John Murdoch wacht in einem Badezimmer eines ihm unbekannten Hotels auf: Im Schlafzimmer liegt eine Frauenleiche und er kann sich an nichts aus seinem Leben erinnern. Ein Doktor namens Daniel Schreber rät ihm per Telefonanruf zur Flucht. Gesagt, getan. Murdoch flieht und beginnt Nachforschungen anzustellen. Dabei findet er heraus, dass er offensichtlich ein gesuchter Serienkiller ist. Doch die Stadt, aus der es kein Entkommen zu geben schein, ist merkwürdig: Die Sonne scheint nie und alle Menschen fallen gegen Mitternacht in einen kurzen komatösen Schlaf. Und schon bald sind ihm nicht nur Polizisten auf den Fersen…
A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep that can only be awakened by true love's first kiss. Determined to protect her, her parents ask three fairies to raise her in hiding. But the evil Maleficent is just as determined to seal the princess's fate.
A young couple's life is turned upside down when the husband sleepwalks and turns into someone else after dark. His wife, overwhelmed by the fear that he will harm their newborn baby, can no longer sleep.
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she's become the conduit to a frightening new discovery.
Kate Bowman (Jocelin Donahue) is an average social worker who, after the sudden death of her twin sister, is investigating the mysterious deaths of other people who died in their sleep. Shortly before their deaths, the victims all reported a supernatural force that appeared to them while they were suffering from sleep paralysis. When Kate investigates further into the case, she opens herself up to the creature's wrath and soon finds herself and her family suffering from an ancient evil.
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
A tale of two sisters with rare unique supernatural abilities. Three burglars break into a house to find jewels and money but leave their sanity behind.
Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd's bestselling children's book headlines this winning 25-minute collection of sleepytime tales from HBO. Susan Sarandon narrates the simple story of a bunny readying for bed. Other top entertainers lend their voices to the tape: Tony Bennett sings the story of "Hit the Road to Dreamland"; Lauryn Hill brings rhythm to "Hush, Little Baby"; Billy Crystal lends many voices to Mercer Mayer's "There's a Nightmare in My Closet"; and singers Natalie Cole, Aaron Neville, and Patti LeBelle sing other tales. A dandy video for the youngster, punctuated with "interviews" of real kids answering a host of bedtime questions.
A young writer experiences visions during episodes of sleep paralysis, and she retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated house in the desert. As the visions worsen, she teeters on the edge of insanity as she uncovers a life-threatening secret.
Footage of John Giorno sleeping for five hours.
Alice follows the white rabbit, falls down a deep hole and discovers a strange Wonderland at the bottom.
Christmas Eve, and Sniffles is determined to stay awake to see Santa. Not an easy task.
Thanatos is a dark psychological thriller about lucid dreaming.
When a woman is being called in the middle of the night, she finds out that it's not her husband laying next to her.
Feature-length, live-action musical version of the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault.
Barney Bear is forced to give hibernation lodgings in his home to his neighbor Jimmy Squirrel, who makes it impossible to get any sleep.
A boy is haunted by a spooky figure stalking him in the dark. This ghost story is inspired by childhood nightmares, aimed to build a creepy atmosphere with one or two jumpscares mixed in there.
Two detectives begin an investigation into a disastrous secret military experiment where five prisoners were kept awake for thirty days in a sealed gas chamber.
Popeye's snoring is keeping his resident mouse awake. The mouse fights back.