@@SjofnBM1989 I think they are basically a perversion of her. Sehkmet is basically Hathor's enraged form (Hathor is usually depicted more human-esque) originally at humanity's wrong doing but she goes out of control and Ra needs to trick her into getting very drunk, chilling out and going back to normal. Hathor is herself a solar goddess (and a goddess of sexuality, she has a ton of children with various gods), and in Sekhmet form she is said to breath fire. So the vampires shapeshifting between werefeline and human forms, drinking symbolically innocent or pure "life force", as well as being very sexually active but apparently being not that good at reproducing, it is all like a mockery of her one night stand with unwielding rage. This also probably explains why cat attacks can cause them to combust, as they're basically acting as a much more tame and controlled avatar or conduit for her and her righteous vengeance - she is just showing the wannabes how it is really done.
"Humans don't like werewolves. Wolves don't like werewolves. People don't like wolves that can think like people and people don't like people who can act like wolves. Which just shows people are the same everywhere, even when they're wolves."- Terry Pratchett 'The Fifth Elephant' I guess the same is true for werecats.
Black people are almost always magic in King novels. It's pretty obvious he grew up in a snow white town. I love how oblivious he is to the absurdity and out outrageous for his woke stance on anything.
Read black people books and it's okay. You don't have to read white books. They complain about everything being white but they don't create their own characters they just want to take white characters and make them black.
Stephen king is actually a fantastic voice actor. Give his audio book of Needful Things a listen. He disappears into every single one of the characters it’s actually crazy
He does an especially good job with his book "On Writing", but that's probably because it's non-fiction. The chapter where he talks about how he got into writing is especially good, and even a bit emotionally moving. Hard to track down the audiobook, but if you can find it, I think you all might enjoy it.
Just imagining Mark Walburg's wandering around opening the every door in hotel from The Shining going "What? No?" to every time there's a ghost doing weird stuff in the room.
@@Isellsimpsandsimpaccessories What about working on this movie could possibly make them divorce? Assuming neither had an affair with another actor on set.
🚨"Calling all cats. Calling all cats."🚨 That literally had me lol I actually remember seeing this in theaters, with my grandma! I'm not even joking. I have no idea how or why we chose this movie.
Rats cause disease. Cats kill rats. In ancient cultures, all they saw is that these apparently intelligent seeming creatures warded off evil spirits. Cats were divine, good luck. The only reason we think witches have cats is because Christianity was all about making pagan religions look demonic and bad, so your cat religion = witchcraft.
Cats in King’s universe are almost like supernatural agents, sometimes like guardian angels for the humans they love. They have psychic powers, see things we don’t see, and have both an ancient wisdom and a ferocity that belies their fuzzy shape. King loves cats and has/has had pet cats in real life. He was also heavily influenced by Lovecraft (as someone else mentioned below), who felt about the same way about cats. It probably seemed obvious to him that cats would be the ones who would both spot and fight the monsters, and the fact that sleepwalkers sort of resemble cats was just an extra element of their grudge match. On top of that, there is an old superstition that cats can fatally steal humans’ breath while they’re sleeping (particularly babies). The fact that this is sort of what sleepwalkers do to their victims in the movie, and cats do not, might be intended to hint at an age-old antagonism between them, where the cats have a long history of maintains their guard against and protecting the humans from the real breath-stealers (this theme was also used in Cat’s Eye; the main feline character, General, is also a really good example of the cat-as-guardian-angel theme).
I loved the part in Cats Eye where General fights the goblin or whatever that was that was ACTUALLY stealing Drew Barrymore's breath when the grandma had accused the cat of doing it.
it's like a family friendly version of the movie SOCIETY... cuz that orgy scene is horrific. Traumatized me at 10yo playing during the afternoon on national tv...
I'd really love for you to cover Rose Red! That miniseries legit shook me, and I'd really like to see you unload on the 'magic autistic child' trope because even as a teen without my diagnosis it felt icky. It also had some INCREDIBLY good special effects for the mid-90s.
100% agree! It was an amazing mini series - the backstory was brilliant. It's irritating as an autistic to have a character portrayed with such a stereotypical "has a special gift to compensate for being the family burden" attitute. The actress was amazing, but not of the autistic community. R.I.P David Dukes.
I love the King just seems to get an idea and then riffs on it. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't but always interesting. He's kinda the jazz of horror writing (although I think King is a genre all his own as it's not always clear what it fits into). His works always seems to read better than translate to visual presentations
he wrote "sleepwalkers" in tha early 90s, when he was struggling to git back in tha groove of storytelling after gettin sober in 88/89, around tha time he was churning out crap like "rose madder" & "geralds game" & "dolores clairborne", novels mad peeps consider his worst; he wasnt riffing lol, most of his output durin tha period was, like "sleepwalkers", tonally bizarre/incoherent & gratuitously sexually perverse, often prominently featuring incest, child abuse, sadomasochistic domestic violence, etc as fundamental plot elements 😒😒😒
I'm highly amused that the first level of transformation looks like the same kind of make-up that Perlman wore in Beauty and the Beast. I'm glad you've got support for your struggles! I look forward to your content whenever it drops, and I'm happy to wait longer gaps if it means you're taking care of yourself.
At a guess, the reason why cats are the enemies of the sleepwalkers is HP Lovecraft, who loved cats and used them in more than one story as being the enemies of otherworldly forces, most notably in "The Cats of Ulthar." King is highly influenced by Lovecraft. The cats of Ulthar can do most of what happens in Sleepwalkers, including a swarm of cats finishing otherworldly monsters off. I mean, this is a poorly done "The Cats of Ulthar."
