Sleepwalkers (1992) – Collector’s Edition [Blu-ray]

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Love this movie. Brings back memories of my childhood. Love Stephan King

Goofy, gory fun.
SLEEPWALKERS, directed by Mick Garris (director of several King books/stories, producer, writer and host of the best horror podcast around – Post Mortem) and written by Stephen King, is a bizarre yet highly entertaining take on supernatural lore. The film stars Brian Krause (Charmed), Alice Krige (Ghost Story), Mädchen Amick (Twin Peaks) with cameos from Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling), Clive Barker (Nightbreed), John Landis and Stephen King himself.Charles Brady (Brian Krause) and his mother Mary (Alice Krige) have recently moved to a small town in Indiana after fleeing their home in California. Unbeknownst to those around them, the Brady’s are modern-day vampires who move from one town to the next, preying on young women and draining their blood in order to survive. Also known as shapeshifters, their true nature is unrecognizable from almost everyone except felines. Once settled into their new home, Charles sets his sights on a new victim, the inexplicably single, innocent and virginal high-school student, Tanya Robertson (Mädchen Amick). Charmed by Charles’ charisma, nothing could have prepared Tanya for the horror that awaited her as she comes to learn of Charles’ mutating ways. As the terror rises, along with the body count, the townsfolk gather, with felines in tow, for the ultimate showdown between man and monster.This movie is wild. While I haven’t read, or seen, all of Stephen King’s work, but I’ve seen enough where I feel comfortable saying that this particular storyline is probably one of his more unusual ones. The film takes a hard left turn right from the start when it’s revealed that Charles and his mother share a very intimate, romantic, relationship. Honestly, I was so disturbed by their storyline that it was hard to watch them interact on screen regardless of the fact that they were shapeshifting vampires.I don’t want to linger too long on the incestuous plot line so let’s turn to the practical effects. This was one aspect of the film that really shined even if the end results were a bit comical at times. When it came time for us to see Charles and Mary in their true form, I was incredibly impressed with the detail that went into the design of their creatures form. However, the midway portion of their transformations were by far the most laughable – I would have never guessed that they were vampires by their transformation, instead, I would have assumed they had mutated themselves into some weird half cat/half human hybrid. It’s when we move into the territory of visual effects that we see a bit of a decline, but I blame that on the fact that it was the early ‘90s and we hadn’t perfected the use of CGI yet (though, I’m not sure we ever will).In terms of performances, I had a blast with all the characters that the actors portrayed (outside of the romantic mother-son relationship). It was great seeing so many surprise cameos throughout the film, but the most surprising was definitely when Ron Perlman showed up. Again, not knowing much about this film prior, I had no idea that he was going to pop in out of nowhere, which the same could be said about Mark Hamill, who has a brief cameo in the beginning of the film. However, my favorite character had to be police officer Andy Simpson (played by Dan Martin) as not only did he have the best tunes to sing along too but he also had his a cat as his trusty sidekick. He knew what was up, he knew there was something off with Charles, and it’s truly unfortunate that no one listened to him.All in all, SLEEPWALKERS may be an odd film to many, but I came to find that there were a lot of entertaining moments. I wouldn’t categorize this as being one of Stephen King’s best stories, but it’s one that is at least enjoyable to watch by yourself or with a group of friends. If you are a fan of killer critters like I am, I highly suggest watching this high because dang, it’s a trip.This is for the “bare boned” bluray. There’s a special Shout!/Scream factory version priced at (about) thirty bucks – frankly, as enjoyable as the movie is, the “Criterion” treatment seems like overkill.

Cult Classic??
I love cats. This movie is so weird. So cool. Definitely worth a watch.

Sleepwalkers
Classic horror movie. Fun to watch if you are into this genre.

When newcomers Charles (Brian Krause) and his mother, Mary (Alice Krige), settle into town, the local residents do not suspect that they’re the last two survivors of a vampiric shapeshifting species that feed on the life force of human female virgins.Charles quickly befriends innocent and chaste Tanya Robertson (Madchen Amick) when he begins attending high school, hoping to take her life force in order to feed his mother. When Tanya agrees to a first date with Charles, she may learn his true intentions the hard way.Sleepwalkers (also known as Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers) is a 1992 American horror film written by Stephen King and directed by Mick Garris, It was the first time King wrote a screenplay intended for the screen first, rather than adapting one of his already-existing novels or stories, King even makes a cameo as the local cemetery Caretaker,other cameos to look out for are,John Landis as Lab Technician,Clive Barker as forensic technician,Jedi Master Mark Hamill as Sheriff Jenkins (uncredited).Also Tanya’s parents are the same actors who played Ferris Bueller’s parents,Lyman Ward played Ferris’s dad and ended up marrying Cindy Pickett, the woman who played his wife in the film, after production wrapped.The movie’s theme song Boadicea sung by Enya will have you literally humming it for days. The movie looks not bad on DVD I was hoping to buy the blu-ray but this was a more economical option, with a nice crisp transfer, DVD came fast reliable delivery from Amazon. Very happy with it.

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