Sleepwalkers - Nostalgia Critic

Killer cats AND killer corn? It's Stephen king alright! Nostalgiaween kicks off with what might be the funniest Stephen King adaptation yet, Sleepwalkers.
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Sleepwalkers (also known as Stephen King's Sleepwalkers) is a 1992 American horror film written by Stephen King and directed by Mick Garris. The film stars Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick and Alice Krige, who respectively portray Charles Brady, Tanya Robertson, and Mary Brady.
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[@ChannelAwesome]

NOSTALGIAWEEN IS BACK! What are your favorite Stephen King film adaptations? Nostalgiaween intro animation by Kritken - kzbin.info Nostalgiaween intro music by Jayhan - kzbin.info Support this week's charity - saveapetil.org/

[@TheMadDogpunk]

Can u do the Kenan and Kel Halloween special?

[@GhazMazMSM]

Channel Awesome please review evolution(2001)

[@brysonstiles6737]

Channel Awesome over the garden wall 1933 invisible man and the new Halloween movie please happy nostalgiaween

[@drakeware655]

Carrie (2013). Also, could you possibly do an Old vs New of Stephen King's Carrie next year? And possibly a review of Scary Godmother: Jimmy's Revenge?

[@supercool2898]

Channel Awesome please review the nightmare on elm street remake

[@thenickoning9069]

This years intro...is...AMAZING

[@BusBenchProductions]

The Nickoning I completely agree

[@BusBenchProductions]

The Nickoning beetle juice cartoon

[@jonnitsunami6504]

Soooo awesome.

[@FizzleFX]

Holy fuck. True!!!

[@anomalocaris2593]

Yet I can't unsee the image of it been made in channel awesome slave pits

[@Valdagast]

"When I'm good I'm good, but when I'm bad I'm better." - Stephen King

[@headdeath5975]

I am so going to use this.😎

[@Neat0_o]

That’s a sick quote from the king

[@harvesterofshine6030]

Not all of the bad stuff that he made is better! Just read that one scene in It.

[@cowboy557]

Awesome cat aliens

[@crazyratlady3026]

Bahahahahahaha no lie detected 😍😍

[@8-bitbarbarian710]

Don't even care how the rest of the episode turns out. The throwback to the Beetlejuice Animate Series intro gets an automatic thumbs up.

[@whileistaysecluded]

8-Bit Barbarian definitely

[@jeanbrown9598]

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[@zombiehalo9588]

Ohhh yeah i forgot

[@emerald8274]

Shhh.... saying his name is asking for trouble not as bad as saying Candle Jack I suppose but two more times and....

[@TwesomE]

Right you are!

[@A-Oh-Trey]

🤣🤣🤣 She killed him with a freakin' corn on the cob! Stephen King wrote that in a script, someone actually filmed it, and it survived editing! I'm now fully convinced of this movie's brilliance.👍🏾

[@jaycerrito3142]

Maybe there was a knife fused into the corn which would've made better sense how someone would be killed

[@alexjewett7455]

Or the undiluted insanity people are capable of

[@arlenfreeman3439]

@@jaycerrito3142 It's all about force. if a small, metal slug can kill, a corn cob can.

[@LadyOnikara]

Seemed rather corny to me, but it was indeed effective.

[@DarkroomMedia007]

Lol!! 👏🏽😂👏🏽😂💯💯💯

[@gatekeepingwarlock9604]

I don't CARE if they never read the comments! This Nostalgiaween's intro is the SICKEST one yet, and I gotta comment on it!

[@ChannelAwesome]

+Silas Redding We read the comments

[@pigeon4489]

Ha

[@mfahy0718]

Best one since the Goosebumps intro, IMO.

[@OfficerFriendly2006]

My favourite so far is the simpsons one.

[@syedmasroorhussain]

@@ChannelAwesome Ya guys still reading em?

[@calamusgladiofortior2814]

Police Chief: "You scratched a werewoman until she caught on fire in front of a little kid, Clovis. You're out of control. What am I going to tell the DA?" Const. Clovis: "Meow. Rowwwwrrr... meow." Chief: "I don't care if she killed your partner with a cob of corn, we've got rules. You shoot ineffectively at monsters, then run away. We go by the book in this department." Clovis: "Rowwwwrrrr, meow meow." Chief: "Goddammit, Clovis. You're a good cop, but you're too close to this case. Turn in your badge and your gun. You're on leave until further notice."

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Police Chief: "I knew we should have gotten someone from the Canine Unit."

[@Luinta]

I did not think this movie could be improved upon, but you have found a way.

[@skornie123]

Clovis, allways on the purrrrrrsuit of crime. He keeps the neighbourhood nyaa-ice and quiet.

[@sabletyger2444]

Beauty the fuckin Beauty

[@JakNekon]

He's a Cat on the Edge, with Nothing to Lose...

[@VintageBenBenCoFilms]

I saw the DVD of this film at a thrift store. Best $3.00 I ever spent...

[@maneckineckbeard1749]

As a native Hoosier, I’m outraged that you would minimize the massive impact of corn-related stabbings on the good citizens of rural Indiana.

