Sleepwalkers (1992)

Director:

Mick Garris

Writer (WGA):

Stephen King (written by)

Release Date:

10 April 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Life Force | Supernatural | Reading Story To Class | Stray Cat | Screaming

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Brian Krause	...	Charles Brady
Mädchen Amick	...	Tanya Robertson
Alice Krige	...	Mary Brady
Jim Haynie	...	Ira
Cindy Pickett	...	Mrs. Robertson
Ron Perlman	...	Captain Soames
Lyman Ward	...	Mr. Robertson
Dan Martin	...	Andy Simpson
Glenn Shadix	...	Mr. Fallows
Cynthia Garris	...	Laurie
Monty Bane	...	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 (as Nicholas Brown)
Richard Penn	...	State Policeman
Ernie Lively	...	Animal Control Officer
Bojesse Christopher	...	Crawford
Lucy Boryer	...	Jeanette
Judette Warren	...	Carrie
Stuart Charno	...	Police Photographer
Karl Bakke	...	Police
Diane Delano	...	Police
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
Sparks	...	Clovis
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Norman Fessler	...	Theater Manager (uncredited)
Mark Hamill	...	Lt. Jennings (uncredited)

Directed by
Mick Garris

Writing credits (WGA)
Stephen King		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Grais	....	producer
Dimitri Logothetis	....	executive producer
Joseph Medawar	....	executive producer
Richard Stenta	....	co-producer
Mark Victor	....	producer
Nabeel Zahid	....	producer

Original Music by
Nicholas Pike

Cinematography by
Rodney Charters		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
O. Nicholas Brown

Casting by
Wendy Kurtzman
Lisa Mionie

Production Design by
John DeCuir Jr.

Art Direction by
Sig Tingloff

Set Decoration by
Bruce A. Gibeson

Makeup Department
David P. Barton	....	special makeup and animatronic effects
John Blake	....	makeup artist
Tony Gardner	....	creature effects supervisor
Tony Gardner	....	special makeup designer
Vance Hartwell	....	special makeup effects artist
Stephen Robinette	....	key hair stylist (as Stephen F. Robinette)
Mike Smithson	....	prosthetic designer
Mike Smithson	....	prosthetic sculptor
Rick Stratton	....	makeup artist
Jim Eustermann	....	makeup effects crew (uncredited)

Production Management
Greg Lazzaro	....	production supervisor
Richard Stenta	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Randall Badger	....	first assistant director
Don Buchsbaum	....	first assistant director: second unit
Hilbert Hakim	....	second second assistant director
Rexford L. Metz	....	second unit director (as Rexford Metz)
Robert D. Nellans	....	second assistant director
Christopher Salamunovich	....	second assistant director: second unit
David Silver	....	first assistant director: second unit
Richard Stenta	....	second unit director

Art Department
Richard Baum	....	assistant property master
Richard Baum	....	property master: second unit
Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt	....	stand-by painter
Peter J. Kelly	....	set designer
Ray Mercer Jr.	....	property master
Sam Moore	....	property master: second unit
Danny Wynands	....	construction supervisor
Michael Wynands	....	construction supervisor