I like this idea, and there is a lot of superstition around cats having (at least) one paw on spiritual or supernatural stuff. Whether it's staring at walls (because "ghosts", not at aaaaall looking for bugs), or being a witch's familiar. :X Also, I'd like to point out that at the th-cam.com/video/6_1s-3DFiT4/w-d-xo.html there's the 'lore' book with a depection of a sleepwalker and a bunch of cats surrounding it, there are flame around the sleepwalker. So...maybe the cats attacking itself triggers ignition? Supernatural defeat! Fluffy, Moose, Mister Wiggles, Tiger use feline mob attack! Bonus Fire Damage! It's super effective!
I feel confused reading this because the way I remember The Cats of Ulthar is the cats are the enemy of some nasty cat killing old people and brought to action by a supernatural force called on by a mournful child/family. Did I encounter the wrong story labeled with this title/author? The one I read is one of my favorite stories so I feel like I'm losing my mind ngl.
@@chaossmith3864 No, but that is... kinna the plot of Sleepwalkers, with the sleepwalkers are some nasty cat-killing old people to whom collective feline justice is administered. Is it the same story? No. "The Cats of Ulthar" is much better. But the hostility of the cats towards the cat-killing sleepwalkers and the ending share similarities with "The Cats of Ulthar." To me, it very much feels like a Lovecraft adaptation in the vein of The Reanimator, where a bunch of weird sexualized content is introduced because Lovecraft's stories are resistant to screen adaptation.
I’ve commented this before, but it bears repeating: you are legitimately funny as hell! It’s in your DNA. So glad you embrace it! I’m always happy when a new vid drops.
This is the only film that I've ever known my father to walk out of. It was the werecat incest. He wasn't up for that. I was about 15 when we went to see this, as we were both huge Stephen King fans. When he walked out (taking me with him), I felt robbed. I waited and waited to be able to finish the movie on VHS, and was thoroughly underwhelmed. Great video, BTW. Thanks for all of the wonderful content.
This may be your best-ever movie breakdown. You were funny, informative, opinionated and everything was just perfect. Thank you so much for what you do from all of us. Much love.
I remember renting this from Blockbuster back when it was a new release and dragging it along to no less than 4 parties over a single weekend, and each time this movie was played, the entire house erupted into tipsy teenage laughter. It's a near-perfect "so bad it's good" flick; combine it with your favorite intoxicants and as many like-minded friends as you can round up and you will have a fun time! Thanks so very much for this unexpected dose of nostalgia, Roses! Your videos are like the perfect visual comfort food to me. I could listen to you talk about Murder, She Wrote and/or The Golden Girls all day long! Do you ever have watch parties? I'd love to see your live reactions to beloved TV shows and absurd yet entertainingly bad movies! Thanks again for this fantastic take on Sleepwalkers. Happy early Halloween! 🖤🎃👻
My favorite Stephen King story is Silver Bullet. He wrote the original novella and wrote the screenplay adaptation. I have spent an exorbitant amount of time deep diving into the history and behind the scenes of both the story and the movie. I would absolutely love it if you could give it an in-depth look someday
For a Stephen King suggestion I'd definitely love to see and hear your thoughts on Rose Red. Is a great mini series that often gets forgotten or overlooked.
Rather than IT, the sleepwalkers seem to be nearly equivalent to the True Knot in Dr Sleep. They appear to be somewhat related to Kings vampires in that Rose The Hat exhibits a similar singular fang like his vamp from the short story "The Night Flier". Whereas these seem to be "Were-cat" versions rather than vampire versions.
i don’t know if you’ve covered the langoliers but i would love to hear your take on it! it’s so so bad it’s good! there’s so much over acting coming from this one guy. it’s hilarious!
I used to own an audiobook on cassette tape of that story, read by Willem Dafoe! Unfortunately I think I lost it during a move but it sure was an... interesting story, I don't think I've seen the movie version though
I'd love to see you (or anyone) talk about Rose Red. It's definitely one of my favorite Stephen King original movies and even has a prequel novel (not written by King) to go into the origins of the house and the family. It is a really long one though, on par with The Shining miniseries, but I think it deserves to be talked about.
I can't believe I never noticed this before but they use a very similar design to the make-up Ron Perlman wore in Beauty and the Beast for the catpeople.
I love that King's main notable line in this is "You can't pin this on me." As if a note to the populous. Glad to see that Roses was able to rise back for spooky season. Looking forward to more mirthful macabre moments.
Hey, PUR. Thanks for covering strange and obscure media from the early 90s. See, in 1992, I was still struggling with the concept of sentience, seeing as I would have only been two at the time. And had developmental issues.
I remember watching this first time on a TV channel way after midnight (probably the last thing they showed before switching to infomercials). For years I thought it was something my mind had twisted because I watched it half asleep. But after people started mentioning it around the internet, I realized it was just as insane as I remembered.
The Dimming thing appears in a few other King works such as Eyes of the Dragon and The Talisman, and it works the same way. This movie freaked me out as a kid and I can't hear a steel guitar without thinking of it. The cat attack finale is glorious though. My theory is that some ancient cats made a deal with some demons for this power and so normal cats resent them for it. I dunno, best I got. It's all just magic, and it's got unexplained rules. Also I think the tagline is referring to the fear of the audience members, not anyone in the story. It's talking to you as you read the box.
@@LisatheWeirdo That is not how I would describe the events of that short story. The cats were used by people to exact revenge, but they themselves didn't do anything of their own volition. I'm saying that cats were jealous of humans and bargained with demons for a way to become more human, and thus created the Sleepwalkers, and the remaining normal cats because their natural enemy.
It really is a different film but I do enjoy it whenever I watch it! Btw, it's Brian Krausse not Charlie, I've made the mistake of mixing up the actor and character name more than once!
