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Sleepwalking is a 2008 American drama film starring Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, Charlize Theron (who also produces the film), Woody Harrelson and Dennis Hopper. It centers on the bonding of a 30-year-old man and his 12-year-old niece after she is abandoned by her mother.
The Rift (Spanish: La grieta) is a 1990 Spanish science-fiction horror film directed by Juan Piquer Simón and starring Jack Scalia, R. Lee Ermey and Ray Wise.The story concerns an engineer (Scalia) who is blamed for the disappearance of the submarine he designed, and leads an investigation team to the depths of the ocean, where he encounters an array of abnormal creatures.
Sleepwalking may also accompany the related phenomenon of night terrors, especially in children. In the midst of a night terror, the affected person may wander in a distressed state while still asleep, and examples of sufferers attempting to run or aggressively defend themselves during these incidents have been reported in medical literature. [15]
The most famous film on our list, A Nightmare on Elm Street introduced the world to slasher film icon Freddy Krueger—the malevolent spirit of an unrepentant child murderer who in the afterlife ...
Psychoanalytic film theory is a school of academic thought that evokes the concepts of psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan. The theory is closely tied to Critical theory, Marxist film theory, and Apparatus theory. The theory is separated into two waves. The first wave occurred in the 1960s and 70s.
Creators and/or film distributors or publishers who seek to distance themselves from the negative connotations of horror often categorize their work as a psychological thriller. [9] The same situation can occur when critics label a work to be a psychological thriller in order to elevate its perceived literary value. [8]
This is particularly apparent in the right hemisphere. In non-sleep-deprived people involved in verbal learning and arithmetic tasks, the anterior cingulate cortex and the right prefrontal cortex are active. Following sleep deprivation, there is increased activation of the left inferior frontal gyrus and the bilateral parietal lobes. This ...
Sleep-talking can also be caused by depression, sleep deprivation, day-time drowsiness, alcohol, and fever. It often occurs in association with other sleep disorders such as confusional arousals, sleep apnea, and REM sleep behavior disorder. In rare cases, adult-onset sleep-talking is linked with a psychiatric disorder or nocturnal seizure. [2]