Sound Department
Harry Cheney	....	sound editor
Joel Fein	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary Krivacek	....	supervising sound editor
Richard Marx	....	adr editor
Don H. Matthews	....	sound mixer
Tom C. McCarthy	....	supervising sound editor (as Tom McCarthy)
Bob O'Brien	....	sound editor (as Richard O'Brien)
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	boom operator
Jackson Schwartz	....	foley artist
B. Tennyson Sebastian II	....	sound re-recording mixer
John J. Stephens	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Wahrman	....	assistant sound editor
Don S. Walden	....	sound editor
John O. Wilde	....	sound editor
David Williams	....	dialog editor
William Jacobs	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Dennis Dion	....	special effects
Eric Fiedler	....	foreman: Alterian Studios
Eric Fiedler	....	mechanical designer: Alterian Studios
Tom Hester	....	creature design sculptor: Alterian Studios
Richard L. Hill	....	special effects assistant (as Richard Hill)
Tom Martinek	....	motion control assistant: Apogee
Carolyn Oros	....	special effects makeup
Brian Penikas	....	paint designer: Alterian Studios
Brian Penikas	....	sculptor: Alterian Studios
Brian Sipe	....	creature and makeup effects technician
Carolyn Oros	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Tim Turner	....	special makeup effects: Alterian Studios (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Daniel Chuba	....	visual effects producer
David Drzewiecki	....	visual effects camera operator
Rebecca Marie	....	visual effects art director
Harry Moreau	....	visual effects lead animator
Jeffrey A. Okun	....	visual effects supervisor
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects camera operator
William Powloski	....	motion control camera
Amie Slate	....	visual effects animator
John Swallow	....	visual effects executive producer

Stunts
Phil Adams	....	stunt coordinator
Phil Adams	....	stunts
Jane Austin	....	stunt performer
Perry Barndt	....	stunts
Gavin Buhr	....	stunt double
Doc D. Charbonneau	....	stunts
Tony Conforti	....	stunts
Bud Davis	....	stunts
Cindy Folkerson	....	stunts
Andy Gill	....	stunts (as Andrew Gill)
Michael Haynes	....	stunts
Denver Mattson	....	stunts
Dwayne McGee	....	stunts
Jane McKernan	....	stunts
Peter McKernan	....	stunts (as Peter McKernan Jr.)
Noon Orsatti	....	stunts (as Noon E. Orsatti)
Patricia M. Peters	....	stunts
Jeff Ramsey	....	stunts
Jim Wilkey	....	stunts
Spice Williams-Crosby	....	stunts (as Spice Williams)

Camera and Electrical Department
Richmond L. Aguilar	....	chief lighting technician (as Rich Aguilar)
Regge Bulman	....	second assistant camera (as Regge A. Bullman)
Paul Caven	....	best boy electric (as Paul J. Caven)
Michael Condro	....	first assistant camera
Daniel Dayton	....	camera operator: second unit (as Dan Dayton)
Albert J. Dunk	....	additional photographer: second unit (as Bert Dunk)
Sam Emerson	....	still photographer (as Sam Young Emerson)
Dennis Harper	....	key grip: second unit (as Dennis L. Harper)
Casey Hotchkiss	....	camera operator: second unit
David Jarrell	....	chief lighting technician: second unit
Jack Johnson	....	key grip: second unit
Dan Kneece	....	Steadicam operator: additional photography
Philip Lee	....	camera operator
Steven Mann	....	first assistant camera
John Powers	....	second grip
Michael A. Price	....	first assistant camera (as Michael Price)
Tom Ramsey	....	key grip
Ken Spencer	....	chief lighting technician: second unit (as Kenneth L. Spencer)
Kurt Young	....	dolly grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael W. Hoffman	....	costume supervisor (as Michael Hoffman)
Leslie Joyce	....	costumer
Aida Swinson	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Bryan H. Carroll	....	assistant editor
Robert W. Hedland	....	first assistant editor
Marty La Marr	....	apprentice film editor