Been clicking myself through the goosebumps and are you afraid of the dark videos to get in the Halloween feeling... nice to get more roses for spooky month
Just realized-the actress & actor playing Tanya's parents are the same duo who played Ferris Bueller's (the film from a few years earlier) parents: Lyman Ward & Cindy Pickett. I don't recall even hearing of this movie, so your overview is educational & amusing (I'm familiar with most of King's published/written works). Oh, and of course Ron Perlman had to be in this LOL Thank you for sparing us gruesome harmed animal imagery, I adore cats and seeing anything bad happen to animals will keep me from watching stuff I might otherwise check out. Only ran across your channel a week or two ago & am getting a kick out of it thus far. Think it was due to doing a search for the old timey mystery series Columbo (a favorite of mine, growing up-along w/Murder, She Wrote).
I remember when this came out. I saw it in the theater and remember enjoying it in a bad way, but that's because I'm a lifelong Stephen King fan. The movie version of Graveyard Shift is very much in the same vein as Sleepwalkers, thought it IS based on a King story, the movie goes off the rails. The late 80s/early 90s were the golden age of questionable-quality Stephen King movies.
Omg I love that you covered this. I watched this all the time as a little kid which thinking on it now was wildly inappropriate. As an elder millennial it's one of the weird comfort movies I pull out every Halloween.
I have a weird love of this movie that my mom and I watched one random night when I was in high school or early college. It was so bad but deeply watchable to me. We saw it like two more times in the next couple days then never again. Honestly still love every part of it.
I'll never forget the audience in the theater having a mixture of cheering and laughing when the cats came to the rescue. But there wasn't really laughter until that point so people were engaged in the movie. I enjoyed your puns. Cheesy but fun because there's still sense of optimism and innocence in your voice. No too cool for school from you, you're just enjoying yourself. I can dig it!
Man I'd forgotten about this movie! I loved Charmed and Stephen King back in high school. When I saw Brian Krause was in this I had to watch it. What a horrible idea, though it did lead me to my favorite of the "bad" Stephen King movies, The Mangler.
OK, just a note, turns out there's a lion faced Egyption Godess called Sekhmet who may be considered the world's first vampire. Although she did a lot more then these two. Ra sent her to deal with any mortals conspiring against him and she got a taste for blood. So after nearly emptying Egypt, he decided probably needed to do something about her so he poured red dyed alcohol into the Nile. Having turned the river red, she finds it had a drink, thinking it blood and passes out. After she wakes up calmer and probably a wicked hangover, she agrees to go home, do not pass go and don't collect 200 pints of blood to go.
The cop who got corn cobbed, thrusts his pelvis when he fires his gun at the mother and that always stuck to my memory as the funniest thing in the movie, btw that Enya song at the end is classic
Hey, I totally never noticed the teacher is Glenn Shadix, the guy who played Otho in Beetlejuice and voiced the mayor in The Nightmare Before Christmas! Gotta love a good "that guy!" Although they sorta stop being a "that guy from that other thing" once you remember their name.
Thank you PUR(rrrrrr)! The commentary/editing/attention to not disturb the feint of heart viewers on this was legendary, you did a superbly good job in my books. The ending thoughts were very welcome too. I just felt so pleasant after watching this, like when I watch FanboyFlicks (not a plug, but I do recommend)! and it's a gory Stephen King movie hahaha. Anyway I look forward to more.
I like how the human protagonists never end up having any idea what's going on, and the only reason the villains are stopped is because off-screen, there must have been a Cat Van Helsing who rounded up a posse of the local cats to deal with the problem themselves.
Hey, i thought i was the only one with a cat named like that! My cat's name is Nemo, The Lab Assistant! He is the assistant of Dr Mörri and they often experiment with my nerves, the size of their stomach and the friction between carpet and floor. I hate it, but i love them especially because Nemo has also discovered my nerves ease up when he purrs and sleeps on my lap. Great to get more corn, just in time for halloween!
I love your cats' names! Mine are called Nox, Bringer of Darkness and Fleamont, Harvester of Souls. They are true children of chaos but I still like them
th-cam.com/video/sax6J8n1AiE/w-d-xo.html I am the proud servant of Luna, Princess of the Bowl is now empty because I took two bites and now the bowl is clearly not full. & Aerow, Duke of 3 AM racing and Paladin destroyer of Insect kind & slayer of Geckos.
It's not a 'so bad it's good' movie, but I'd love to see you review Death Becomes Her. It apparently was supposed to be a Tales From the Crypt, like Bordello of Blood and Demon Knight, but it stands on its own and it's a really fun movie! (Plus Isabella Rossellini is absolutely gorgeous, would that I could pull those looks off!)
Fun Fact: Diming is a re-occurring technique in the Stephen King Mythos. In his book "Eyes of the Dragon", the antagonist, Flagg utilizes diming a few times. And in the fourth Dark Tower book (Wizard and Glass), the character of Rhea of the Coos uses diming as well! Now you know
This movie used to always be on AMC's horror lineup during October when I was a kid, so I have a weird soft spot for it. Didn't even realize how messed up it was until I rewatched as an adult. 😂
It would be great to see you cover some of the (think mid to late 90) Stephen King TV movies. The Stand, Rose Red, The Shinning, and Storm of the Century.
Here we have a film with cameo appearances from some of the famous performers in Hollywood.... and Clovis the cat turned in literally the best acting performance in the film. Not even joking.
Love you did this ❤️. Since another big part of your channel is dedicated to Murder She Wrote, are you planning on an Angela Lansbury video? Would love to see her career from your perspective
Also, the whole actual cats as enemies plot element reminds me of the Brendan Frasier Mummy film. There it was mentioned that according to Egyptian lore cats were guardians of the underworld and the main villain had to avoid them until he was restored to his full power.
