Thursday, October 11, 2007

Stephen King's Sleepwalkers (1992)

No. 21 Stephen King's Sleepwalkers

Plot Outline: A mother-and-son team of strange supernatural creatures come to town to seek out a virgin to feed on.

Tag Line: They feast on your fear - and it's dinner time.

Trivia: The house of the Sleepwalkers is the same one used in the TV series "The Waltons" (1972).

The actors who play Tanya's mom and dad, Cindy Pickett and Lyman Ward were also the mom and dad in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986); in real life they are married to each other.

Famous horror directors that make a cameo appearances in this movie:
Cameo: [John Landis] Lab technician.
Cameo: [Stephen King] The graveyard caretaker.
Cameo: [Joe Dante] Lab assistant.
Cameo: [Tobe Hooper] Forensic technician.
Cameo: ['Clive Barker' ] Forensic technician.

Quotes: Charles Brady: This doesn't have to hurt. Just think of yourself as lunch! [Tanya hits him in the head with her camera] Charles Brady: I lied! It does have to hurt!

Based on an unpublished story by King this movie is actually quite good. Alicr Krige and Brian Krause star as the evil supernatural Sleepwalkers that feed on the life essence of virgins. They have the ability to change the appearance of cars and make themselves invisible. Their true form is not all that terrifying as they sort of resemble giant hairless cats. Oddly enough it is cats that they fear most. Cats can sense them and get very riled and upset when they come to town.

Madchen Amick plays sweet virginal Tonya who is on the menu. The local cops are mostly ineffective so it is up to kitty Clover to lead the Feline brigade to victory against the baddie Brady's. If you don't have a cat, you might think about getting one after this.

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