Also Known As:
Sleepstalkers
Stephen King's Sleepwalkers
Directed by
Mick Garri
Plot outline:
Moments before she kills a policeman with a corncob snatched from a dinner plate, Mary Brady (Alice Krige), a fiend in human form, utters the only witty lines to be heard in "Stephen King's Sleepwalkers." "No vegetables, no dessert!" she growls. "Those are the rules."
The film follows the mayhem wrought by Mary and her son Charles (Brian Krause) when they arrive in the small town of Travis, Ind. Both mother and son are Sleepwalkers, werewolflike creatures condemned to feed on the life force of beautiful young women to stay alive. They are also lovers. Before dispatching her son to find a fresh young victim, Mary entices Charles to slow dance with her to his favorite song, "Sleep Walk" (what else?), the 1959 hit by the Brooklyn guitar duo Santo and Johnny.
"Am I beautiful?" she demands. "You're always beautiful, Mother," he replies. "I'm famished," she reminds him. Pale and gaunt, with glittering eyes and a provocative swivel, Ms. Krige is an all-too-predictable Hollywood incarnation of a Freudian nightmare come to life.
Tanya Robertson (Madchen Amick), the classmate Charles selects to be his next victim, is something of a soulmate. Since Tanya likes to photograph gravestones, what better place for a first date with Charles than the local cemetery? But in the middle of a kiss, he clenches down a bit too hard, and the perfect teen-age romance turns into horror. [source: Stephen Holden, New York Times]
Cast:
Brian Krause | .... | Charles Brady | |
Mädchen Amick | .... | Tanya Robertson | |
Alice Krige | .... | Mary Brady | |
Jim Haynie | .... | Sheriff Ira | |
Cindy Pickett | .... | Mrs. Robertson | |
Ron Perlman | .... | Captain Soames | |
Lyman Ward | .... | Mr. Don Robertson | |
Dan Martin | .... | Andy Simpson | |
Glenn Shadix | .... | Mr. Fallows | |
Cynthia Garris | .... | Laurie Travis | |
Monty Bane | .... | Deputy Horace | |
John Landis | .... | Lab Technician | |
Joe Dante | .... | Lab Assistant | |
Stephen King | .... | Cemetery Caretaker | |
Clive Barker | .... | Forensic Tech | |
Tobe Hooper | .... | Forensic Tech | |
Frank Novak | .... | Deputy Sheriff | |
Rusty Schwimmer | .... | Housewife | |
O. Nicholas Brown | .... | Officer Wilbur | |
Richard Penn | .... | State Policeman | |
Ernie Lively | .... | Animal Control Officer | |
Bojesse Christopher | .... | Crawford | |
Lucy Boryer | .... | Jeanette | |
Judette Warren | .... | Carrie | |
Stuart Charno | .... | Police Photographer | |
Karl Bakke | .... | Policeman | |
Diane Delano | .... | Policewoman | |
Roger Nolan | .... | Stenta | |
Joey Aresco | .... | Victor | |
Donald Petersen | .... | Boy with Ear Ache | |
Hayden Victor | .... | Little Girl at School Bus | |
Michael Reid MacKay | .... | 'Charles' Sleepwalker | |
Charles Croughwell | .... | 'Mary' Sleepwalker | |
Karyn Sercelj | .... | 'Mary' Sleepwalker | |
rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Norman Fessler | .... | Theater Manager (uncredited) | |
Mark Hamill | .... | Lt. Jennings (uncredited) |