Parasomnia

Parasomnia

Where dreams end and nightmares begin.

2008103 min4.9 / 10

A dark psychological thriller that uses a woman's sleep disorder and a predatory killer's obsession to create an unsettling blend of romance, horror, and paranoia.

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.

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