Synopsis
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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Director & Writers
William Malone
Director
William Malone
Screenplay
Cast
Cherilyn Wilson
Laura Baxter
Sean Young
Madeline Volpe
Patrick Kilpatrick
Byron Volpe
Dylan McKnight
Danny Sloan
Jeffrey Combs
Detective Garrett
Timothy Bottoms
Dr. Corso
Alison Brie
Darcy
Kathryn Leigh Scott
Nurse Evans
Janet Tracy Keijser
Sara
Jeff Doucette
Detective Conroy
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