Product Details

• Actors: Dylan Purcell, Patrick Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Combs, Cherilyn Wilson, Timothy Bottoms
• Directors: William Malone
• Writers: William Malone
• Producers: Ambre Elizabeth Earnhart, Jon Janotta, Staci Layne Wilson, Veronica Hart
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: E1 Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 13, 2010
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003GOOZOO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,946 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Parasomnia" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

From William Malone, director of House on Haunted Hill
“Parasomnia begins where your nightmare ends.” –Wes Craven. Laura Baxter (Cherilyn Wilson) suffers from “parasomnia,” a bizarre medical condition that keeps her trapped in an almost constant dream state. Art student Danny Sloan (Dylan Purcell) falls in love with the sleeping beauty, unaware that terrifying mesmerist and mass murderer Byron Volpe (Patrick Kilpatrick) has sinister plans to claim her as his own. Also starring Jeffrey Combs, Timothy Bottoms, Dov Tiefenbach and Sean Young.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well Worth The Wait, April 17, 2010

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Larry Boyle "Horror Movie Dad" (Louisville, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Parasomnia (DVD)

It's about time someone decided to release this film. I've been watching scenes and outtakes and previews from this film and was hoping someone would have enough sense to release this nightmare motion picture. From the weird visuals and creations to the love story between the girl with Parasomnia(Cherilyn Wilson) and the art student (Dylan Purcell) who falls for her and finds himself in a battle for the young lady by uber villain (Patrick Kilpatrick)who has been locked in the room next to hers. Bound with chains and shackles, he is known as, "the doctors say, "The only man they've ever met without a soul" Mr. Kilpatrick causes others to kill themselves with just a suggestion.A lot of this film is spent in Cherilyn's dream world as the hero and villian fight for her soul.

This is one of Bill Malone's best films and the visuals are very creepy. This should end up being one of those horror movies that people will add to their 'lists' of favorite nightmares. Like I said, it's about time someone wised up and is releasing this film. Even if it's going straight to DVD. It would be a wonderful film to see in the theatre on the large screen though..

Hopefully, we won't have to wait this long for Mr. Malone's next film to find a a distributor.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In a sea of clones and by-the-numbers torture films, this film tries to be something more and succeeds (mostly), February 14, 2011

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thewordvirus - See all my reviews

This review is from: Parasomnia (DVD)

Parasomnia is William Malone's latest directorial effort. As a director, he's pretty hit and miss, but he's always had a keen sense for visuals. His Masters of Horror episode (The Fair Haired Child) was rock-solid and probably one of his best films...until Parasomnia.
While Parasomnia does have its share of issues-- spotty dialogue, moments where the script fails to be convincing, overall it succeeds in its goals, which, of course, are to entertain and dazzle. Without spoiling much, the plot revolves around a "sleeping beauty" who is plagued by terrifying nightmares. A literature-loving psychopath hypnotist has somehow gotten hold of her dreams and wishes to be with her for eternity, but of course Prince Charming comes along to try and mess everything up.
The acting is generally good, with varying levels of quality. Jeffrey Combs is great, as always. The main actress is convincing in most scenes, and Patrick Kilpatrick is appropriately creepy. But what makes the film REALLY work are the visuals, of which there are many. Besides the nightmares, a particular scene that comes to mind involves a bunch of twisted automatons dancing while a policeman plays Russian roulette by himself. This might sound less than amazing, but if you've seen the film, you know what I'm talking about. Also, I can't think of a horror film in recent memory that has a better opening than this one.
It's nice to see a film that makes genuine effort to entertain with its own sense of identity, rather than joining the ranks of torture films, "camera" horror, and cheap slashers. If you've got time to kill and prefer your horror films visceral, bizarre, and with a little bit of fantasy, you would do well to check out Parasomnia. Bare in mind that many of the flaws of the horror genre are present here, but they aren't enough to detract from the overall product, which is one of quality.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars generally average, but some cool scenes, August 22, 2010

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The Tao of Netflix (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Parasomnia (DVD)

This was an entertaining movie, but discontinuously so. In general, the film tells the story of an individual having the ability to enter one's dreams and direct their behavior, but he remains locked up in a psych ward. If you make eye contact or he otherwise telepathically hunts you down, you're his minion. Unfortunately, the movie was half good. The awake scenes were somewhat slow and discontinuous; the story jumped around and things happened without any particular logical sequence. The dream scenes, on the other hands, were very cool. Comparisons to Hell Raiser are somewhat accurate, although Hell Raiser was much more graphically and violently intense than this film is. Dreamers are in this surreal world populated by fiendish demon-like creatures who flit around, obviously stalking their prey - very creepy. Overall, despite the lacking awake scenes, its still a 3/5 due to high production values, good enough acting and the dream sequences. Certainly worth a rental, but not sure whether its compelling enough to justify a purchase for repeated viewings.