I loved this movie and also thought it was pretty scary growing up. I probably wouldn't rewatch it, but the theme song has stuck with me forever especially since the Fugees used it in Ready or Not.
It only occurred to me the other day that my mom makes a certain face when she's joking and I realize it's the same face Stephen King makes when he's joking. Amazing.
Eyes of the Dragon explains dimming as not being invisible (which the book says is nearly impossible), but just sort of blending into the scenery. That's....... not exactly how I pictured it. Agreed that King is always fun to watch, whether or not he's a "good" actor. A better actor probably couldn't have carried The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill, you need someone who's basically playing the whole thing as a goof.
So I think one way they could have hand-waived the Cats vs Sleepwalkers part would have been to tie even deeper into the Egyptian mythology. Something involving Bastet, possibly imbuing the "true" feline species with a natural instinct to hunt and kill the Sleepwalkers. Also, if I'm not mistaken it seems like they wanted to use "Skinwalkers" which are pretty much what their existing lore described.
I genuinely enjoy this movie because it plays out exactly like one of King’s novels. Long periods of not much happening then suddenly it goes from 0 to 100 then back to 0. Bought and framed an original theatrical poster for this movie I loved it so much.
Honestly thought the Sleepwalkers were a take on Egyptian Vampires, and the cats being guardians of the afterlife could just spot evil.
Neat idea, would touch on the "incest" themes, too, what with egyptian royalty.
Sekhmet is an Egyptian God who is depicted as a lioness who drank blood. That's probably his inspiration
@@SjofnBM1989 I think they are basically a perversion of her. Sehkmet is basically Hathor's enraged form (Hathor is usually depicted more human-esque) originally at humanity's wrong doing but she goes out of control and Ra needs to trick her into getting very drunk, chilling out and going back to normal. Hathor is herself a solar goddess (and a goddess of sexuality, she has a ton of children with various gods), and in Sekhmet form she is said to breath fire. So the vampires shapeshifting between werefeline and human forms, drinking symbolically innocent or pure "life force", as well as being very sexually active but apparently being not that good at reproducing, it is all like a mockery of her one night stand with unwielding rage. This also probably explains why cat attacks can cause them to combust, as they're basically acting as a much more tame and controlled avatar or conduit for her and her righteous vengeance - she is just showing the wannabes how it is really done.
Wouldn’t it have been amazing if they worked that into the lore?
Bastet, is the cat headed god. Not sekhmet.
I like how all the cats are just chilling after the final battle. Quietly confident, smug even.
Look when you do that good of a job, you just have to sit back and go “Damn, that’s good job.”
It’s how it would likely be if cats took over the world. Taking it over, but not really caring
So... cats?
"Humans don't like werewolves. Wolves don't like werewolves. People don't like wolves that can think like people and people don't like people who can act like wolves. Which just shows people are the same everywhere, even when they're wolves."- Terry Pratchett 'The Fifth Elephant'
I guess the same is true for werecats.
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The black man playing with his cat saying "get the bad man" is a complete reenactment of my normal Friday nights.
Black people are almost always magic in King novels. It's pretty obvious he grew up in a snow white town. I love how oblivious he is to the absurdity and out outrageous for his woke stance on anything.
And also he seems sickeningly obsessed with child $€xuality. 🤮
@@toomanymarys7355 Have you ever read Firestarter? His portrayal of the only Indigenous character in any of his books is SO OFFENSIVE.
Read black people books and it's okay. You don't have to read white books. They complain about everything being white but they don't create their own characters they just want to take white characters and make them black.
@@toomanymarys7355 “…his woke stance on anything.”
Wait wot?
Stephen king is actually a fantastic voice actor. Give his audio book of Needful Things a listen. He disappears into every single one of the characters it’s actually crazy
I still think about him saying "Hunka Hunka burning love" in a sultry Elvis impression.
lol idk i’ve listened to “The Wind through the Keyhole” twice and he basically does nasally guy or more nasally guy
i've kept the cassettes of dark Tower 1-3, King read those and they're great. Unfortunately they haven't been re-released.
He does an especially good job with his book "On Writing", but that's probably because it's non-fiction. The chapter where he talks about how he got into writing is especially good, and even a bit emotionally moving.
Hard to track down the audiobook, but if you can find it, I think you all might enjoy it.
Sounds cool.
14:37 "GET the bad GUY!!! GET the BAD guy!!!" shall be my cat toy battle cry forevermore!!! 😂🤣💀
Just imagine how batsh*t insane a Stephen King adaption directed by M Night Shamalan would be. It won’t be good, but atleast it will be MEMORABLE.
i need to see this before i d13 now.
meh.
Just imagining Mark Walburg's wandering around opening the every door in hotel from The Shining going "What? No?" to every time there's a ghost doing weird stuff in the room.
I need it
Yep
All I have to say is I want a Clovis epilogue as he's clearly the hero of this story. #JusticeForClovis
It may not be about Clovis, but you should go watch Cat's Eye. General is basically Clovis.
No mention of my favorite Fun Fact: That Tanya's parents are played by the same couple who played Ferris Bueller's parents.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed that!
@@sandrafaith This is why their marriage irl ended.
Even more fun fact, working on Ferris Bueller together made them want to get married. Working on this caused them to divorce.
@@Isellsimpsandsimpaccessories What about working on this movie could possibly make them divorce? Assuming neither had an affair with another actor on set.
🚨"Calling all cats. Calling all cats."🚨 That literally had me lol I actually remember seeing this in theaters, with my grandma! I'm not even joking. I have no idea how or why we chose this movie.
The level of puns is off the charts and honestly, I am here for it
Too many puns toooooo many puns
Oh good, it wasn't just me. 🤣
@strobava fwiffo It was either pretty brilliant or super... CORNY
Honestly, if you were an ancient being that considered yourself above humans, you would amuse yourself with puns too...
