3.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Sleepwalker (2026)
Sleepwalker (2026)
Overview
Sleepwalker is a 2026 psychological thriller written and directed by Brandon Auman. Hayden Panettiere stars as Sarah, a grieving artist plagued by visions and sleepwalking after her daughter's death in a car accident leaves her abusive husband in a coma. The film explores her confrontation with repressed memories. Justin Chatwin and Beverly D'Angelo co-star.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
3.9
Overview
Sleepwalker is a 2026 psychological thriller written and directed by Brandon Auman. Hayden Panettiere stars as Sarah, a grieving artist plagued by visions and sleepwalking after her daughter's death in a car accident leaves her abusive husband in a coma. The film explores her confrontation with repressed memories. Justin Chatwin and Beverly D'Angelo co-star.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's exploration of personal trauma from family loss and abuse lacks any political framing, prioritizing individual psychological horror over ideological commentary. This apolitical focus on intimate struggles determines its neutral stance.
Visible diversity appears in the cast through Asian supporting actors amid white leads. The narrative subtly critiques male abuse via the protagonist's trauma without centering explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
This psychological horror unpacks familial trauma via spousal abuse that shatters the nuclear unit, leaning into a resilient, female-led support system as the path forward amid grief's dread-soaked visions. The decisive factor is the endorsement of breaking from toxic marital bonds over preserving them.
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film. The story focuses on psychological horror involving grief, visions, and family trauma without any queer representation.
Sleepwalker contains no identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on a grieving mother's sleepwalking episodes and haunting visions after a family car accident, without any exploration of transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Sleepwalker features original characters in an original screenplay, with no adaptations or legacy elements involving gender changes from canonical sources.
Sleepwalker presents original characters without established racial baselines from source material, adaptations, or historical figures, so no race swaps occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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3.9
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