[@lukaslukas8083]

Along with soy bean drowning… corn stabbing are the leading cause of death in Indy

[@maneckineckbeard1749]

@@lukaslukas8083 Truth! I actually had a friend from Indy who's uncle drowned in a silo of beans!

[@molcatz9634]

Hey! There's more'n corn in Indiana!

[@maneckineckbeard1749]

@@molcatz9634 LOLOL!! I remember when I was a kid, there was a giant billboard when you crossed from Illinois into Indiana saying "THERE'S MORE THAN CORN IN INDIANA!" (I guess it was supposed to be a riff on the state song, "Back Home Again In Indiana?") But duh! There's soybeans, too! 😂🤣

[@molcatz9634]

@@maneckineckbeard1749 if you didn't know that used to be the slogan for Indiana beach, an amusement park in Monticello. Did you remember seeing a anthropomorphic crow on the billboard? That was the mascot of the park. I don't know of it's still the slogan as I haven't been to the park in at least 10-15 years. Far as I know it's still open though.

[@Icarus11000]

Carrie (1976) The Shining (1980) Cujo (1983) Christine (1983) Stand By Me (1986) Pet Sematary (1989) Misery (1990) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) The Green Mile (1999) The Mist (2007) Gerald's Game (2017) 1922 (2017) This is not my personal ranking, just a list of good Stephen King adaptations you need to consider

[@dustwarewolf5532]

Does The Shining actually count though? The movie adaption was actually made by Stanly Kubrick rather than by King himself.

[@craigreilly1613]

Yeah the shining film is acctuall shit compaired to the book. Stephen king refuses to call it an adaptation of his book as it is so different

[@ajgdwn]

Is 1922 really that good? I haven't seen it yet.

[@salamanderavem3782]

Dr. Cinema 1922 is made in 2017?

[@careylocklear3659]

K

[@firstattempt356]

My god. That was such a cool intro.

[@Lowkeylie]

This might be his best one yet.

[@SuperSwordman1]

Wonder how long before someone uploads it as it's own video. Maybe I should just do it. To preserve the greatest Nostalgiaween opening ever!

[@marvelvsdc6393]

IKR?

[@sydude666]

Do alien vs predator 2 .like if you agree

[@coco_writer929]

The Green Mile Shawshank Redemption Misery Stand By Me (Based off his story The Body) Carrie (original movie with Sissy Spaceck) The Mist Cujo These are the ones I've seen that honored the source material and were great films.

[@LizzardDaddy]

IT (2018) Misery The Shining Gerald's Game 1922 The Green Mile Shawshank Redemption

[@ruyman90]

I don't think they should be based on source material, but as a movie itself. For example the ending of the mist is better in the movie than in the book

[@Phanthief95]

I’d also add the recent iteration of It as well.

[@acidroofproductions9378]

Yaasss I love Carrie!

[@weldin]

All of those + The Shining. IT 2018 was pretty good too.

[@bloodrunsclear]

John Landis: It's like an animal house out here. Tobe Hooper: What a massacre! Joe Dante: I think it was gremlins. Clive Barker: Someone sure raised some hell! Steven King: Um...something something Shining?

[@123melissinos]

Let's not get carrie'd away

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

@@123melissinos I'm taking a Stand against such crap jokes!

[@AlwaysAskingDobojite]

@@the_once-and-future_king. You’ll never stop us from making puns! Note once we shift into…MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE!

[@sonnieandjacob]

​@@AlwaysAskingDobojite I stayed up all night trying to add a joke to this and all I ended up with was Insomnia

[@AlwaysAskingDobojite]

@@sonnieandjacob Sorry to put you in such “Misery” over my pun.

[@DoomguyIsGrinningAtYou.]

"I like rocks." made me think of "I hate sand." The next clip proceeds to show George Lucas. "WAAAA?"

[@Fluffkitscripts]

Well, they really do _rock._

[@lizzycantdraw8265]

Bob Newby Superhero hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@p.l.537]

Absolutely the best Halloween intro you guys have ever done! And you have had some awesome ones in the past.

[@DigiRangerScott]

Grabbity Balls is a favorite

[@p.l.537]

Can't argue there. That was a good one.

[@incognitoburrito7458]

My sister literally passed right by me during the intro and was like “that’s some really good animation”

[@louiesworld5516]

Lol

[@purple76691]

Which the intro to the review or the review to the movie

[@MalBeats]

​@@purple76691yes

[@stupididiot4034]

Imagine if she walked past you when Malcolm said sisters were great. 💀

[@TechRexFC]

@@MalBeatsright

[@stephenfox8685]

The incest in this film is weird, but then again, they aren't exactly normal people. They're shape-shifting humanoid cats. That's slightly less disturbing in my book. Not a lot less. Just slightly.

[@masters-senpai7657]

It's not making it better:)

[@JakNekon]

"Slightly" In that you need a microscope to see the difference, but sure, we'll go with that.

