Lunch [5:08] 15. "Cop-kabab!" [:16] 16. Home to mother [2:50] 17. "Charles isn't human." [2:38] 18. Things look dim [3:25] 19. A long hot bath [5:05] 20. Not the wind [1:14] 21. Mary Brady pays a call [:56] 22. No vegetables, no dessert [2:15] 23. Mother vs. Travis' finest [1:30] 24. Going to see Charles [3:00] 25. A last dance [:57] 26. Clovis leads the way [1:36] 27. Cat scratch fever [:27] 28. All fired up [2:50]