joejitsu034 were these people including Jon Landis all playing poker at Kings home and lost and agreed to this abortion of a movie instead-of paying him back in cash? Mark Hamill was like “ incestuous werewolve like creatures? Yes, now my career goes big time again. 😂😂😂😂
I reviewed this movie back in HS and got an F. The reason? My teacher said that I deserved an F for making the entire thing up. There was no possibility that a movie like what I described could possibly exist. She also claimed that since Madchen is German for girl that that just added to my failure in coming up with something believable. I ended up getting a B+ after Netflix resent me the disc and I brought it back to class.
Back when rented dvds and got em in the mail from Netflix Haha. 😂😂 That's Hilarious, I bet that teacher felt like a dick lol. At least went to a F to a B+ lol and you did NOT make this movie up haha.
I find it hard to believe, buddy. Like, my teacher when I was a kid did not believe that one of my ancestors designed and built one the most famous and most beautiful ships in the world so I had to bring her proof of that (and so I did). That's one thing, and it's understandable because mine was a big claim. But a movie? What kind of shithead doesn't believe a bad, over the top, insane movie might actually exist? She should be fired.
I saw this movie when I was a kid, and loved that damn cat so much I named my first cat Clovis. That dang cat was a hellion; attacked anyone who came in the house the first time she met them, then was oddly "ok" ish with them after that. Like she had to establish that she didn't like them right off the bat, and they had to know that immediately. But she loved me to death, though. Looked just like the original Clovis in this movie, too. She lived to 22. RIP little lady. You were the best.
@@killakacey2615 As a child I had a cat by the name Sylvester (or however it's spelled). Well, he was an outside cat that would perch himself onto the column of our front porch and would meow to let us know to open the door for him. For whatever reason, my folks decided to get rid of him. So they drove a couple miles away to secluded woods-like area and dropped him off there. Amazingly a few days later he was back, perched on the front porch, meowing to come in. Some how, miles away, he found his way back. Because of that, my folks were convinced that he was to stay. In fact, they even felt bad for dropping him off in the first place. How that cat managed to find his way back, I don't know. But he was certainly a good cat - one of the best when it came to intelligence and instinct - and with a sense of being apart of the family. Unfortunately one day he disappeared. Since he was an outside cat, he was always free to roam around. We think someone may have stumbled into him and took him in as a pet.
I saw an interview with King where he said that everybody, including himself, was so coked up during the filming of "Maximum Overdrive" that it's amazing that they were even able to finish the movie.
He's also said that he doesn't even remember directing Maximum Overdrive he was on so much cocaine. I believe if you watch old M.O. teasers he's in them and high as hell. He's said he doesn't remember writing Cujo or The Tommyknockers either. Similar side note, Matthew Perry doesn't remember 3 years of filming Friends due to pill and alcohol addiction.
@Miguel Flagstaff I was born in 1964 and I was pretty wild for a good 35years or so and there are whole years or more I don't remember, I run into people that know me but I have no idea who they are! and I never had near the money those guys had! lmao
not really, the screen play make more sense when you "READ IT" issue with lots of his books becoming movies is they don't know how to translate a book into movie, reason why we get a BAD movie
I really liked this film as a teen. It’s “bad” but it was nice to have a young woman protagonist and a re-imagination of vampire like mythology. My other fav Stephen King “bad movie” is Dreamcatcher.
In Egyptian mythology, Bastet is a cat goddess who is the embodiment of the Eye of Ra, and functions as both a violent force to subdue enemies and as the feminine counterpart of Ra. Cats are often seen as spiritual protectors. In Sleepwalkers, the cats are able to see through the illusions of the shape shifters and are drawn to them with a violent urge to subdue. That's how I see it at least :p
Yeah... the movie has a subtle supernatural lore to it. That is not a part of the movie that should be criticized. What was the movie supposed to do otherwise? Spoonfeed his own lore to the audience with expositional dialogue?
Not that this movie is specially good at it but yes, the cats... subplot? is not that hard to understand if you put a little effort. I love Chris' reviews to pieces but lack or excess of exposition seem to be a very recurrent angle for him.
I don't get it. They are two completely unrelated people that you don't even know. What you see is two good looking actors not a friend of yours with one of their parents.
It's allamande left and allamande right. Come on, you fuckin' dummy, get your right step right. Get off the stage ya goddamn goof, you know... you piss me off. You fuckin' jerk. You get on my nerves.
This makes me feel old. I remember seeing this at the movies when I was a kid and thinking it was awesome...pretty sure I was too young to watch it but nobody cared about that back in the day.
This movie is so entertaining in its violence and taboo absurdities; saw it recently and couldn’t get over just how fun it is. It's like an inadvertent parody of a classic 80s romp. Highly recommended.
Believe it or not, my parents took me to see this opening weekend and it was a sold out crowd! People were cheering and howling! It actually played very well! But that 1992 though, seen now through 2017 eyes, it's cheese as hell! When the movie was over, a guy in the parking lot said to his friend " A man! That was some CRAZY shit!!!!" The crowd actually loved it!!!! Aaahh....memories.
