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* PajamaCladHero: Tanya spends the last act of the movie in her pink nightie.
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* TheCameo: Creator/MarkHamill shows up as a cop on the opening, Creator/CliveBarker and Creator/TobeHooper as a pair of forensic techs, and Creator/JohnLandis and Creator/JoeDante as some technicians.

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* TheCameo: Creator/MarkHamill shows up as a cop on the opening, Creator/CliveBarker and Creator/TobeHooper as a pair of forensic techs, and Creator/JohnLandis and Creator/JoeDante as some technicians.technicians, and Creator/StephenKing himself as a cranky cemetery keeper.
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* AuthorAppeal: Can you tell that Creator/StephenKing is a cat lover?
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* OedipusComplex: Charles, greatly for his mother.
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-->'''Mary:''' (while [[spoiler:burning alive]]) You killed [[spoiler:my son! My only son!]]

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-->'''Mary:''' --->'''Mary:''' (while [[spoiler:burning alive]]) You killed [[spoiler:my son! My only son!]]



-->'''Woman''': God, I just hope nothing bad happened to them! They were so close!

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-->'''Woman''': --->'''Woman''': God, I just hope nothing bad happened to them! They were so close!



-->'''Mary''': (smiles evilly) No vegetables, no desserts. That's the rules.

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-->'''Mary''': --->'''Mary''': (smiles evilly) No vegetables, no desserts. That's the rules.
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* MurphysBullet: The film has a hilarious editing failure where a policeman is trying to shoot a woman but shoots the vase next to her and breaks it --and then he shoots and breaks the same vase again.
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* AssholeVictim: Mr. Fallows, who tries to extort sexual favors from Charles, outright groping him, in exchange for not revealing that his school records are false.


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* TooDumbToLive: Mr. Fallows, who quickly deduces from Charles' false school records that he's hiding something. . . and tries to sexually blackmail him. Even if he couldn't have anticipated Charles killing him ''instantly'', did he really not think he wouldn't in order to conceal his secret?
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* LastOfHisKind: Charles and Mary were apparently the last Sleepwalkers.
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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 ([[ADogNamedDog Mädchen]] [[Creator/MadchenAmick 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 a cat named Clovis that instantly detects Charles as something inhuman. Charles murders the officer after being wounded by Clovis before fleeing, and his mother begins a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. There are a few random car chases and murders to round out the movie.

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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 ([[ADogNamedDog Mädchen]] [[Creator/MadchenAmick Amick]]), (Creator/MadchenAmick), 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 a cat named Clovis that instantly detects Charles as something inhuman. Charles murders the officer after being wounded by Clovis before fleeing, and his mother begins a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. There are a few random car chases and murders to round out the movie.

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Corrupt Hick was renamed per TRS


* CorruptHick: Captain Soames, with a side of DrillSergeantNasty.



* PoliceAreUseless: It's either this or being a CorruptHick. The Sheriff and Clovis' owner being the exception.

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* PoliceAreUseless: It's either this or being a CorruptHick.SmallTownTyrant. The Sheriff and Clovis' owner being the exception.
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* AbusiveParents: Mary becomes more verbally and physically abusive to her son Charles as she is starving and he has to get her the virginal life force she needs. After Charles fails to get his mother the virginal life force a second time, Mary snaps, chastises him and slaps him and hits him continually until she sees his hand wound.
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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 ([[ADogNamedDog Mädchen]] [[Creator/MadchenAmick 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 a named Clovis that instantly detects Charles as something inhuman. Charles murders the officer after being wounded by Clovis before fleeing, and his mother begins a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. There are a few random car chases and murders to round out the movie.

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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 ([[ADogNamedDog Mädchen]] [[Creator/MadchenAmick 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 a cat named Clovis that instantly detects Charles as something inhuman. Charles murders the officer after being wounded by Clovis before fleeing, and his mother begins a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. There are a few random car chases and murders to round out the movie.
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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 ([[ADogNamedDog Mädchen]] [[Creator/MadchenAmick 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.

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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 ([[ADogNamedDog Mädchen]] [[Creator/MadchenAmick 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'' a named Clovis. Clovis that instantly detects Charles is injured, as something inhuman. Charles murders the officer after being wounded by Clovis before fleeing, and his mother begins a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. There are a few random car chases and murders to round out the movie.



* EvilDetectingDog: All cats hate the Sleepwalkers and swarm to their house to threaten them.

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* EvilDetectingDog: All cats hate the Sleepwalkers and can see them for what they are even when they're in human form. Clovis leads a small army of cats to swarm to their house to threaten and kill them.



* PoliceAreUseless: It's either this or being a CorruptHick.

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* PoliceAreUseless: It's either this or being a CorruptHick. The Sheriff and Clovis' owner being the exception.
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* IdiotBall: Sleepwalkers apparently need to keep themselves on the serious down-low...this doesn't stop Charles from going on insane joyrides and provoking the local cops completely needlessly.
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You don't need to explain you're not spoilering something, especially when no one is saying you are.


An odd little 1992 film based on an unpublished book by Creator/StephenKing, ''Sleepwalkers'' follows the story of Charles Brady (Creator/BrianKrause), and his mother Mary (Creator/AliceKrige), 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.

