Overview
A chilling tale of a wife racing against time to save her family from the darkness lurking within her husband.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- anxious
- darkly comic
- late night horror marathon
- korean cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Jason Yu's elegant, inventive debut for turning a familiar sleepwalking premise into an atmospheric blend of dread, laughter, and marital insight.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Soo-jin's pregnancy and Hyun-su's increasingly dangerous sleepwalking make the shared home an unstable space.
Hyun-su's abnormal REM sleep and prescribed medication offer a rational framework that does not settle the nightly disturbances.
The film mixes marital and situational laughter with perilous nocturnal behavior and mounting anxiety.
The couple's home becomes the central arena for sleepwalking, nighttime rituals, and fear of harm to the family.
Films like Sleep, and why
The Night House
domestic psychological horror that turns intimate marital anxiety and unexplained behavior into escalating dread
The Babadook
contained supernatural-tinged horror using a couple's relationship and an uncertain threat to create sustained unease
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
darkly comic body-and-domestic horror focused on a partner whose disturbing condition destabilizes family life
Movie Details
- Director
- Jason Yu
- Release Date
- 2023-09-06
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (266)
Cast
- Jung Yu-mi
- Lee Sun-kyun
- Kim Guk-hee
- Lee Kyung-jin
- Yoon Kyung-ho
- Kim Keum-soon
- Choi Ah-rin
- Kim Jun
- Lee Dong-chan
- Park Hye-sook
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Sleep about?
- An expectant wife battles her husband's lethal sleepwalking as domestic unease blurs the line between medical crisis and supernatural menace.
- What is Sleep like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Sleep as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Sleep violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Sleep as mild.
- What did critics think of Sleep?
- Critics broadly praised Jason Yu's elegant, inventive debut for turning a familiar sleepwalking premise into an atmospheric blend of dread, laughter, and marital insight.
- Which films are like Sleep?
- Films with a similar feel include The Night House, The Babadook, and The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
- How long is Sleep?
- Sleep runs 94 minutes.
- Where can I watch Sleep?
- In United States, Sleep streams on Hulu.