Years ago first time I watched it at home with my mother and young brother who was 8 at the time talk about awkward when the incestral scenes of the mother and son come on like ewwww
I actually saw this movie when I was really young (about 4-5 years old, stayed up past bedtime and watched from behind the couch while my dad was watching) and I only really remembered the "Cop kabob!!" bit and I had it stick in my head for years. Fast forward to me in college. Learnt one of my new friends was a horror nut. Asked if they knew a film that used the quote "Cop kabob". He immediately knew what film I was talking about and I finally got to rewatch it after all those years. This film is an absolute treasure~
to answer the cat question (about 36 seconds in)this was at the beginning of the movies "Sleep walker: nomadic shapeshifting creatures with human and feline origins; Vulnerable to the deadly scratch of the cat" Hence the cat traps
+Manuel Zesiger It kind of does..yeah. You've got the spirit/essence-eating werecats, unnamed individuals (in the Scooby-Doo movie it was the zombies, and in this movie it's the cats) that help to try and fight against the werecats, and then you've got the ending to the movie where the unnamed individuals help to defeat the werecats.
Wait there are other movies aside from this and the Scooby Doo animated movie that deal with werecats? I didn't know that there was such a demand for werecats.
I remember seeing this in the theater and laughing my butt off! The who "Get the bad guy Clovis!" Bit with the cop slays me every time. My favorite part is the ending shot with the cats running across the lawn and one comes right up and sniffs the camera!
This film was hilariously bad in a good way and good in a bad way! You forgot the bit where he says to his mother "why are you being such a bitch?" and she snaps back "because I'm HUNGRY!!"
OH MY GOD STEPHEN KING, CLIVE BARKER, RON PEARLMAN, MARK HAMILL, AND THE MOM IS THAT MOM FROM SILENT HILL AND OTHER MOVIES? THIS REALLY IS THE PERFECT MOVIE! Only thing missing is Michael Ironside driving a motorcycle through a church window with Bruce Campbell shouting " _HAIL TO THE KING BABY!_ "
"Sleepwalker noun. Nomadic shape-shifting creatures with human and feline organs. Vulnerable to the deadly scratch of the cat. The sleepwalker feeds upon the life force of virginal human females. Probable source of the Vampire legend." -- Chillicoath Encyclopaedia of Arcane Knowledge 1st Edition .1884
I'm pretty sure the creatures in this movie are based in Ancient Egyptian Mythology, which have cats as a huge, very important figure in their culture and mythology.
Ahhh... Sleepwalkers, it was one of the first Stephen King movies I ever watched. My mom had it on VHS and I watched it when I was like, 3-4. It also helped young me be less scared after something scary happened or after watching a scary movie, because it made me believe our pet cats would keep me safe from monsters and shit.
“This movie is so bad, I fu*king love it!” I’m a massive Stephen King fan. I remember renting this from the video store when I was in Junior High. To this day I’m still trying to figure out which movie is worse. The Lawnmower Man or this?! 🤣😃✌🏽
Rebecca Williamson I actually forgot that Stephen King sued the Studio that released The Lawnmower Man because they were falsely advertising/marketing it as a “Stephen King” film when he never gave approval to do so. Gotta give the win to Sleepwalkers. 🤣✌🏽
more stupidity level then cheese, you can't help to laugh how bad practical effects are and blood, acting, the whole thing is just bad, but its good that you love laugh at IT was far better in laughs department, Children of Corn was great for that Isaac character, etc
I have to admit, I really liked this movie and for what you said, it was entertaining. I love everything Stephen King. I figured that they were "feline-based shapeshifters". Cats have always been blamed for "sucking the life" out of babies. As well as cats eyes reflect the soul. They can't look cats in the eyes, and the cats are smart enough to know they are a threat to them. I guess I just let movies take me where I want them to. I figure a way to understand them.
Bill Karnes I'm kinda with you. The movie made perfect sense to me. Not saying I would categorise it as good, but I found it entertaining enough, and I was able to accept the films "logic" and rules. Cats hate werecats? Ok. The mother needs to have sex with her son to receive the life force her son gets from virgin girls? Alright, whatever. I saw it on late-night tv, as a young teen. I remember being scared a bit.
Thank you, I know I wasn't alone on that! As a matter of fact, I think TRUE cat lovers understand that they can be considered the heroes of this movie. Honestly, am I reaching?? Or am I just the "crazy cat lady"??
BRIAN SNIPES Well it actually has plausible characters and a great story so that is unsurprising. This seems like it was written by a drunk person with the astounding flaws including a werecat spontaneously combusts after multiple cats jump on the monster abd bite her. 1 of the dumbest most implausible things ever shown in a movie
Rented the vcr and then the dvd from blockbuster a couple of times.. whats not to love it is sci fi, mythology, michael jackson shapes shifting, transformer cars and the cats saves the day..