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An odd little 1992 film based on an unpublished book by Creator/StephenKing, ''Sleepwalkers'' follows the story of Charles Brady (Creator/BrianKrause), and his mother Mary (Creator/AliceKrige), 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.
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* AnArmAndALeg: When Mr Fallows tries to blackmail Charles, Charles' immediate response is to literally tear the teacher's hand off.



* BecomingTheMask: Subverted. At first it seems that Charles had genuinely developed feelings for his latest victim Tanya. Only it turns out [[spoiler: that was all a ploy to get closer to her and devour her soul.]]

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* BecomingTheMask: Subverted. At first it seems that Charles had genuinely developed feelings for his latest victim Tanya. Only it turns out [[spoiler: that was all a ploy to get closer to her and devour her soul.]] soul]] .
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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 ([[ADogNamedDog Mädchen]] 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.

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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 ([[ADogNamedDog Mädchen]] Amick), [[Creator/MadchenAmick 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.

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When did Mr. Fallows ever act pervy? He was nosey, for sure, but he was right that there was something really off about Charles.


* AssholeVictim: Mr. Fallows, the pervy Creative Writing teacher who ends up brutally killed by Charles.

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* AssholeVictim: Mr. Fallows, AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Mary gets a rather depressing sendoff, despite all the pervy Creative Writing teacher who ends up brutally terrible things she's done.]]
-->'''Mary:''' (while [[spoiler:burning alive]]) You
killed by Charles.[[spoiler:my son! My only son!]]


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* TragicMonster: The movie ''tries'' to make the Bradys this. They're soul-devouring monsters, but they believe themsleves to be the LastOfTheirKind and only have each other, and are unable to live normal lives. But between the fact that they aren't above murdering children coupled with how much they delight in killing people violently, it's difficult to sympathize with their plight.
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* FamousLastWords: Charles to Mary: "I love you".
** Mary to Tanya as she attempts to kill her while burning to death.
-->'''Mary''': You killed my son! My only son!!
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An odd little 1992 film based on an unpublished book by Creator/StephenKing, ''Sleepwalkers'' follows the story of Charles Brady (Brian Krause), and his mother Mary (Creator/AliceKrige), 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.

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An odd little 1992 film based on an unpublished book by Creator/StephenKing, ''Sleepwalkers'' follows the story of Charles Brady (Brian Krause), (Creator/BrianKrause), and his mother Mary (Creator/AliceKrige), 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.
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An odd little 1992 film based on an unpublished book by Creator/StephenKing, ''Sleepwalkers'' follows the story of Charles Brady (Creator/BrianKrause), and his mother Mary (Creator/AliceKrige), 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.

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An odd little 1992 film based on an unpublished book by Creator/StephenKing, ''Sleepwalkers'' follows the story of Charles Brady (Creator/BrianKrause), (Brian Krause), and his mother Mary (Creator/AliceKrige), 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.
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* PutTheirHeadsTogether: Mary kills two cops by doing this repeatedly.
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An odd little 1992 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.

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An odd little 1992 film based on an unpublished book by Creator/StephenKing, ''Sleepwalkers'' follows the story of Charles Brady (Brian Krause), (Creator/BrianKrause), and his mother Mary (Alice Krige), (Creator/AliceKrige), 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.
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* Funny Moments:
** "Your right Mr Fallaws, people should really keep their hands to themselves, here's yours."
** Copkabob!
** The cop with the world's worst aim, and his weird face when it's empty.
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* Funny Moments:
** "Your right Mr Fallaws, people should really keep their hands to themselves, here's yours."
** Copkabob!
** The cop with the world's worst aim, and his weird face when it's empty.
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* BecomingTheMask: Subverted. At first it seems that Charles had genuinely developed feelings for his latest victim Tanya. Only ut turns out [[spoiler: that was all a ploy to get closer to her and devour her soul.]]

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* BecomingTheMask: Subverted. At first it seems that Charles had genuinely developed feelings for his latest victim Tanya. Only ut it turns out [[spoiler: that was all a ploy to get closer to her and devour her soul.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist: The film follows Charles at first, [[spoiler:until his role of antagonist is revealed.]] Tanya is the true protagonist.
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* BecomingTheMask: Subverted. At first it seems that Charles had genuinely developed feelings for his latest victim Tanya. Only ut turns out [[spoiler: that was all a ploy to get closer to her and devour her soul.]]


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* FamousLastWords: Charles to Mary: "I love you".
** Mary to Tanya as she attempts to kill her while burning to death.
-->'''Mary''': You killed my son! My only son!!


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-->'''Woman''': God, I just hope nothing bad happened to them! They were so close!


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** The purple lighting coming from the bedroom window.
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* CorruptHick: The state trooper, with a side of DrillSergeantNasty.

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* CorruptHick: The state trooper, Captain Soames, with a side of DrillSergeantNasty.
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* TheCameo: Creator/MarkHamill shows up as a cop on the opening, Creator/CliveBarker and Creator/TobeHooper as a pair of forensic techs, and Creator/JohnLandis and Creator/JoeDante as some technicians.

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