Leo from Charmed, Otho from Beetlejuice, Shelly from Twin Peaks and the Queen from the Christmas Prince all in one place. I love it.
I've not seen A Christmas Prince but I can't look at Alice Krige without seeing her as the Borg Queen from Star Trek: First Contact.
Don't forget Luke Skywalker.
Erm... Hellboy??
And Ferris Bueller’s parents
Interestingly, cats were the only thing that not only recognized, but attacked the vampires in _Let_the_Right_One_In_
Then why do they love witches and ghosts? I hsve seriously seen cats watch ghosts
@@speurtighearnamacterik8230 That makes sense! Thanks
@@lazyhomebody1356 Witches tend to be good people, and ghosts aren't necessarily bad. Vampires, on the other hand...
@@jeremyfrost2636 ...don't exist. But yeah you're right!
Rats cause disease. Cats kill rats. In ancient cultures, all they saw is that these apparently intelligent seeming creatures warded off evil spirits. Cats were divine, good luck. The only reason we think witches have cats is because Christianity was all about making pagan religions look demonic and bad, so your cat religion = witchcraft.
Cats in King’s universe are almost like supernatural agents, sometimes like guardian angels for the humans they love. They have psychic powers, see things we don’t see, and have both an ancient wisdom and a ferocity that belies their fuzzy shape.
King loves cats and has/has had pet cats in real life. He was also heavily influenced by Lovecraft (as someone else mentioned below), who felt about the same way about cats. It probably seemed obvious to him that cats would be the ones who would both spot and fight the monsters, and the fact that sleepwalkers sort of resemble cats was just an extra element of their grudge match.
On top of that, there is an old superstition that cats can fatally steal humans’ breath while they’re sleeping (particularly babies). The fact that this is sort of what sleepwalkers do to their victims in the movie, and cats do not, might be intended to hint at an age-old antagonism between them, where the cats have a long history of maintains their guard against and protecting the humans from the real breath-stealers (this theme was also used in Cat’s Eye; the main feline character, General, is also a really good example of the cat-as-guardian-angel theme).
I loved the part in Cats Eye where General fights the goblin or whatever that was that was ACTUALLY stealing Drew Barrymore's breath when the grandma had accused the cat of doing it.
Found immense glee in your laughing at your own 'hay' joke.
I really remember this movie when it first came out. I'm still baffled.
Ron Perlman truly earned that cameo after playing a cat-man for so long on the '80s TV series version of Beauty and the Beast.
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This movie seems bonkers, and your cat cop call pun was delightful.
it's like a family friendly version of the movie SOCIETY...
cuz that orgy scene is horrific. Traumatized me at 10yo playing during the afternoon on national tv...
Of all of Charles's glaring flaws, easily the one that inflames me the most is his audacity to call out that boxes have six sides.
Charles sees the world more deeply than the rest of us
I know right...so smug when he said it too..
The 'right meow' joke got me so much🤣. I did not expect that.
I'd really love for you to cover Rose Red! That miniseries legit shook me, and I'd really like to see you unload on the 'magic autistic child' trope because even as a teen without my diagnosis it felt icky. It also had some INCREDIBLY good special effects for the mid-90s.
100% agree!
It was an amazing mini series - the backstory was brilliant.
It's irritating as an autistic to have a character portrayed with such a stereotypical "has a special gift to compensate for being the family burden" attitute.
The actress was amazing, but not of the autistic community.
R.I.P David Dukes.
I loved the mini series
I love the King just seems to get an idea and then riffs on it. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't but always interesting. He's kinda the jazz of horror writing (although I think King is a genre all his own as it's not always clear what it fits into). His works always seems to read better than translate to visual presentations
I mean, he also used to love drugs a lot, so that helps.
Movies reveal how corny he is (pun intended) whereas in the book tbos elements seem to fit their world more. The new IT did a great jjob with this.
He did so much coke.
Like so much so that he literally doesn't even remember writing some of his books.
he wrote "sleepwalkers" in tha early 90s, when he was struggling to git back in tha groove of storytelling after gettin sober in 88/89, around tha time he was churning out crap like "rose madder" & "geralds game" & "dolores clairborne", novels mad peeps consider his worst; he wasnt riffing lol, most of his output durin tha period was, like "sleepwalkers", tonally bizarre/incoherent & gratuitously sexually perverse, often prominently featuring incest, child abuse, sadomasochistic domestic violence, etc as fundamental plot elements 😒😒😒
“Aw shucks” had me laughing more than it probably should have.
"My boy is NOT going to die! NOT *EVER*!"
Best Actress Oscar performance right there
I'm highly amused that the first level of transformation looks like the same kind of make-up that Perlman wore in Beauty and the Beast.
I'm glad you've got support for your struggles! I look forward to your content whenever it drops, and I'm happy to wait longer gaps if it means you're taking care of yourself.
In all seriousness, theses have got to be some of the best jokes I've heard in ages. Flawless. No notes.
The puns in this are next level, had me in stitches entire way through.
At a guess, the reason why cats are the enemies of the sleepwalkers is HP Lovecraft, who loved cats and used them in more than one story as being the enemies of otherworldly forces, most notably in "The Cats of Ulthar." King is highly influenced by Lovecraft. The cats of Ulthar can do most of what happens in Sleepwalkers, including a swarm of cats finishing otherworldly monsters off. I mean, this is a poorly done "The Cats of Ulthar."
