So I saw this film at Screamfest in Los Angeles a couple of months ago. I enjoyed the film a lot, but I usually do not write reviews so a nice night out was all that was going to come of it. Anyway, I came across an article about the real condition of parasomnia, and now I can't stop thinking about the movie. When I saw it, I just figured it was a re- telling of the sleeping beauty story in an updated fashion. What I didn't know at the time was that the real condition of parasomnia has ordinary people doing crazy things in their sleep. The article I read was from the NY Times I believe, and it was a whole study on how people do absurd and often violent things while dreaming and can't remember a thing in the morning. Their dreams are so realistic they can't discern reality from fiction. ANYWAY, knowing this now I must say the film really takes the images of dreams and turns them into something so much more terrifying. The dream sequences have amazing visuals, and images that on their own are quite amazing. It is however, a lot more terrifying to know that people with this disorder could actually be going through the same thing as the main character of this film. It would be a living hell!! On its own the film was really fun to watch, and had some really tense moments. There is also a sequence at the end that involves some strange props (vague I know, but I'm trying to spoil it) which are really unsettling. Definitely worth a watch if you like horror films that do not rely on lame CGI, and like films that have great visuals.
Review of Parasomnia
