Sleep

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Sleep

Released Sep 27, 2024

1h 34m

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SLEEP follows newlyweds Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun, PARASITE) and Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi), whose domestic bliss is disrupted when Hyun-su begins speaking in his sleep, ominously stating, "Someone's inside." From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, Hyun-su transforms into someone else, with no recollection of what happened the night before. Overwhelmed with anxiety that he may hurt himself or their young family, Soo-jin can barely sleep because of this irrational fear. Despite treatment, Hyun-su's sleepwalking only intensifies, and Soo-jin begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger.

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Critics Consensus

Elegantly executed, Sleep builds prosperously upon a familiar premise and delivers rousing chills.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

This is a really fun, tight little thriller that accomplishes a great deal in a limited space.

Nov 3, 2024

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Alison Willmore

New York Magazine/Vulture

Sleep is a wild ride, but it refuses to lose sight of the emotional state of the people it puts onscreen, even as they fall apart.

Oct 1, 2024

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Yu stops exactly where he needs to to protect and maintain “Sleep”’s suggestive atmosphere and charming ambiguities.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 27, 2024

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Rebecca Sayce

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

Though its commentary on the ills of modern society can often feel a little redundant, the stellar performances and a suitably twisty narrative carries Sleep into its head-scratching, bonkers final act.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 24, 2025

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Lauren Hayataka

The Asian Cut

With tight camera shots and a setting primarily within the couple’s small apartment, the film draws viewers into the intimate confines of their relationship, where trust, fear, and paranoia become inseparable.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 24, 2025

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Alise Chaffins

MacGuffin or Meaning (Substack)

Sleep is a great reminder that across cultures, we still like to be in control of our lives and that a loss of that control can feel frightening. And that at the end of the day, all any of us want is a good night’s sleep.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 23, 2025

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Courtney K

pleasantly surprised by this one; it's a good little story & it's told/executed well.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/18/25

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Riviu R

Again, if a horror film is told with a good story, and each character is played well by the right actors, it will be a good film! A simple film about fear that leads to madness, SLEEP is proof that you don't need jump scare to making terror! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/10/25

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Gabriel T

It could have been just silly but it manages to go really crazy. It makes you doubt if it it's a ghost or madness story in the end and the sleepwalking episodes were really creepy. And the third arch scenario was absolutely amazing

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/24/25

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Jerod S

Sleep went way beyond what I had anticipated and told a story of a struggling young couple. Don't eat the dog.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/25/25

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Julian S

Presented in Korean with English subtitles, SLEEP is a tautly structured ghost story that melds the uncanny with the ordinary.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/19/25

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HelenSPSA N

Thought provoking. Out of all the horror genres , Korean horror is by far my favorite!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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Su-jin

Lee Sun-kyun

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Lewis Taewan Kim

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Choi Pyung-Ho

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Synopsis

SLEEP follows newlyweds Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun, PARASITE) and Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi), whose domestic bliss is disrupted when Hyun-su begins speaking in his sleep, ominously stating, "Someone's inside." From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, Hyun-su transforms into someone else, with no recollection of what happened the night before. Overwhelmed with anxiety that he may hurt himself or their young family, Soo-jin can barely sleep because of this irrational fear. Despite treatment, Hyun-su's sleepwalking only intensifies, and Soo-jin begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger.

Director: Jason Yu
Producer: Lewis Taewan Kim
Screenwriter: Jason Yu
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: Lewis Pictures
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror, Comedy
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 27, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $33.9K
Runtime: 1h 34m

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