I like this idea, and there is a lot of superstition around cats having (at least) one paw on spiritual or supernatural stuff. Whether it's staring at walls (because "ghosts", not at aaaaall looking for bugs), or being a witch's familiar. :X
Also, I'd like to point out that at the th-cam.com/video/6_1s-3DFiT4/w-d-xo.html there's the 'lore' book with a depection of a sleepwalker and a bunch of cats surrounding it, there are flame around the sleepwalker. So...maybe the cats attacking itself triggers ignition? Supernatural defeat! Fluffy, Moose, Mister Wiggles, Tiger use feline mob attack! Bonus Fire Damage! It's super effective!
If only this was the only thing that came up when googling "HP Lovecraft Cat"
@@Arrowdodger Yeah... HPL is super-racist. I'm guessing "The Rats in the Walls" came up. Yeah. Super sorry.
I feel confused reading this because the way I remember The Cats of Ulthar is the cats are the enemy of some nasty cat killing old people and brought to action by a supernatural force called on by a mournful child/family.
Did I encounter the wrong story labeled with this title/author? The one I read is one of my favorite stories so I feel like I'm losing my mind ngl.
@@chaossmith3864 No, but that is... kinna the plot of Sleepwalkers, with the sleepwalkers are some nasty cat-killing old people to whom collective feline justice is administered.
Is it the same story? No. "The Cats of Ulthar" is much better. But the hostility of the cats towards the cat-killing sleepwalkers and the ending share similarities with "The Cats of Ulthar."
To me, it very much feels like a Lovecraft adaptation in the vein of The Reanimator, where a bunch of weird sexualized content is introduced because Lovecraft's stories are resistant to screen adaptation.
this was one of your best pun-heavy videos ever
I’ve commented this before, but it bears repeating: you are legitimately funny as hell! It’s in your DNA. So glad you embrace it! I’m always happy when a new vid drops.
That’s so sweet, thank you so much.
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I've read almost every SK book, and absolutely nothing would shock me from him! Storm Of The Century is a great movie he wrote for T.V!
Yes it is
I still quote that at restaurants. "Give me what I want, and I will go away".
This is the only film that I've ever known my father to walk out of. It was the werecat incest. He wasn't up for that.
I was about 15 when we went to see this, as we were both huge Stephen King fans. When he walked out (taking me with him), I felt robbed. I waited and waited to be able to finish the movie on VHS, and was thoroughly underwhelmed.
Great video, BTW. Thanks for all of the wonderful content.
I haven't seen the video yet and one of the first things I see in the comments is "It was the werecat incest". I'm in for an experience aren't I?
Well, it seems like it would be pretty uncomfortable watching a scene of any kind of incest while sitting next to your kid in a dark theater.
Overall, having your father be revolted by incest is a good thing
This may be your best-ever movie breakdown. You were funny, informative, opinionated and everything was just perfect. Thank you so much for what you do from all of us. Much love.
I remember renting this from Blockbuster back when it was a new release and dragging it along to no less than 4 parties over a single weekend, and each time this movie was played, the entire house erupted into tipsy teenage laughter. It's a near-perfect "so bad it's good" flick; combine it with your favorite intoxicants and as many like-minded friends as you can round up and you will have a fun time!
Thanks so very much for this unexpected dose of nostalgia, Roses! Your videos are like the perfect visual comfort food to me. I could listen to you talk about Murder, She Wrote and/or The Golden Girls all day long! Do you ever have watch parties? I'd love to see your live reactions to beloved TV shows and absurd yet entertainingly bad movies! Thanks again for this fantastic take on Sleepwalkers. Happy early Halloween! 🖤🎃👻
My favorite Stephen King story is Silver Bullet. He wrote the original novella and wrote the screenplay adaptation. I have spent an exorbitant amount of time deep diving into the history and behind the scenes of both the story and the movie.
I would absolutely love it if you could give it an in-depth look someday
The cat person face prosthetics in this look just like the vampire makeup in the early seasons of Buffy.
For a Stephen King suggestion I'd definitely love to see and hear your thoughts on Rose Red. Is a great mini series that often gets forgotten or overlooked.
I know!
I read the book and everything I just found the lore so engaging.
Rather than IT, the sleepwalkers seem to be nearly equivalent to the True Knot in Dr Sleep. They appear to be somewhat related to Kings vampires in that Rose The Hat exhibits a similar singular fang like his vamp from the short story "The Night Flier". Whereas these seem to be "Were-cat" versions rather than vampire versions.
I didn't think of that! They're inhaling 'steam'! Nice catch
I love these snarky but not mean reviews. And the puns are top tier
i don’t know if you’ve covered the langoliers but i would love to hear your take on it! it’s so so bad it’s good! there’s so much over acting coming from this one guy. it’s hilarious!
I used to own an audiobook on cassette tape of that story, read by Willem Dafoe! Unfortunately I think I lost it during a move but it sure was an... interesting story, I don't think I've seen the movie version though
@@bookshelfhoney It is dreadful and you must see it.
Don't forget the top-notch special effects!
I just recommended that too before I saw your comment 😂
It’s horrible. Just horrible. An interesting read though.
I'd love to see you (or anyone) talk about Rose Red. It's definitely one of my favorite Stephen King original movies and even has a prequel novel (not written by King) to go into the origins of the house and the family. It is a really long one though, on par with The Shining miniseries, but I think it deserves to be talked about.
I can't believe I never noticed this before but they use a very similar design to the make-up Ron Perlman wore in Beauty and the Beast for the catpeople.
I think it was the same SFX artist.
Came here to make the same comment 😅
I love that King's main notable line in this is "You can't pin this on me." As if a note to the populous. Glad to see that Roses was able to rise back for spooky season. Looking forward to more mirthful macabre moments.
Hey, PUR. Thanks for covering strange and obscure media from the early 90s. See, in 1992, I was still struggling with the concept of sentience, seeing as I would have only been two at the time.
