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Sleepwalkers | Year: 1992 Classification: Horror Directed: - Mick Garris Actors/Actresses: - Brian Krause - Madchen Amick - Mädchen Amick All-Dancing/All-Slashing Cringefest Stephen King's Sleepwalkers is a fairly-good B-movie. Most of it is enjoyably watchable, due mainly to the easy-on-the-eyes-ability of its lead cast members Brian Krause, Alice Krige, and Madchen Amick. Then there are the cringeworthy moments: the violent moments that are both poorly executed and overly gory, as well as the disturbing dance sequences (creepy incestuous slow dance/hottie teenybopping with a carpet-sweeper ) early in the film. There are a number of nicely put together scenes in the movie: the Trans Am chase, Krause and Amick at her house, as well as Krige's first two scenes with Amick. The "superpowers" of the Sleepwalkers are nice and original, but much of their history is left to our imagination. We are given some backstory via an "encyclopedia" definition, a snippet of Krause's creative writing assignment, and a few comments dropped here and there by Krause and Krige, though more would have been helpful. Questions remain as to why Krige can't "feed" herself and whether or not the Sleepwalkers are actually made of Meow Mix (how else can you explain the scene where cats troop through downtown Travis, Indiana, in pursuit of Krige)? Plot holes? Certainly. Cameos by directors who ought to stay behind the camera instead of in front of one? Definitely. While the movie isn't exactly played for laughs and never fully descends into the campy netherworld, it's hard to take it too seriously. DVD extras are severely limited - although if you want to learn to read in Thai or Portuguese you're in luck because those are two of the seven sets of subtitles included on the disc. For an original screenplay, Stephen King has put together a decent story. Were it a novel, we'd likely get the missing backstory (frustratingly, the movie wasn't novelized), but as it stands the story is pretty good - okay, the corn killing is lame, but for the most part things make sense. It would have been nice if some of the effects were less fakey or there had been a few more extras on the DVD (Sleepwalkers movie trailer, Writer/Director commentaries, deleted scenes), but for a few bucks you still get your money's worth. Netflix it first if you want, but I'm not ashamed to have it in my library collection. Death by Corn This gets 2 stars solely for the scene where the police officer is fatally stabbed with an ear of corn. proof that cats are nothing to be afraid of Ouch. When the big ones fall, they fall hard. "Sleepwalkers" has the distinction of being the first film Stephen King ever wrote directly for the screen, and much like his first directing gig (the abominable "Maximum Overdrive"), the results indicate that he should wise up and stick to books. At least the movie is laughably bad, which means it's still enjoyable on some level, rather than just BAD bad. Buy Sleepwalkers at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Sleepwalkers Search with the Priority Search Engine on Sleepwalkers This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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