[@dr.altoclef9255]

I mean I ignored it by saying to myself “maybe they’re just POSING as related maybe they aren’t actually related. They can shape shift after all, she could just be older than him...please-“

[@alexjewett7455]

Nevertheless ewwwwwww

[@jeremykegley1669]

@@alexjewett7455 Well Pornhub has mother and stepson banging! Also brother and sister banging to!

[@rvd83]

That Beetlejuice animated style opening... BEST NOSTALWEEN OPEN EVER!!

[@GoddessOfWhim2003]

agreed

[@Metroid4ever]

So zombie cat people....I'm starting to see where the writers of Scooby Doo on Zombie Island got their inspiration from. And hey, who wouldn't want a badass cat for a cop partner? Clovis is pretty damn impressive. Also, Cujo is pretty good overall. The change to ending may or may not be well-liked, dunno.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

There are an oddly large amount of soul-sucking cat people in movies.

[@jaycerrito3142]

I think Clovis was a good Sleepwalker that can turn into a normal cat and needed to stop the evil Sleepwalkers by working with the police. It'd be interesting if he turned into a human by the end of the movie. Why else was he strong and unlike most cats?

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@SwiftNimblefoot because its an old wives tale, that cats can seal a baby's breath, which ties into Sekhmet in mythology whom literally only stops her murder rampage because the other gods got her drunk.

[@nyancat.123]

@@SwiftNimblefoot I think it's because the media still hasn't changed their ideologies for 100 years

[@NoStreetLightsPlus]

“And like that an aging George Lucas said I can write dialogue like that...” 😂 that was amazing.

[@deanherring3622]

But what if it was hate and not like, and maybe something smaller…like….LIKE

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

@@deanherring3622sand

[@salted6422]

Finally we have a movie where cats are given their due credit as the best animals on the planet.

[@ThanksHermione]

Mark Hamil was in ANOTHER movie with incest?

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

Lol. Luke cannot catch a break.

[@TheRezro]

His name is "the Joker" so why you are surprised?

[@teodororeyna6614]

Empire strikes back, the kiss with Leia

[@Fighting.Flower]

This year's Nostalgiaween intro is freaking awesome!

[@adj789]

Dat Beetlejuice open on point

[@xgray2012]

Beetlejuice is my shit!! I loved Beetlejuice as a kid and I can't get enough of oh!!! I almost said his name, three times.

[@michaelhopp2700]

I love it too man😁😁

[@Vaan1984]

i hope they`ll use the new animators more. the new intro has so much personality and brings the tone of the series forth so much.

[@Fighting.Flower]

HOLLY FUCK!!! I NEVER GOT THIS MANY LIKES IN MY LIFE!!! ONLY BY EXPRESSING MY OPINION! I didn't know it was a parody of Beetlejuice to be honest, nor do i know what Beetlejuice is. Thank you guys and gals for this!

[@nelsdanburg5407]

Damn, this was the best NC review in a LONG TIME. Maybe one of the future all-time greats. Even the Halloween intro this year is iconic.

[@1rockcrawford]

right? finally, A new opening song. The show really needed it.

[@victorm152]

It's basically a spoof/homage to the opening of the Beetlejuice cartoon.

[@JK-uj9hs]

It was my first view in a while. The Steven King reviews will always draw me back, they're usually of the best ones.

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

All conflict in this review could've been solved by NC rewinding the movie.

[@specimen5481]

@Jake Shattuck are you okay man?

[@devanhinskey9001]

My sentiments exactly.

[@chaddaddywarden4349]

That applies to all his reviews

[@Nov-5062]

pause at 14:45. he totally looks like the 2003's Cat In The Hat

[@MrKiingpin]

That film was actually scarier for me as a child

[@EternallyUncoolTrevor]

Tanya then moved to Twin Peaks where nothing strange happens

[@PaveMentman]

--- Until one day, a very specific FBI Special Agent, Dale Cooper, arrived. --- --- Seriously though, "Twin Peaks" is so overcovered by the dull-cliché-sauce that even the Dale Cooper wasn't able to help me to finish the series after few episodes. I mean, clichés are kinda unavoidable. But for a 1990-series when we had "Star Trek - The Next Generation", I wish they could have tried to make thing more "energetic" to say the least (that's my opinion; others in similar situation have worded things a bit differently). Thankfully we have "Deadly Premonition"-game which basically takes the best thing of Twin Peaks, "Dale Cooper" and build the narrative around him instead of the, well, "not a strange municipality". --- --- ---

[@smashingpots9928]

I love the new nostalgiaween song and animation. I still have a soft spot for the pinky and the brain one. But its pretty good

[@animefan77]

10:57-10:59: I think what makes it bizarre is not the fact that the evil teen becomes an evil CATS wannabe then a semi-feline guy with a left, stretched facial deformity then a serpentine/feline hybrid and finally a leonine humanoid with some scales- it's that the first face that he initially transforms into is a toddler- it's the one thing that doesn't mesh with the others. I can get the fact the teen face is for luring victims and that the scarier faces are for intimidation, but what circumstance does a toddler face on a teen body achieve? Is it for luring victims with literal babyface fetishes or do the Sleepwalkers turn into toddlers to lower the guards of their victims. Does that mean that they can alter the age of their appearance. I am so confused.

