Sleepwalkers

Columbia Pictures | Release Date: April 10, 1992

7.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 81 Ratings

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kyle20ellisMar 29, 2022

Don't get me wrong I do like Stephen King a lot, his writing is growing on me all the time, and I do like a vast majority of the adaptations based off his work. Sleepwalkers, alongside TommyKnockers and Thinner is one of the worst KingDon't get me wrong I do like Stephen King a lot, his writing is growing on me all the time, and I do like a vast majority of the adaptations based off his work. Sleepwalkers, alongside TommyKnockers and Thinner is one of the worst King adaptations for me.

Although most of the effects are corny, some of the transformation sequences are surprisingly neat and some of the cameos from King himself, Clive Barker and John Landis are fun to spot, even if they pointlessly come and go.

On the other hand, that's it. The film starts off shaky with a daft prologue and right up to the equally daft ending it never recovers. The pace is disappointingly dull, the dialogue is underdeveloped and reeks of cheese, the plot is thin and idiotic and there is no genuine atmosphere and jolts as a result. Apart from the fun to spot cameos, the acting unable to do anything with sloppily written characters is dire. Director Mark Garriss does try his best, but he is hampered by the mess that are the script, pace and story, so all the flashy gyrating camera work seems like a wasted effort in the end.

In conclusion, a mess and one of the worst films based on the work of Stephen King. 2/10 Bethany Cox… Expand

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Steven1981Mar 20, 2020

Was Sleepwalkers based on a novel or book or something? I could be wrong and don't honestly know... This is a 1992 horror directed by Mick Garris and I thought Sleepwalkers to be good in parts like Charles Brady (Brian Krause) giving someWas Sleepwalkers based on a novel or book or something? I could be wrong and don't honestly know... This is a 1992 horror directed by Mick Garris and I thought Sleepwalkers to be good in parts like Charles Brady (Brian Krause) giving some dude his hand back after he either ripped it off or somehow manages to tear it off, then his face changed into pure evil then his victim runs and Charles who isn't human follows him through the woods running after his victim. The attack on Tanya Robertson (Madchen Amick) and how he makes his car invisible to lose the cops then changes his cars colour. However Sleepwalkers is full of poor acting and laughable and cringey scenes too, non convincing performances, awfully hilarious storyline that makes little sense, dumb cops, unlikeable characters and it's neither terrifying or scary at all. If anything it comes off as a boring drama comedy at times and some parts are just pathetic and some characters are weak and to be honest the only decent actors in the entire movie aren't the human characters, it's the cats. Embarrassing!… Expand

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