And had developmental issues.
Oh. Her username is acronymized to PUR, and purring is a thing cats do when happy, and she's a cat person as evidenced by her cat Basket, so...
@@ilikecurry2345 ...She should do a crossover with the Runaway Guys or Emily Aster?
Every time you played the 'I like rocks' clip, all I could think of is 'I LIKE TURTLES!'
I remember watching this first time on a TV channel way after midnight (probably the last thing they showed before switching to infomercials). For years I thought it was something my mind had twisted because I watched it half asleep. But after people started mentioning it around the internet, I realized it was just as insane as I remembered.
I'm glad you covered this movie. Watching this as a 10 year old I was perpetually confused why the mom and son were kissing each other.
The Dimming thing appears in a few other King works such as Eyes of the Dragon and The Talisman, and it works the same way. This movie freaked me out as a kid and I can't hear a steel guitar without thinking of it. The cat attack finale is glorious though. My theory is that some ancient cats made a deal with some demons for this power and so normal cats resent them for it. I dunno, best I got. It's all just magic, and it's got unexplained rules. Also I think the tagline is referring to the fear of the audience members, not anyone in the story. It's talking to you as you read the box.
I always thought it was cats that cursed people. Kind of The Cats of Ulthar by H. P. Lovecraft.
@@LisatheWeirdo That is not how I would describe the events of that short story. The cats were used by people to exact revenge, but they themselves didn't do anything of their own volition.
I'm saying that cats were jealous of humans and bargained with demons for a way to become more human, and thus created the Sleepwalkers, and the remaining normal cats because their natural enemy.
It really is a different film but I do enjoy it whenever I watch it! Btw, it's Brian Krausse not Charlie, I've made the mistake of mixing up the actor and character name more than once!
Its the same actor who plays Leo Wyatt in Charmed, loved him in that.
Been clicking myself through the goosebumps and are you afraid of the dark videos to get in the Halloween feeling... nice to get more roses for spooky month
Just realized-the actress & actor playing Tanya's parents are the same duo who played Ferris Bueller's (the film from a few years earlier) parents: Lyman Ward & Cindy Pickett.
I don't recall even hearing of this movie, so your overview is educational & amusing (I'm familiar with most of King's published/written works). Oh, and of course Ron Perlman had to be in this LOL
Thank you for sparing us gruesome harmed animal imagery, I adore cats and seeing anything bad happen to animals will keep me from watching stuff I might otherwise check out.
Only ran across your channel a week or two ago & am getting a kick out of it thus far. Think it was due to doing a search for the old timey mystery series Columbo (a favorite of mine, growing up-along w/Murder, She Wrote).
I remember when this came out. I saw it in the theater and remember enjoying it in a bad way, but that's because I'm a lifelong Stephen King fan. The movie version of Graveyard Shift is very much in the same vein as Sleepwalkers, thought it IS based on a King story, the movie goes off the rails. The late 80s/early 90s were the golden age of questionable-quality Stephen King movies.
The special effects for Ron Perlman's mouth during the scream were flawless though. Eerie, really.
Omg I love that you covered this. I watched this all the time as a little kid which thinking on it now was wildly inappropriate. As an elder millennial it's one of the weird comfort movies I pull out every Halloween.
I have a weird love of this movie that my mom and I watched one random night when I was in high school or early college. It was so bad but deeply watchable to me. We saw it like two more times in the next couple days then never again. Honestly still love every part of it.
THIS WAS SUCH A DAFT FILM, LOVED IT.
You should absolutely watch Stephen King's Rose Red miniseries next!
* stabbed with corn *
"Aw, shucks."
This got a much bigger laugh out of Me than anything. Bravo!
lord, the rose sitting out of the actress hair made me laugh so much
I'll never forget the audience in the theater having a mixture of cheering and laughing when the cats came to the rescue. But there wasn't really laughter until that point so people were engaged in the movie. I enjoyed your puns. Cheesy but fun because there's still sense of optimism and innocence in your voice. No too cool for school from you, you're just enjoying yourself. I can dig it!
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I've waited for so long for someone to review this wonderful train wreck
Man I'd forgotten about this movie! I loved Charmed and Stephen King back in high school. When I saw Brian Krause was in this I had to watch it. What a horrible idea, though it did lead me to my favorite of the "bad" Stephen King movies, The Mangler.
OK, just a note, turns out there's a lion faced Egyption Godess called Sekhmet who may be considered the world's first vampire. Although she did a lot more then these two. Ra sent her to deal with any mortals conspiring against him and she got a taste for blood. So after nearly emptying Egypt, he decided probably needed to do something about her so he poured red dyed alcohol into the Nile. Having turned the river red, she finds it had a drink, thinking it blood and passes out. After she wakes up calmer and probably a wicked hangover, she agrees to go home, do not pass go and don't collect 200 pints of blood to go.
I really hope Steven King was NOT sober when he wrote this. Because if this came from his lucid mind then I deeply worry for him.
The mother son subplot alone is more horrifying than most of Kings other plots in general
The cop who got corn cobbed, thrusts his pelvis when he fires his gun at the mother and that always stuck to my memory as the funniest thing in the movie, btw that Enya song at the end is classic
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That movie rocks....it just goes right off the rails.
I like rocks
A childhood favorite. The ending credits are my favorite part
Hey, I totally never noticed the teacher is Glenn Shadix, the guy who played Otho in Beetlejuice and voiced the mayor in The Nightmare Before Christmas! Gotta love a good "that guy!" Although they sorta stop being a "that guy from that other thing" once you remember their name.
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The commentary/editing/attention to not disturb the feint of heart viewers on this was legendary, you did a superbly good job in my books. The ending thoughts were very welcome too. I just felt so pleasant after watching this, like when I watch FanboyFlicks (not a plug, but I do recommend)! and it's a gory Stephen King movie hahaha. Anyway I look forward to more.