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

The best intro thus far, the GF one is a close second. And I can't wait for next weeks review. It's gonna be a SCREAM! ... anyone wanna see Cujo on the list?

[@ashleightompkins3200]

I kinda do

[@rabnadskubla8594]

The villains of this movie remind me of the three werecat antagonists of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.

[@asher8754]

So are you saying Hana Barbara does better movie making than king or dose king suck so much cartoons are better

[@rabnadskubla8594]

@@asher8754 I was merely comparing the idea of werecat villains to something familiar from my childhood. I grew up watching various generations of Scooby-Doo.

[@mqfii8992]

A.K.A The best Scooby-Doo movie. Second one Is the one with dinossaurs, bikers and Shaggy being brave. (Forgot the name)

[@nahte123456]

That's either a horrible insult to Scooby Doo, or a great compliment to this movie, and I can't decide which. And think its Phantosaur.

[@EthalaRide]

Those voodoo werecats scared the CRAP out of me when I was a kid! AND Mark Hamill was in BOTH Sleepwalkers and Zombie Island for like three seconds. It was SO GOOD. Too bad NC seems to be a generation before ours. I would love to see a review of these Scooby Doo movies from a genuine nostalgic viewpoint.

[@urge2game]

I had to keep replaying that intro! As someone who watched the Beetlejuice cartoon as a kid, this intro is fantastic!

[@obairna2285]

Even when King makes bad stuff, he puts his heart into it and that shows, so you can't really hate it

[@TheArcadeKing]

Right away with a Stephen King review. Also, awesome Beetlejuice-styled intro.

[@necr0danc3r29]

That intro brought me back

[@casualcyberguy1314]

@@necr0danc3r29 Welcome to nostalgia critic terrible every other month but amazing during Halloween

[@Volvagia1927]

Intro order: 1. Great Pumpkin. 2. X-Files. 3. The Nightmare Before Christmas. 4. Halloween/JonTron. 5. Goosebumps. 6. Gravity Falls. 7. Treehouse of Horror. 8. Beetlejuice Cartoon. If I were to guess the next few? Most likely, its three out of five of Freddy's Nightmares, Buffy, Addams Family, Danny Phantom and Friday the 13th: The Series.

[@GammaCatch]

That intro was the best thing ever.

[@DaWillstanator]

1408 Misery Shawshank Redemption Carrie (1976) It (2017) The Shining (1980) Stand By Me Christine Also....CAAAAATTTTT!!!!

[@ShakShak1999]

Where's it?

[@Kageribaby]

Also, Green Mile... movie was better than the book imo.

[@silentjustin]

Well if it isn't my favorite spy lol. Nice to see your a fan of Nostalgia Critic too dude.

[@jackofalltrades6129]

Dangit, dude! Don't make me shove cats in your house!

[@lorenzogarcia4335]

1408 was boring af but this your opinion so no disrespect

[@kennethconklin4140]

Critic, being a big fan of both you and Cinema Snob, I want to give you tremendous credit for giving laughter to my family. No one cares, but my dad died and my mom had a stroke 2 months later, 32 years of marriage, and it affected her speech. Your videos have brought laughter into our family since everything happened. Right, so thank you

[@LizzieLovZU]

I care... I know the comment is a bit old but I truly hope you're okay... So sorry for your loss Wish you all the best

[@lukecy8187]

Yeah, that's Mark Hamill alright. To nobody's surprise, uncredited.

[@BionicleGio22210]

Wait where?!

[@DAsrada]

So no matter what girls, if you see a handsome new guy, do not go out with him. He could be an evil werecat monster. Just imagine the hairballs he'd cough up! Imagine having to tell him not to claw your expensive couches when his nails get out of control!

[@briankelly130]

Have you seen the internet? If a werecat monster existed, most people would treat him like a God and try to please him every step of the way. If he kills anyone, that's just seen as cute.

[@tatteredshield8120]

Darn foiled again. I will get you one day!!!!

[@4YrStasis]

@@briankelly130 In what regard?

[@damiendarko9411]

Werecat would be the king of the furry community. The yiffing would be nonstop...

[@briankelly130]

Well look at how the internet treats cats in general, they're almost considered the spirit animal of the internet, there's thousands of videos, gifs, images and more devoted to cats so if someone had the power to be half human, half cat, they could potentially get a lot of people to follow their command if only to learn the secret of how to become half cat. Plus, furries would go nuts, look up Night Mind/Nick Nocturne to see what I mean.

[@off-brandproductions]

What does this movie have anything to do with sleepwalking?

[@mqfii8992]

Angryred2002 People appear sleeping. And walking. So... Yeah? Oh! The whole movie Is someone’s nightmare while sleepwalking, hence the insanity going on like scratching making people catch fire or a pen to the brain not killing you! But they forgot to add the part In which the dreamer wakes up.

[@alexiaNBC]

They wanted to call it "Cat People" but it was taken

[@dasuberkaiser6]

What, weren't you paying attention to the introductory text? "Sleepwalker" means "shapeshifting cat-vampire"...apparently.

