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Stephen King is a pop culture entity that is guaranteed to stay in the public consciousness for a very long time. Every few years he fades in to the background for a while, and then re-emerges to take pop culture by storm. The last few years have been yet another Stephen King renaissance with the new popularity of classic novels, the smashing popularity of \u201cIt\u201d and the re-release of a lot of his famous and infamous cinematic entries. Everything from \u201cChristine\u201d to \u201cMaximum Overdrive\u201d has been given a physical release, and it\u2019s a lot of to see how much King has carved his way in to pop culture, with various hits and stumbles. \u201cSleepwalkers\u201d is a stumble.<\/p>\n

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One of the more bizarre entries from King, \u201cSleepwalkers\u201d is a science fiction horror hybrid starring Brian Krause as a new kid named Charlie, who arrives in a small town who moves in with his mother, played by Alice Krige. After shifting from town to town, they hide their true forms as supernatural shape shifting feline like vampires that feed on the life force of virgins. When Charlie meets Tanya, a virginal movie theater worker, he hopes to lure her out and feed on her life force, supplying enough sustenance for him and his gradually starving mother. But when his true form is revealed during an outing with Tanya, Mary makes it her mission to kidnap Tanya and feed on her once and for all.<\/p>\n

\u201cSleepwalkers\u201d is one of the more ridiculous of the Stephen King horror films, but it hurts so good most of the time. Ever since its release in 1992, I\u2019ve had a weird relationship with it, finding it almost impossible to finish, but enjoying how utterly bizarre and stupid it tends to be. Even at his worst, Stephen King offers up something you\u2019ve never really seen before, and there is a sure bet you haven\u2019t seen a lot of movies about anthropomorphic vampiric feline people wreaking havoc in a small town. We\u2019re never quite clued in to what the Sleepwalkers actually are, as King keeps a lot of their background in the dark, or left for us to decipher. King has a good time toying with the audience though, by relying on a ton of incestuous overtones that are used as a means of explaining how the monsters feed on life force.<\/p>\n

Much of the screen time shared between Kraus and Krige is painful and uncomfortable, with King almost purposely never quite clarifying if the pair of monsters is in love, or just relying on one another for the sake of food. There\u2019s also M\u00e4dchen Amick\u2019s Tanya who, while sporting one of the best screams I\u2019ve ever heard, is one of the more unusual characters. She listens to bad covers of classic soul, and has an unusual fascination with cemeteries. For what reasons, it\u2019s also never quite clarified, but it\u2019s a quirk for a character that\u2019s injected for the sake of giving the collective audience furrowed brows. Everyone in \u201cSleepwalkers\u201d is at the height of over the top, from Mick Garris\u2019 weird direction, Brian Krause\u2019s uneven performance, and Alice Krige who goes all out villainous in the climax. There\u2019s also Ron Perlman who has a number of three short scenes, and chews the scenery with as much zeal as humanly possible.<\/p>\n

Everything about \u201cSleepwalkers\u201d is just so inexplicable, you essentially give up trying to make sense of a lot of it, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s such a goofy guilty pleasure. There\u2019s death by corn on the cob, death by pencil, and some of the most inept police ever put to film. Also I\u2019m not sure why Charlie can shape shift in to the face of a little boy, or why cats are the space vampires\u2019 worst enemies, or what kind of power changing the shape of your car is. And if they get sustenance by sucking life forces, why do they eat food? To add to the eccentricity there are also a slew of cameos from folks like Mark Hamil, John Landis, Joe Dante, Clive Barker, and Tobe Hooper for reasons I\u2019m sure only Stephen King can justify. \u201cSleepwalkers\u201d is not a good movie, nor a scary one, but you\u2019re guaranteed a good time with its inherent stupidity and silliness.<\/p>\n

The new Collector\u2019s Edition from Scream comes with an audio commentary from Director Mick Garris, and actors M\u00e4dchen Amick and Brian Krause. \u201cFeline Trouble\u201d is an eighteen minute interview with Mick Garris, and how he approached Stephen King\u2019s original novel for the film. \u201cWhen Charles Met Tanya\u201d is a fifteen minute conversation with M\u00e4dchen Amick and Brian Krause, both of who have a fun and candid conversation about their life before the movie, previous work with one another, and working on certain points in the movie. It\u2019s a new trend Scream Factory is engaging in with interviews and it\u2019s a lot of fun to watch the back and forth between cast members.<\/p>\n

\u201cMother & More\u201d is a fifteen minute interview with Alice Krige, who discusses her approach toward her role in the film with a lively conversation. \u201cCreatures & Cats: The FX of Stephen King\u2019s Sleepwalkers\u201d is a fifteen minute interview with make up effects creator Tony Gardner and prosthetics designer Mike Smithson, both of whom discuss bringing the creatures to life, and working on past films together, as well as their future work on \u201cThe Tommyknockers.\u201d Finally there is a minute of Behind the Scenes Footage, the original theatrical trailer, TV Spots, and an HD Still Gallery.<\/p>\n