Sleepwalkers (1992)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1991
Running Times: 91 mins
Format: Technicolour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Corporation / Ion Pictures
Executive Producers: Dimitri Logothetis, Joseph Medawar
Producers: Mark Victor, Michael Grais, Nabeel Zahid
Co-Producer: Richard Stenta
Production Supervisor: Greg Lazzaro

SCRIPT
Script: Stephen King

DIRECTION
Director: Mick Garris
1st Assistant Director: Randall Badger
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: David Silver
2nd Assistant Director: Robert D. Nellans
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Director: Christopher Salamunovich

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Rodney Charters
1st Assistant Camera: Michael Condro

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: O. Nicholas Brown
1st Assistant Editor: Robert W. Hedland
Assistant Editor: Bryan H. Carroll

MUSIC
Music: Nicholas Pike
Songs: Johnny Farina, Santo Farina, Ann Farina (Sleepwalk); Enya, Nicky Ryan (Boadicea); Berry Gordy (Do You Love Me); Nuno Bettencourt, Gary Cherone (It's A Monster); Gaye Delorme (The Rodeo Song)
Songs Performed By: Santo and Johnny (Sleepwalk); Enya (Boadicea); The Contours (Do You Love Me); Extreme (It's A Monster)
Orchestrator: Stuart Balcomb
Music Producer: Nicky Ryan
Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy
Music Editor: Marty Wereski

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Don H. Matthews
Sound Editors: Richard O'Brien, Don S. Walden, John O. Wilde

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: John Blake, Rick Stratton
Costumers: Aida Swinson, Leslie Joyce

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Alterian Studios, Mike Smithson

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Make Up and Effects Laboratories Inc
Creature Effects Supervisor: Tony Gardner
Co-Animal Effects Designer: Allan A. Apone
Creature Desinger / Sculptor: Tom Hester

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Visual Effects: Apogee Productions
Special Visual Effects Supervisor: Jeffrey A. Okun
Motion Control Assistant: Tom Martinek

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: John DeCuir Jr
Art Director: Sig Tingloff
Set Designer: Peter J. Kelly
Set Decorator: Bruce A. Gibeson
Property Master: Ray Mercer Jr
2nd Unit Property Master: Richard Baum
Stand-By Painter: Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Accountant: Mike Revell
Production Assistants: Christopher Landry, Joseph Aspromonti
Animal Trainers: Terri Knapp, Sam Coulter

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Phil Adams
Stunts: Phil Adams, Perry Barndt, Doc D. Charbonneau, Tony Conforti, Bud Davis, Cindy Folkerson, Andrew Gill, Michael Haynes, Denver Mattson, Dwayne McGee, Jane McKernan, Peter McKernan Jr, Noon E. Orsatti, Patricia M. Peters, Jeff Ramsey, Jim Wilkey, Spice Williams

CASTING
Casting: Wendy Kurtzman, Lisa Mionie

CAST
Brian Krause (Charles Brady)
Mädchen Amick (Tanya Robertson)
Alice Krige (Mary Brady)
Jim Haynie (Sheriff Ira)
Cindy Pickett (Mrs Robertson)
Ron Perlman (Captain Ira 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, Tobe Hooper (forensic techs)
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)
Mark Hamill (Lt Jennings (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

Charles Brady and his mother Mary are Sleepwalkers, vampire-like shapeshifters that suck the very life from their victims. When they move to a new town, Charles attracts the attentions of the virginal Tanya Robertson, unaware of his true nature. The only clue is the curious behaviour of the town's cat population who seem to recognise the Sleepwalkers.

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International
Video Distributors: LK-TEL

Germany
DVD Distributors: Columbia / Tristar (14587)

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar Films de España S.A.

UK
DVD Distributors: Columbia / Tristar (CDR 14587)

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia Pictures
Video Distributors: Columbia TriStar
DVD Distributors: Columbia / Tristar (05815)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 16

Australia
Rating: R

Finland
Rating: K-18

Germany
Rating: 18

South Korea
Rating: 15 (with cuts); 18

Spain
Rating: 18

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R (for some terror / violence and language)

AWARDS

1992
Fantafestival, Italy
Best Actress (Alice Krige) - winner
Best Direction (Mick Garris) - winner
Best Film (Mick Garris) - winner
Best Screenplay (Stephen King) - winner

TIMELINE

1992
April
10: USA – theatrical release

May
28: Argentina – theatrical release

June
11: Germany – theatrical release
25: Australia – theatrical release
26: Finland – theatrical release

August
7: Spain – theatrical release
19: France – theatrical release
28: Sweden – theatrical release

2000
October
5: Germany - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (14587))
23: UK - DVD Distributors: Columbia / Tristar (CDR 14587)

2001
January
16: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (05815))

POSTER TAGS

They feast on your fears... and it's dinner time.

The first Stephen King story written expressly for the scream.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

La maldición de los sonámbulos - Argentinian title
Mesecniki - Slovenian title
La nuit déchirée - French title
Schlafwandler - German title
Sleepstalkers - Hong Kong title
Les somnambules - French Canadian title
Sömngångare - Swedish title
Sonámbulos - Spanish title
I sonnambuli - Italian title
Søvngængerne - Danish title
Stephen Kingin Unissakävelijät - Finnish title
Stephen Kings Schlafwandler - German title
Stephen King's Sleepwalkers

REFERENCES

BOOKS

Creature Features Strikes Again p.354
credits, review

The Films of Stephen King pp.72-73
credits, review

The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide pp.130-131
credits, review (by Stephen Jones)

MAGAZINES

Fatal Visions no.13 p.9 (Australia)
review

KEYWORDS

animals, cats, cemeteries, impalement, incest, police, shapeshifters, the supernatural, teenagers, vampires

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009