I like how the human protagonists never end up having any idea what's going on, and the only reason the villains are stopped is because off-screen, there must have been a Cat Van Helsing who rounded up a posse of the local cats to deal with the problem themselves.
Nyan Helsing
You and Obscurus Lupa always cheer me up with all that Nostalgia and witty commentary, keep on keepin on!
Hey, i thought i was the only one with a cat named like that! My cat's name is Nemo, The Lab Assistant! He is the assistant of Dr Mörri and they often experiment with my nerves, the size of their stomach and the friction between carpet and floor. I hate it, but i love them especially because Nemo has also discovered my nerves ease up when he purrs and sleeps on my lap.
Great to get more corn, just in time for halloween!
Cats were engineered to be yhe perfect pet. Fluffballs who purr! Of course, I'm allergic to them
Cats are seriously just the best lol
I love your cats' names! Mine are called Nox, Bringer of Darkness and Fleamont, Harvester of Souls. They are true children of chaos but I still like them
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I am the proud servant of Luna, Princess of the Bowl is now empty because I took two bites and now the bowl is clearly not full. & Aerow, Duke of 3 AM racing and Paladin destroyer of Insect kind & slayer of Geckos.
I've seen this movie, I completely suppressed it. Thanks for bringing it back 😭
I remember watching this as a kid and I rewatched it a year or so ago and reviewed it and I still love the absurdity of it! Good review!
Thank you for reviewing this film. Glad I was able to recommend it.
This was super.
It's not a 'so bad it's good' movie, but I'd love to see you review Death Becomes Her. It apparently was supposed to be a Tales From the Crypt, like Bordello of Blood and Demon Knight, but it stands on its own and it's a really fun movie! (Plus Isabella Rossellini is absolutely gorgeous, would that I could pull those looks off!)
Fun Fact: Diming is a re-occurring technique in the Stephen King Mythos. In his book "Eyes of the Dragon", the antagonist, Flagg utilizes diming a few times. And in the fourth Dark Tower book (Wizard and Glass), the character of Rhea of the Coos uses diming as well!
Now you know
Reading the Dark Tower series and I'm not sure he was ever on the rails.
Stephen King has definitely been on rails....of cocaine.
Rails of coke
LOL
There were definitely rails of some kind... ❄️👃👀
ah nostalgia. this was honestly like a "kids movie" to me because i started watching horror very young and this was definitely an appetizer
This movie used to always be on AMC's horror lineup during October when I was a kid, so I have a weird soft spot for it. Didn't even realize how messed up it was until I rewatched as an adult. 😂
7:38 And this “hey” joke and you unashamedly laughing at yourself is what made me subscribe. Please never change.
It would be great to see you cover some of the (think mid to late 90) Stephen King TV movies. The Stand, Rose Red, The Shinning, and Storm of the Century.
Here we have a film with cameo appearances from some of the famous performers in Hollywood.... and Clovis the cat turned in literally the best acting performance in the film. Not even joking.
Love you did this ❤️. Since another big part of your channel is dedicated to Murder She Wrote, are you planning on an Angela Lansbury video? Would love to see her career from your perspective
This might be your most amusing video to date, PushingUpRoses. Thank you for lightening up an otherwise dreary day. Greetings from The Netherlands!
I am not ashamed to say that the "make your way over here right *meow*" actually made me laugh out loud. What a puntastic video!
Also, the whole actual cats as enemies plot element reminds me of the Brendan Frasier Mummy film.
There it was mentioned that according to Egyptian lore cats were guardians of the underworld and the main villain had to avoid them until he was restored to his full power.
Am I the only one that finds it weird that Ron Pearlman is in a movie where the main characters look like Ron Pearlman in Beauty and the Beast?
I loved this movie and also thought it was pretty scary growing up. I probably wouldn't rewatch it, but the theme song has stuck with me forever especially since the Fugees used it in Ready or Not.
It only occurred to me the other day that my mom makes a certain face when she's joking and I realize it's the same face Stephen King makes when he's joking. Amazing.
I thought you were going to say that it was a sleepwalker face.
So i know this movie is like unhinged weird but i looove it so much. So bad its good again and some great practical effects!
Great review of a a bizarre movie.
...also, is it just me, or does Roses get more adorable the cornier her jokes get?
It’s a masterpiece of schlock. Perfect double-feature with Maximum Overdrive.
There was like an entire decade when Ron Perlman could *not* get away from the weird cat-people prosthetics.
Eyes of the Dragon explains dimming as not being invisible (which the book says is nearly impossible), but just sort of blending into the scenery. That's....... not exactly how I pictured it.
Agreed that King is always fun to watch, whether or not he's a "good" actor. A better actor probably couldn't have carried The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill, you need someone who's basically playing the whole thing as a goof.
You truly are the queen of dad jokes!!!
So I think one way they could have hand-waived the Cats vs Sleepwalkers part would have been to tie even deeper into the Egyptian mythology. Something involving Bastet, possibly imbuing the "true" feline species with a natural instinct to hunt and kill the Sleepwalkers.
Also, if I'm not mistaken it seems like they wanted to use "Skinwalkers" which are pretty much what their existing lore described.
Oh cool. Do The Langoliers.
Having watched your previous Stephen King video a few days ago, I was delighted to see this come up in my recommendations
The puns in this video were amazing! I was dying laughing. I love that the cats were the victors in this
I genuinely enjoy this movie because it plays out exactly like one of King’s novels. Long periods of not much happening then suddenly it goes from 0 to 100 then back to 0.
Bought and framed an original theatrical poster for this movie I loved it so much.
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