John Murdoch vågner op på et fremmed hotel og finder gennem et anonymt telefonopkald ud af, at han er eftersøgt for en række brutale mord. Murdoch gribes af en isnende panik, for han ved ikke, hvordan han er havnet på hotellet, eller om han har begået mordene eller ej. Nogen har stjålet hans minder og efterladt et mikroskopisk blødende sår i panden som kvittering. Hvem eller hvad ligger bag den totale galskab i denne mærkelige og mørke by, hvor alle synes enten at lide af hukommelsestab eller at være blevet vanvittige? Forklaringen viser sig at være endnu mere skræmmende, end John kunne forstille sig.

Hele kongeriget jubler da prinsesse Aurora bliver født. Alle undtagen den onde fe, som fuld af misundelse udøser en forbandelse: at prinsessen før sin 16 års fødselsdag skal stikke sig på en ten og falde i en evig søvn! Men Auroras gudmødre, de tre gode feer, bruger deres gode kræfter og får mildnet forbandelsen til at prinsessen kan vækkes til live, hvis hun får et elskovskys af en prins…

I en lille amerikansk by begår en række teenagere selvmord - tilsyneladende som følge af massehysteri. En politimands datter, Nancy, efterforsker sagen, der fører til børnemishandleren Fred Krueger, der mange år tidligere blev brændt levende af vrede forældre. Tilsyneladende er Krueger vendt tilbage for at hævne sig, ved at vise sig i sin morderes børns drømme.

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.

Den rebelske teenager Sarah lider af onde mareridt og sover dårligt. Skolen er svær at kæmpe med, og hun kan ikke tage hjem for at hvile ud. Men så finder hun tilflugt på universitetet, hvor et forsøg om søvnforstyrrelser afholdes. I håb om endeligt at slippe af med sine mareridt og sove trygt, melder hun sig til forsøget, men indser snart, at alt ikke er helt rigtigt, og at hun snart er faret vild i den labyrint, som er hendes underbevidsthed.

En socialarbejder begynder at grave i den overnaturlige verdens fænomener, mens hun undersøger, hvordan flere personer døde, mens de sov. Da hun finder en forbindelse til søvnforstyrrelser, går hun med i en mystisk gruppe, som kalder sig ”Night Hag” og henvender sig til den, der virkelig tror på forbindelsen.

A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.

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.

Feature-length, live-action musical version of the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault.

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.

Alice follows the white rabbit, falls down a deep hole and discovers a strange Wonderland at the bottom.

Footage of John Giorno sleeping for five hours.

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.

Porky can't sleep because mice demolish his plates. A cat offers help and gets the mice out, but invites some friends so Porky still can't sleep.

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.

Christmas Eve, and Sniffles is determined to stay awake to see Santa. Not an easy task.

A lecturer seated at a desk promises an informative film about how to sleep; it's a sequel to and inspired by "How to stay awake," which put his audience to sleep. He plans to examine the causes of sleep, the causes of insomnia, and recent research on sleep, including a time-lapse film of a man changing positions 55 times during an 8-hour rest: why exercise, he asks, when you can sleep like a top? The film instructs one on how to get a drink of water during the night without waking completely, and other useful skills for the insomniac.

Popeye's snoring is keeping his resident mouse awake. The mouse fights back.

Thanatos is a dark psychological thriller about lucid dreaming.

THE NIGHTMARE, documentary filmmaker Adam Gray sets out on a journey to understand this terrifying phenomenon. From the foggy shores of Newfoundland to the steaming jungles of Zanzibar we will see where the Nightmare has left its mark. Hear from those who have survived the experience, and the families of those that did not. Meet the scientists, psychologists, and folklorists on the front lines of the battle for understanding how something without material form can traumatize and even kill those that encounter it. THE NIGHTMARE is a fascinating exploration of a phenomenon that suggests that the only difference between hallucination and the supernatural...is belief.