# Sleepless (2001)

> An insomnia-stricken retired detective and a young police partner pursue a sadistic serial killer through a stylish Italian giallo maze.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/25018

## Facts

- Runtime: 117 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Director: Dario Argento
- Cast: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia, Rossella Falk, Paolo Maria Scalondro, Roberto Zibetti, Roberto Accornero
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220827/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: dread-filled, paranoid, visceral, late night horror viewing, giallo double feature

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- [A Bay of Blood (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/3044)
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- [Trauma (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/29199)
- [A Pure Formality (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/11642)
- [Insomnia (1997)](https://ember.film/movie/15895)
- [The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/25016)
- [A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/43416)
- [The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/16516)
- [The Double Hour (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/27544)
- [Deep Red (1975)](https://ember.film/movie/12129)

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