History Film / Sleepwalkers

* CompetenceZone: You know you're in trouble when a movie's competence zone is restricted to cats...

* JurisdictionFriction: Between the sherrif's department and the state troopers. It is AllThereInTheScript how Sherrif Ira and Captain Soames don't like each other for personal reasons.

** The script has references to Sherrif Ira being a recovering alcoholic. This gives some context to the "Cold draft." "Could you use one about now?" dialog between Ira and Soames.

* [[{{Fingore}}: While pointing his finger at Mary in questioning for the recent catastrophes, the officer gets his fingers bitten off in a mouthful by Mary who then kills him by breaking his arm into a fatal compound fracture.

* Fingore: While pointing his finger at Mary in questioning for the recent catastrophes, the officer gets his fingers bitten off in a mouthful by Mary who then kills him by breaking his arm into a fatal compound fracture.

** BettyAndVeronica: Tanya is the Betty and Mary is the Veronica to Charles's Archie. Ultimately the Veronica wins.

* Foreshadowing: The abandoned house at the beginning of the film.

* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:Between the two Sleepwalkers. They are the last two of their kind though, apparently.]]

[[caption-width-right:300:''[[TagLine They feast on your fear...and it's dinnertime.]]'']]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The script has references to Sherrif Ira being a recovering alcoholic. This gives some context to the "Cold draft."
"Could you use one about now?" dialog between Ira and Soames.

An odd little film based on an unpublished book by Creator/StephenKing, '''''Sleepwalkers''''' follows the story of Charles Brady (Brian Krause), and his mother Mary (Alice Krige), a pair of soul sucking cat demons called [[AntagonistTitle Sleepwalkers.]] The Sleepwalkers have apparently incredible [[MasterOfIllusion powers of illusion,]] but are critically weak to [[WeaksauceWeakness ordinary housecats.]] No, nothing is being spoiled here; they explain exactly what Sleepwalkers are in an expositional fake encyclopedia entry, in the first ten seconds of the film.

An odd little film based on an unpublished book by Creator/StephenKing, '''''Sleepwalkers''''' follows the story of Charles Brady (Brian Krause) and his mother Mary (Alice Krige), a pair of soul-sucking cat demons called [[AntagonistTitle Sleepwalkers]]. The Sleepwalkers have apparently incredible [[MasterOfIllusion powers of illusion]], but are critically weak to [[WeaksauceWeakness ordinary housecats]]. No, nothing is being spoiled here; they explain exactly what Sleepwalkers are in an expositional fake encyclopedia entry in the first ten seconds of the film.

The titular Sleepwalkers move into the town of Travis, Indiana and try to find a virgin to suck the life out of. Charles starts trying to seduce Tanya (Madchen Amick), who is [[InformedAbility apparently a virgin]]. Their relationship goes a little south when he tries to suck her soul on the first date, and a police officer shows up with an ''attack cat'' named Clovis. Charles is injured, and his mother begins a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. There are a few random car chases and murders to round out the movie.

!!This film contains examples of:

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When Charles gets hurt, Mary [[spoiler:kills Tanya's parents and half the police in the state]].

An odd little film based on an unpublished book by Creator/StephenKing, ''Sleepwalkers'' follows the story of Charles Brady (Brian Krause) and his mother Mary (Alice Krige), a pair of soul-sucking cat demons called Sleepwalkers. The Sleepwalkers have apparently incredible [[MasterOfIllusion powers of illusion]], but are critically weak to [[WeaksauceWeakness ordinary housecats]]. No, nothing is being spoiled here; they explain exactly what Sleepwalkers are in an expositional fake encyclopedia entry in the first ten seconds of the film.

* BittersweetEnding / DownerEnding: The werecats are dead and Tanya and Clovis have survived the day. However, [[spoiler: Tanya's parents are presumed dead and multiple cops have been killed during Mary's rampage]]

* CatsAreMean: Well, cat demons are; cats are the heroes.

* TheCavalry: Just when things look their worst, we get a shot of ''Clovis'' leading an army of cats to the Brady house [[MundaneMadeAwesome in slow motion]]!

* CreatorCameo: Stephen King has a brief role as a cemetery groundskeeper.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: Police cruisers explode spectacularly with one shot from a handgun. Who knew? Maybe it's somehow performed with [[AWizardDidIt sleepwalkers' magic]], of course.
* [[EvilDetectingDog Evil Detecting Cats]]: All cats hate the Sleepwalkers and swarm to their house to threaten them.

-->'''Charles:''' Tanya, I don't think you're entering into the spirit of this. Why don't you just think of yourself as lunch?
* GlamourFailure: You can see the Sleepwalkers true forms in mirrors. This, and their method of feeding, can make them a bit OurVampiresAreDifferent.

** Well the Shieff that came to Tanya's rescue did try, using one of the bear traps on Mary. Not his fault he was up against a supernatural monster.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Momma Sleepwalker kills a man ''by stabbing him with an ear of corn''.

* LargeHam: The Bradys. Though his mom chews the scenery, her hammyness rubbed off on Charles.
--> Charles: Stop looking at me. Stop looking at me!!! Stop looking at me you FUCKING CAT!!!!"
* MadeOfExplodium: [[spoiler:Perhaps the best reason to see this film is for the scene where the monster bursts into flame from a cat attack.]]
* MadeOfIron: The Sleepwalkers can shrug off shotgun blasts and eye removal without any apparent ill effects.

* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: We see the sleepwalkers in three different forms: human, human with cat-like face, and something looking as an anthropomorphic reptilian-skinned cat. The reflection in the mirror always shows them in the third form--presumably the true form with all illusions stripped.
* NeckSnap: More like neck twist but yeah, one unfortunate cat attacking Maya get grabbed and has its neck twisted like a towel before being thrown aside.

* ShoutOut: The hundreds of cats besieging the Brady house resemble ''TheBirds'' more than a little.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Housecats.

* NeckSnap: More like neck twist but yeah, one unfortunate cat attacking Maya get grabbed and has it's neck twisted like a towel before being thrown aside.

* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf

** Well the Trooper that came to Tanya's rescue did try, using one of the bear traps on Mary. Not his fault he was up against a supernatural monster.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: One of the troopers gets dropped on a picket fence.

* HotMom: C'mon, the mother was pretty hot...when she wasn't being a WereCat or [[spoiler:[[ParentalIncest having sex with her son]]]].

-->Charles: Tanya, I don't think you're entering into the spirit of this. Why don't you just think of yourself as lunch?

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Clovis, and his cat army!]]'

* BittersweetEnding: The werecats are dead and Tanya and Clovis have survived the day. However, [[spoiler: Tanya's parents are presumed dead and multiple cops have been killed during Mama Sleepwalkers rampage]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Clovis, and his cat army!]]

* TheCavalry: Just when things look their worst, we get a shot of ''Clovis'' leading an army of cats to the Brady house [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome in slow motion]]!

An odd little film based on an unpublished book by StephenKing, ''Sleepwalkers'' follows the story of Charles Brady (Brian Krause) and his mother Mary (Alice Krige), a pair of soul-sucking cat demons called Sleepwalkers. The Sleepwalkers have apparently incredible [[MasterOfIllusion powers of illusion]], but are critically weak to [[WeaksauceWeakness ordinary housecats]]. No, nothing is being spoiled here; they explain exactly what Sleepwalkers are in an expositional fake encyclopedia entry in the first ten seconds of the film.

!!This film contains examples of:

* HotMom: C'mon, the mother was pretty hot...when she wasn't being a [[WereCat werecat]] or [[spoiler:[[ParentalIncest having sex with her son]]]].