Parasomnia (Dreams of the Sleepwalker)

Director William Malones macabre twist on the sleeping Beauty legend, will be premiering at Screamfestl 08, Oct. 17th. Parasomnia (Dreams of the Sleepwalker) honors the human drama of art student, Danny Sloan (Dylan Purcell), who falls in love with the innocent and beautiful Laura Baxter (Cherilyn Wilson), a young woman afflicted with a sleep disorder (Klein-Levin Syndrome). In her treacherous forays in and out of reality, she encounters a mentalist and serial killer, played by a truly menacing and heinous Patrick Kilpatrick. (Minority Report, Replacement Killers) Who tries to bend her fragile mind to his will, using an array of hypnotic weaponry, that’s manifested through his unsuspecting hosts in the real world, as well as the dangerous and deadly creatures he commands on the dark imagined plane. in addition the film features well-placed peripheral characters played by genre legends Jeffrey Combs (RE-ANIMATOR) and Kathryn Leigh Scott (THE GREAT GATSBY), Golden Globe Award-nominee and gravitas-bringing Timothy Bottoms (THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, THATS MY BUSH), and the sublime and notorious Sean Young (BLADE RUNNER), to name a few. Perhaps the most appealing thing about this cast is that it features, almost equally, an accessible and relatable cross-section of beloved screen legends to exciting up-and-comers on the precipice of their stardom.« For ticket info visit www.screamfestla.com