Music Department
Stuart Balcomb	....	orchestrator
Stan Jones	....	music editor
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Nicky Ryan	....	music producer
Marty Wereski	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Donald Arnold Jr.	....	transportation co-captain (as Donald Arnold)
Martin T. Hill	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Styliana Andrianou	....	assistant to producers
Allan A. Apone	....	co-animal effects designer
Joseph Aspromonti	....	production assistant
David P. Barton	....	puppeteer
Michelle Bochner	....	assistant to producers
Richard Browne	....	assistant to producers
Sam Coulter	....	head animal trainer
Carolyn Hennesy	....	assistant to producers
Jenny Hicks	....	assistant: Mr. Garris
Cindy James	....	animal supplier
Pam Kasper	....	assistant production coordinator (as Pam Brickman)
Arlene Kehela	....	location manager
Terry Knapp	....	head animal trainer
Christopher Landry	....	production assistant
Lloyd Nelson	....	script supervisor: second unit
Linda Papineau	....	assistant animal trainer
Donald Petersen	....	production assistant
Julie Pitkanen	....	script supervisor
John Plesnicar	....	production assistant
Mike Revell	....	production accountant
Carol Riggins	....	animal trainer
Jordan Rudelson	....	production assistant (as Jordan J. Rudelson)
Jan Rudolph	....	script supervisor: second unit
Stanley Saffold	....	craft service (as Stan Saffold)
Susan Trembly	....	unit publicist
Lois Walker	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Victor & Grais Productions
• Ion Pictures

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (1992) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film (1992) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors (1992) (UK) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (1992) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1992) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (1992) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Egmont Entertainment (2001) (Finland) (DVD)
• Finnkino (1993) (Finland) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2003) (Finland) (TV)
• Nelonen (1998) (2004) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• Alterian
• Apogee Productions (special visual effects)
• Makeup Effects Laboratories

Other Companies

• Cinema Research  titles and opticals
• D. Bassett & Associates  negative cutting
• Sony Pictures Studios  foley and adr services
• Wynands Productions Inc.  set construction by

Also Known As:

Sleepstalkers (Hong Kong: English title) (cable TV title)
Stephen King's Sleepwalkers (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some terror/violence and language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1993) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 | South Korea:15 (cut) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Norway:(Banned) (1992-2003) (cinema release)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Cameo: [John Landis]Lab technician.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Tanya takes pictures through the SLR camera in the cemetery, she should have seen Charles in his true form since the image in an SLR viewfinder is bounced off a mirror.

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!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Cinemania: Stephen King: O vasilias tou tromou" (2009)

Soundtrack:

THE RODEO SONG

As Much as I Want to Hate This Film, I Love It

A shape shifting young man (Charles Brady) and his mother (known as "sleepwalkers" for some reason) arrive in a new town. But the mother needs to feed, so her son Charles must find him a pure young woman. But who will he love more, his mother or the beautiful Tanya? Right off the bat, I want to call to everyone's attention two things: first, that Stephen King movie adaptations are cursed. Some work wonderfully, while others are just utter crap. We know it's not King's writing, or we wouldn't have such classics as "The Green Mile" or "Shawshank Redemption". Yet, we still get horse apples like "The Langoliers". This film takes somewhat of a middle ground. Not a great film, but worse has been done.

Who can we blame for this lack of greatness? Subpar director Mick Garris, that's who. The man who not only created the "Masters of Horror" series but is also running it into the ground in his own little way. This might be the only thing Mick Garris will be remembered for (at least in my mind) and that is a sad thing.

This film also has the distinction of some great cameos: Cindy Pickett and Lyman Ward, the parents from "Ferris Bueller" -- also the parents in this movie, and married in real life. Mysterious. Who else is in here? Mark Hamill ("Star Wars", "Silver Bullet") and many horror notables and directors: John Landis, Stephen King, Joe Dante, Tobe Hooper, Clive Barker.

Ron Perlman ("Hellboy", "Pro-Life") plays a cop and doesn't get nearly enough screen time. In fact, the most time goes to the female lead, who has a mysterious beauty (the kind that is both alluring yet retracting). She is quite good and I wish she was in more horror films. Her little dance in the movie theater really makes the whole movie for me, and traps the film in a timelessness. While filmed in the early 1990s, this could take place any time and anywhere.

This review is all over the place. But here's the point: this film is not good, and most people will tell you to avoid it. As for me, I love it. It's one of my guilty pleasures, a film like "Head of the Family" I know to be awful but yet worth watching again and again. Maybe it's all the cats or maybe just the way the film melts in my mind like cotton candy. I can't explain it.