Average Rating: 5.9/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 5
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Release Date: Jan 1, 2001 Wide
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Director Dario Argento, best known for his stylishly bloody horror films, revisits the style and themes of his early directorial efforts in this tense crime thriller. A prostitute (Barbara Lerici) discovers one of her customers has a taste for much rougher sex than she's willing to give him; trying to sneak away from her john, she accidentally walks off with one of his scrapbooks, from which she discovers her client apparently committed a series of unsolved murders almost 20 years earlier. The
R, 1 hr. 57 min.
Jan 1, 2001 Wide
Dec 18, 2001
All Critics (12) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (6) | DVD (14)
a rehashed trip down memory lane?
Sleepless is full-force Argento.
Gorgeous but overbaked "mama's boy" thriller from master Argento.
The entire exercise is a heartrending one, particularly for fans of the horror auteur who held hopes that Sleepless would return Argento to form.
The ending's actually pretty good -- it just takes too long in getting there.
If you're a fan of Argento, then you'll enjoy Sleepless. It is Argento doing what he does best. Stringing you along from one grizzly murder to another. There are several very nicely shot scenes here and lots of blood and gore. Though the story as a whole seemed a bit "rehashed" and the ending, a bit predictable...I'm
May 12, 2009Super Reviewer
A great return to the classic "Giallo" murder mystery horror style by Dario Argento! This film had strong plot and characters, with a compelling mystery. Victims were killed in inventive animal-themed ways, making it all very interesting. The opening scene on the train had great suspense. All the elements of a good
July 8, 2007Super Reviewer
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