[@off-brandproductions]

@@dasuberkaiser6 Emphasis on "apparently."

[@joeschmoe3665]

"Cop-kebab" is a phrase I never thought I'd live to hear

[@melissalayson7275]

That should be on T-shirt.

[@PerovNigma]

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE - Official Trailer #2 (HD) *#5 ON TRENDING* Sleepwalkers - Nostalgia Critic *#4 ON TRENDING*

[@jameskey4475]

This entire review is like when you watch anime by yourself vs when your friends walk in.

[@pshuckle7488]

I think it's the opposite of that. All the weird shit happens when someone walks in.

[@jameskey4475]

Phijkchu Shuckle well ur right but still.

[@shelliblossom8953]

or the other way around when your parenta walk in

[@victorm152]

@@pshuckle7488 why of all moments in animes do people have to always walk in on you during the weird parts

[@daltysmilth]

It's more like when you're watching TV with a friend and an episode of a show you really like but your friend has never seen it comes on, so you decide to watch the episode, trying to get them hooked, but it's one of the early episodes before it got really good, and you watch the whole episode, and after it's over you ask them what they thought, and they respond "It was... nice" in a tone of voice that you know means they really didn't enjoy it but they're trying to avoid hurting your feelings.

[@morgana4488]

Nice homage to the Beetle Juice cartoons with that shot for shot retelling

[@pharaohyami5000]

Nostalgiaween! Nostalgiaween! NOSTALGIAWEEN!!!!

[@thegreatmonacage3782]

@@pharaohyami5000 "It's Showtime"

[@DCLeadboot]

Brilliant intro, that's for sure!

[@wintermoon7003]

HEY! My cat actually protects me! She heard noises outside and started growling while checking out the window, the door and then went out the side door before finally coming back in and laying in my lap, all while my dogs were dead asleep and there was no threat to me but she really hates people who isn't me or my dad. She tolerates my mom and younger brother. My neighbors have told me that they are legit afraid of her, despite having no front claws as her previous owner had declawed her, because she always growls at them if they walk by as she laying outside.

[@shelliblossom8953]

a bat broke into my house when i was younger my cat killed it but the cat died like the next day

[@randomguy2518]

All three of my cats act like that, they also follow me if i go for a walk, hell on a couple occasions the oldest (14 yrs) has followed my son and i when i took him trick or treating, walks right up to the doors with us and meows.More personality than the majority of people i know

[@420catboi]

Mine does that too. My friend would knock on my window around midnight or so and whenever she did, my cat would jump up with all her fur on end and growl. The would then stalk around the house (she wasn't allowed outside) before jumping back on my bed and laying down, glaring at the window.

[@mariobeaupre1626]

@@shelliblossom8953 Corona virus?

[@shelliblossom8953]

@@mariobeaupre1626 what no this was long ago

[@goddess461]

Loving the Beetlejuice intro!! Brought back so many memories

[@Foxy02016]

goddess461 I like how AVGN is there

[@hawkapollo5830]

1. The Shawshank Redemption. 2. The Green Mile. 3. The Shining (Kubrick Version). 4. Stand by me. 5. Misery. 6. It (2017). 7. 1408.

[@antonanderson1965]

He already did IT 2017

[@alltheworldsastage]

Great list... I'd have a slightly different order than you but all are worthy... I'd throw in "Carrie", "The Mist", "The Dead Zone" for sure, and either "Cujo" or "Christine" to round out a top 11 (Or if we allow mini series, I'd put "11.23.63" in there somewhere as well)

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

@@alltheworldsastage Gerald's Game too

[@TrafalgarD.Shambles]

Ohh...yeah and that Twilight Zone episode.

[@hyicrotai9801]

It(2017) isnt even worthy of top 10.

[@Jay-gurl]

Firstly, that opening? That opening?! That was perfect! I have been binging all the old Nostaligaween eposides in prep for this and wondering what the newest series would hold. Doug? You NEVER disappoint. -3- Bless you man.

[@Atlas_Redux]

That opening was insane indeed, holy crap!

[@jaym6996]

The intro to the Beetlejuice cartoon was the best part of the show, but the animation is so intense that only a skilled animator could pull it off. I'm sure Doug has been wanting to do this for a long time.

[@secondsidefilms4473]

His description of cats actually describes this movie. “Lots of nothing, then WHAT WHAT WHAT!!”

[@wolframironside5858]

Maybe it was made for cats. It makes as much sense as anything else!

[@apollorock3r244]

The most ironic thing about this movie is that Sleepwalkers is directed by the guy who directed the Shining Miniseries, which Doug absolutely hated. XD

[@JWeb66]

Thats because The Shinjng was always ment to be a book, while Sleepwalkers actually was ment for the screen.

[@Christopher_TG]

The problem with The Shining miniseries is the writing, not the directing.

[@bemusedbandersnatch2069]

I guess it's a fine line between "I HATE IT KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!" and "OMG I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING IN DISBELIEF LONG ENOUGH TO KILL IT WITH FIRE THIS IS HILARIOUS!"

