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49% Critic Match
Parasomnia
“Where dreams end and nightmares begin.”
4.9 / 10• 2008• 1h 43m•R• English
HorrorThriller
Storyline
Laura Baxter is a young woman, literally a "sleeping beauty," who suffers from a medical condition called "parasomnia." A childhood accident victim, she is actually sleeping her life away, awakening briefly on rare occasions. Art student Danny Sloan falls in love with her, unaware that her hospital neighbor, a terrifying mass murderer and mesmerist named Byron Volpe has other, more sinister plans.
Cast & Crew
Cherilyn Wilson
Laura Baxter
Lead
Sean Young
Madeline Volpe
Patrick Kilpatrick
Byron Volpe
Dylan McKnight
Danny Sloan
Jeffrey Combs
Detective Garrett
Timothy Bottoms
Dr. Corso
Alison Brie
Darcy
Kathryn Leigh Scott
Nurse Evans
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William Malone's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Parasomnia is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
