Parasomnia (2008)

As Good As It Gets

Admirable film.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Danny (Dylan Purcell) likes vinyl and 60's rock. He visits Laura (Cherilyn Wilson) in a specialty hospital. He meet her once as a child. Laura is in in a near constant state of sleep, hence the title. In the room next to her is a criminal insane Hannibal type of guy (Patrick Kilpatrick) who is also a hypnotist. He has entered Laura's mind and gives her nightmares. Danny disapproves of the treatment they give Sleeping Beauty and kidnaps her, a woman who requires frequent baths.Once you can get past the fact Laura doesn't need any physical therapy to get her muscle tone back, it becomes an okay film, one with a different subject matter.What;s with the Pacer? Part of an 8 DVD multi-pack.Guide: F-word, no sex. Nudity (Cherilyn Wilson, Janet Tracy Keijser or prop.)

At first glance the movie might seem like its using clichéd motifs & themes, like "boy meets girl" and "the intelligent serial killer". In fact it uses these to create something new. But in order to appreciate it one has to to know a little horror and to think a little for oneself - not much, no riddles here, its just that unless you've seen a lot of horror movies and read horror literature, you will probably not see whats new here. So, what is new, you might ask. Well, for instance: a serial killer who is in fact a mesmerizer, which together with the focus on dolls and automatons puts us back to the early 19th century, with stories such as "Der Sandmann" by Hoffmann.This is not a movie for the viewer whose experience in horror movies only encompasses the new sequel to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Paranormal Activity" etc, and feels violated when a movie doesn't explain everything at all time (not that there's any riddles here), and, on top of it, if one dislike movies that don't actively grab the viewer by the collar, making up for his/her innate lack of engagement, then one is bound to be disappointed in this movie. Which is a good thing since mainstream movies that fulfill these criteria will never last especially long.This is an intelligent, Gothic, movie, for the connoisseur. :-)

this is my first review but I decided to review this title because I had a real appreciation for this film. I randomly found this title and decided to check it out ... I was quiet surprised. This is quiet a beautiful film, the story line, the graphics, its all very well put together. The acting is pretty good I will give it a 7/10 there are a few plot holes but it isn't really noticeable,This is probably the best film yet by William Malone, he has come a long way from the failed feardotcom. The film itself is really enjoyable to watch, the gore is minimal, and it keeps your attention. I would suggest this for a rainy night in

I watched this knowing almost nothing about it, other than the brief description I read here. After watching it I was originally going to say that the director shows promise but seems kind of amateurish, then I looked at the other stuff he's done to see if this was his first or second movie, but no, he did House on Haunted Hill and Fear Dot Com. He sort of missed the mark on both those movies and it was the same with this one.The story was pretty awful too, could someone just fall in love with a girl because she's pretty but has the mind of a child? I gave it a 3 because there were some visuals that I rather enjoyed near the end but as a whole this movie is pretty terrible.