[@NimanWielder01]

It gets better. This was their first production together. And the director would later go on to not only do The Shining miniseries, he'd also go on to create/produce Masters of Horror.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@Christopher_TG Yep. Rework the writing, cut a lot of unneeded content. It's made good.

[@dan_evilrobot]

I love this Beetlejuice style animated intro for Nostalgiaween!!

[@benrudderforth9243]

That's 1 hell of an intro, don't get rid of it!

[@efstathiosn.s6494]

24:32 "I'm moving to Derry, Maine, where it's nice and quiet". Serious extra ROFL.

[@luhyzi5012]

A BEETLEJUICE intro!?! That's... AWESOME!!! And oddly appropriate. And all those cameos from your previous reviews were a welcome sight.

[@AaronTheBlackDragon]

What an insane movie to start us off.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

I WAS LAUGHING MY ASS OFF AT THE SECOND PART OF THE REVIEW

[@serinzevering7375]

My favourite thing about your reviews apart the bone biting mockery is how much you enjoy making them. I want to love my job as much as you do doug.

[@KATTALNUVA3]

I think we've just found Stephen King's reaction to all the Critic's reviews about his work. King: I ain't taking the rap on this, not my fault.

[@LeonReal77]

I'm surprised you went through the whole review without yelling, CAT!

[@napalmblaziken]

That was the old Critic. This is the new Critic. He needs new stuff to annoy people with.

[@aubyn3290]

@@napalmblaziken still, it would have been a great nod to his old reviews.

[@Skoringo]

My favorite King adaptations: The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Shinning (Kubrick), Misery, Stand By Me, Carrie (1980), It (2017), The Mist

[@laciehinds7768]

Skoringo what about The it mini-series? And The green mile completely destroyed me with its ending ;-;

[@chibigoth7441]

Skoringo Carrie was actually made in 1976

[@jrighodaro]

Don't you mean Shining? Lol

[@Devious-Minds]

OMG I forgot Carrie!

[@patriciaricketts8412]

tbh It(2017) isn't all that accurate to the book

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

Sometimes I think Stephen King is just a giant troll and likes to see how much he can get studios to fund.

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

For better or for worst.

[@onijester56]

Yes and no. Most King adaptations have little to no involvement by King. King writes the stories he likes writing, because he likes writing those stories. And then years or even decades down the line someone reads a story of his and likes it enough that they ask the rights-owner (often the publishing studio, sometimes King and his wife) if they can adapt it. Because of this, King's passion-elements are tempered...to benefit and detriment. When "It" was adapted as a 3-hour "two-part miniseries" in the early 90's (I would watch it all the time when I was a kid...ah, childhood how I miss you) the screenwriter they hired cut pages and chapters from the book to fit it in the allotted time-span he had to work with. Backstory, absolute details like what It is and where It came from, the war with the Turtle, the childhood orgy...even some motivations and character moments for side-characters and occasionally the protagonists were shortened or glossed over or outright removed from the final draft. This is good, not the least because it cut out one of the most conceptually-disturbing scenes in the book. But then you get to King's notable Lovecraftian influences...like... One of my favorite descriptions comes from the novel Christine, where the sentient "car" has its trunk open up...releasing what MUST be bats, but don't look like any bats, or really anything at all, that could exist. They don't follow space, they don't follow time, they don't follow physics, they don't follow shapes. They are strange maybe-black-but-not-really maybe-furry-maybe-scaled maybe-flying-but-not-really-flying things that don't have any recognizable form or texture or features or anything to them. The only reason they can be described as "bats" is because that's the closest the character can come to understand what elements he can comprehend of these THINGS that shouldn't even exist in our/his world. Reading it when I wasn't even 10 years old, I understood that no matter how the things were described there was something deeper to them that made it obvious they don't belong in reality as we know it. A similar description exists for the Langoliers, which gave off to 8-year-old me the same feeling that these are things humans were never meant to encounter. And, well, the movie couldn't get across what it was about these otherworldly extradimensional timeless entities of destruction that made them so...well, maybe not terrifying but unpleasant. King permitted to be King can craft amazing worlds with vivid imagery and unfathomable attention to detail that allows the words to leap off the page when you read them...but that doesn't always work when you try to actually take the words off the page for a movie or other sort of adaptation.

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

@@onijester56 Mmm...ok. I see

[@sneepsnorp3801]

Anthony Hauser ,

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@onijester56 Wtf?? WHAT bats in Christine?? I read that book like 5x.

[@judsongaiden9878]

2:58 It's like Stephen King confused "sleepwalker" with "skinwalker." Not sure how you screw that up.

[@ShinySephiroth1]

The intro alone had me push "like"

[@ShinySephiroth1]

But to be fair, the whole thing was great

[@josephwilles29]

The intro alone had me subscribe

[@worldweaver2691]

me too.

[@bullseyecello]

Is this where the plot of Scooby Doo Zombie Island came from

[@glendiebear]

Growing up I always thought people in that Scooby Doo movie looked like the cat people in sleepwalkers. Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought it!

