
7.11979
The China Syndrome
1979 Film


Where dreams end and nightmares begin.
Laura Baxter is a young woman, literally a "sleeping beauty," who suffers from a medical condition called "parasomnia." A childhood accident victim, she is actually sleeping her life away, awakening briefly on rare occasions. Art student Danny Sloan falls in love with her, unaware that her hospital neighbor, a terrifying mass murderer and mesmerist named Byron Volpe has other, more sinister plans.
Directed by William Malone
Stills from Parasomnia










The people behind the story








Continue the flow with related stories