Parasomnia

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Parasomnia

2025

1h 25m

Horror

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PARASOMNIA follows Riley, a young woman tormented by night terrors and a past of unresolved tragedy. When her best friend is the latest to go missing, she begins to suspect the demonic figure lurking in her sleep has crossed over into the real world.

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

Sep 1, 2026

3/5

Despite this sturdy constriction, the film remains only mildly scary... But there is an undeniable astuteness and agility in the storytelling here on which Ross can build.

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Vannah Taylor

MovieJawn

Sep 4, 2026

Between demons of folklore following you in your dreams and a shocking amount of orbital trauma, Parasomnia is a worthwhile horror that solidifies James Ross II’s promise as a genre filmmaker.

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Chuck Bowen

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

Sep 4, 2026

There is nothing new here in Ross’ script, but his direction has surprising muscle. This is a lean, mean, and creepy horror programmer.

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Brett Arnold

At the Movies Again

Sep 4, 2026

It does a lot with a little

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

Sep 4, 2026

3/4

[W]here it counts, Ross has a keen sense of what could be genuinely frightening about this premise.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Sep 3, 2026

Though more inventive in its details than basic premise, Parasomnia is creepy and well-cast, the kind of confident debut that leaves you certain its maker has a long career ahead.

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Richard R

@RT07674964 3 days ago

Jump scare movie definitely interesting, moves slowly, has some twists definitely not was expected but they buttoned it up to come full circle. not a bad indy film but not the best which is expected. They could expand it to another one with some creative writing but more anthology type rather than sequel. If you want something creepy worth a watch.

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nilufer E

@Nilicim 5 days ago

A few creepy and unsettling moments, but that's about it. The idea had potential, but the movie didn't really do much with it. I kept waiting for it to become interesting, and it never really did.

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 5, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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PARASOMNIA follows Riley, a young woman tormented by night terrors and a past of unresolved tragedy. When her best friend is the latest to go missing, she begins to suspect the demonic figure lurking in her sleep has crossed over into the real world.

Director: James Ross II
Producer: Julie Ryan, Gabrielle Chapman, Pacey Hansen
Screenwriter: James Ross II
Distributor: Shudder
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 4, 2026
Runtime: 1h 25m

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