[@WilletteMitchell]

*facepalm* I'm such an idiot!!

[@lpatterson787]

If so, Scooby Doo was a much better version.

[@glowworm2]

It's really quite sad when an animated movie revolving around characters who normally uncover criminals pretending to be monsters for various reasons actually is the better horror movie than one written by Stephen King.

[@Chimcharlover13]

You get an immediate thumbs-up just for that opening alone. Wow!

[@artlygalkd3502]

When critic said "once again the cats do nothing because they're cats" I felt that.

[@ZBot316]

Stand By Me is probably one of my favorite movies of all time, let alone Stephen King's body (haha) of work. It feels like it could be a series of movies and not just a standalone film, thanks in part to how well developed the characters are. The film's greatest strength is how it balances its tone, they don't dumb down the premise of four pre-teens venturing far from home in search of a corpse but still makes it a fun adventure with ups and downs. The climax works perfectly because it could have gone so many ways, but because they chose the more decidedly anti-climatic route, it feels earned and perfectly summarizes what a coming of age story should be about: growing up, for good and ill, is what WE decide it will make us into. Not the expectations of others, not even our own doubts or desires. But what we want to be as people, and how we want to impact the world.

[@astrowolvez]

Huh, I had no idea stand my be was by Steven king.

[@chayden153]

Agreed, it's one of my favorite movies.

[@TheMcZilla]

The cat people from Scooby Doo on Zombie Island were scarier

[@joeelliott4820]

Nostalgia critic most odd that film

[@tgiacin435]

Well yeah, they had zombies

[@roderick8167]

So they were so much scarier in that than they are in this

[@wolfenman1013]

Those things were scarier than most horror creatures regardless...

[@TeryJones]

Shit Felicia from Darkstalkers is scarier........she can Infinite Combo you to death in MVC2.

[@deimogimuvi471]

Is it only me or is malcolm slowly tansforming into killmonger?

[@ominae1]

Nope. He is channeling Akuma.

[@greatgoblin3065]

Well, whatever he's doing, it's working.

[@SuperTunnelBoy]

Is this ya critic!? Nah I'm ya critic

[@deimogimuvi471]

Is there a black panther review on the way?

[@dylanogg347]

"Terrifying or Monty Python?" - Both. It's terrifying how closely that picture resembles Monty Python. Also, nice to see Brian Krouse has always been friggin' magic.

[@christophercarey3232]

This is Pre-Charmed Brian Krause we're talking about here.

[@JinxProductions]

That intro was incredible. Definitely my favorite one

[@ittdust]

From the Beetlejuice cartoon intro

[@Xernya-b5c]

Just for the intro you got a like

[@Boogeypop80]

Same here!

[@REDEYEREAPER]

agreed , it's just hilarious ! LOL :D

[@511tossthedice]

WOW to that intro!!! < slow clap >

[@gatereaper]

As a movie theater employee, leaving bags of popcorn up is a way to display your containers and the different sizes... it seems like this theater only has the one size so there's a sin for that

[@peeweeherman9411]

Nostalgia Critic Nostalgia Critic Nostalgia Critic I need to ask you a very important question that only you could answer Do you have Prince Albert in a can?

[@yourcollegedebt8384]

He *does!?*

[@Yunone]

Well he better let the poor guy out! Wa-Ha! Wa-Ha! Wa-Ha!

[@rutgerdambrink9024]

You do, you better let the poor man out. Waha waha waha

[@Tini-Stic]

I ain't takin the rap on this, not my fault

[@JWeb66]

I inly wrote this stunker!

[@themasteroffear2041]

this video proves why this channel is the best on KZbin

[@thepackingpacjack7767]

Wow critic, you made zeno happy

[@doom7ish]

Indeed.

[@nnytk2199]

Im just upset they didnt somehow incorporate the full Beetlejuice summoning poem Lydia does, I know its not in the opening but it was so good. Though I know I should be wary Still I venture someplace scary Ghostly hauntings I turn loose Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!

[@comiccastle532]

Is video proves that Steven king is ... just the best ever in the history of every thing

[@themasteroffear2041]

comic castle that's not what I'm saying I'm saying that this channel is the best on KZbin

[@JakNekon]

"This wouldn't be nearly as good if it was Good." ...Why is it I can't argue that statement? Also for all those listing best King Adaptations: Silver Bullet. You gotta love the insanity of a King adaptation mixed with some good classic lycanthropy. Mmmmm, that's some good madness!

[@_Azagoth_]

The Mist (2007) for the ending alone.

[@sadlobster1]

Nice work parodying the Beetlejuice cartoon intro, Critic (the second theme, that is)

[@tzisorey]

Pet Seminary - A tale about a cat who hears the calling of Christ, and enrolls in school to become a priest? No, wait..... that doesn't sound right........

