Eight people experience sleep paralysis, a condition which leaves them unable to move, speak or react.
Forrest Borie
as Self
Korinne Wilson
Andrew Schwarz
as Ghost
Johnny Depp
as Self (archive footage)
In the stillness of night, a lone man is trapped in a state of sleep paralysis. As darkness closes in, he must confront the ghosts of his past.
A woman struggling to cope with the death of her fiancé begins to suspect she might not be as alone as she thought.
Eyewitnesses across the globe describe encountering the same evil entity.
Jack can't sleep... and their sleepless nights are only getting worse. When Jack's sleep paralysis demon invites themselves into the bedroom, things continue to spiral out as The Demon's game to keep Jack awake only becomes more and more obscure.
A young woman comes face to face with her sleep-paralysis demon, defeating it once and for all.
During her childhood, Lindsay struggled with sleep paralysis. For years it was gone, but now that she's a beautiful grown woman the disorder is back - and worse than ever. Lindsay believes she's seeing her dead father during the paralysis and starts to think he wants to communicate.
"Sleep Paralysis" dives in to the little-known phenomenon of the same name. Affected people from different cultures tell of their frightening experiences, while scientists try to find explanations.
After a big night out partying a young man comes home only to have his worst nightmare ever.
One man's descent into madness as he tries to discover what comes for him in the middle of the night.
As children, Rheanna and Annette are happy. However, after an evening of ghost stories and games with their friend Tara, what started as innocent fun soon turns into a nightmare. Rheanna, the youngest is murdered by the Old Hag Syndrome, leaving both Annette and her mother Pamela scarred. An older Annette, desperate to be closer to her mentally unstable mother, becomes an intern at the psychiatric hospital where her mother resides. After a number of paranormal encounters, some resulting in mysterious deaths, Annette becomes convinced that the Old Hag Syndrome is supernatural rather than psychological threat. The haunting and death of Pamela and the haunting of Tara's only daughter, pushes Annette to fight this creature before more lives are lost. As Annette is plunged into her own personal nightmare, the forces of evil conspire against her as she prepares to make her final stand, with the help of both hardened skeptic, Alex and the man of faith, Tumeric.
Kira finds it difficult to wake up, as sleep paralysis and psychological trauma from her childhood keep her in an endless cycle of nightmares.
A man finds himself trapped inside his own nightmare with a malevolent entity and must wake up before it's too late
A man believes a dark entity is attacking him while he sleeps.
Through POV storytelling, Parasomnia follows a data analyst in the 90s whose solitary lifestyle has been derailed by sleep paralysis and constant nightmares. As the nightmares escalate it becomes clear that something is watching – and it's getting closer.
Stu Craven sits down for an interview with a paranormal investigator team, who aim to understand and help him solve his ghostly problem...
Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she's become the conduit to a frightening new discovery.
After confronting her fiancé, Paul, in a cheap motel, Betty discovers the horrifying secret that has kept him from sleeping for days.