[@MegaKnight2012]

Please tell me you're being honest. I beg of you

[@tzisorey]

@@MegaKnight2012 0:3

[@viron3664]

God I love the "I ain't taking the wrap for this" clip

[@rickyrosay33977]

Me when me and a coworker are getting scolded for working too slow: “I ain’t taking the wrap for this it’s not my fault”

[@mileshk8083]

2 things I've got to say: - the intro was perfect - what does the title had to do with this movie? I never saw any sleepwalkers in here; just cats Happy Nostalgiaween!!

[@zixdis6]

If you watch the movie the Song "Sleep walk" was Charles's favorite song. i think that is where the title comes from. Also here is the song in question kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3O1dKmMpdChrMk

[@beckybrooks2150]

Miles Hk The video had a definition of “sleepwalkers”, which is taken from Norse mythology: Undead that can shape shift into other forms such as cat like ones. I think they’re similar to Draugr.

[@mileshk8083]

Thanks for that definition.

[@kassandrax2322]

That new Opening is awesome! 😃

[@dexteradams6515]

Not a bad intro. Just a damn good one. A worthy Tribute.

[@calebpeterson3117]

Your profile picture just brought me such feelings of nostalgia....those were the days

[@vwin9112]

Warchief Lok too bad we can’t let go of the “smudged writing” Chanthechanel. Siw. Totally not bad. But hey screwattack is going to have its 💯 th episode.

[@judsongaiden9878]

3:02 Pretty sure someone got "sleepwalker" mixed up with "skinwalker."

[@Fluffkitscripts]

That makes tooooooo much sense

[@marsupi4l]

Stand by Me, The Shining, Misery, Shawshank Redemption, 1408, The Mist, Green Mile, and Carrie (1976)

[@lShadow426l]

25:08 awww clovis is kneading thats adorable

[@brycevo]

I absolutely love that intro!

[@alditoification]

Fuck off.

[@trueroscoe]

Holy HELL. DAT OPENING. Not since Family Guy did a beat-for-beat reenactment of Indy's escape from Peru have I seen anyone so lovingly recreate a beloved childhood memory in animation!

[@omnibecca7479]

THAT INTRO WAS AMAZING! It was thanks to the Nostalgia Critic that I watched Beetlejuice the cartoon at all, and it was totally worth it for the intro! GREAT WORK!

[@aguynamelex3146]

Is the city in the opening supposed to be the Chicago skyline

[@JaxBlade]

6:18 PREACH!!! Incest: the Game the whole family can play

[@aaronbroyles9082]

It's popular in Kentucky.

[@violetshadowstone5250]

*Sigh* I wish I could bleach my eyes so I could forget this.

[@hinata167]

It's cool to see that you watch the same channels as me. Love your videos.

[@Perid0tStar]

I feel like a 'The Aristocrats' joke belongs here x)

[@notfrank6586]

i think we when though enough of that with game of thrones

[@HatsODoom]

You missed the perfect opportunity for an Aqua Teen Hunger Force reference. "Behold, corn!"

[@dirkdiggler8093]

HatsODoom Tonight.. You.

[@DeannaJacksonDJsDelectables]

Dat intro, though... 😂🤣😂🤣

[@ShadowSonic2]

Any 90s kid will remember Beetlejuice!

[@edb1382]

Yeah kinda disappointed how much of a copy it is

[@Ranuyasha]

@@edb1382 It's heavily inspired

[@Ranuyasha]

@@edb1382 and a parody

[@abouttwentysevenducks]

I love it so much

[@murasakiusagi5124]

I almost choked on my broccoli when he said they were mother and son

[@TotallyRandomPeach]

Did doug's hair run away and become malcom's beard

[@ivankirin816]

Yes

[@reaganhogg041]

Bruh Malcolm’s hair is the best

[@p.z.arnott2329]

Doug had hair?

[@raymondhamill270]

@@p.z.arnott2329 yeap

[@brodycooper1950]

You think mother x son is bad then go read the orgy part in IT (mentioned in the 2017 review)

[@floridaman2806]

At least they weren't related, this is fucked up on so many levels

[@ladyviking89]

I like to say Stephan King did this b4 The author of game of thrones

[@troywright359]

@Tynox 01 nope

[@melissalayson7275]

They never shot that scene for It 2017. But the cast knew about that part in the book.

[@dannydark1452]

Omg omg omg... The intro bro..... Magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!! Hell yeaha a cartoon beetlejuice tribute. Your fucking awsome. Thanks for making my week. The into was everything :)

[@armiproductions5680]

These just keep getting better every year.

[@armiproductions5680]

Tommyknockers wasn't that bad that but Maximum overdrive.

[@soul6733]

7:12 Oh come on Malcolm, you don't need a theraphist. You just saw too many anime slice of life.

[@ghostytrickster2119]

What he needs is a Razr I just figured out he has a beard and a mustache

[@halfling49]

Hahaha, oh god

[@MegaKnight2012]

I think we all might need therapy from watching too many slice of life anime

[@chainsofenkidu2057]

No don't! We don't need to be Detroit Smashed!

[@oliviawilliams6204]

I blame Game of Throne

[@THECOMICBOOKMAN]

I like this movie for one reason, all the cameos! Dante, Landis, King, Hooper and Barker👌