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Sleep Tight (film)
Sleep Tight (Mientras duermes) is a 2011 Spanish psychological thriller by Jaume Balagueró, written by Alberto Marini, starring Luis Tosar as doorman César, who torments tenant Clara (Marta Etura) in Barcelona.
Sleep Token
Sleep Token are an anonymous English rock band formed in London in 2016, whose four masked members, led by the singer Vessel, perform as servants of a deity called Sleep.
Sleep Walk
"Sleep Walk" (also Sleepwalk) is a 1959 steel guitar instrumental by Brooklyn duo Santo & Johnny, a two-week Billboard Hot 100 number one, the last instrumental chart-topper of the 1950s, later covered by over 100 artists and a 1998 Grammy winner for Brian Setzer.
Sleep-related bruxism
Sleep-related bruxism (sleep bruxism) is rhythmic or non-rhythmic masticatory muscle activity during sleep, now classed as a behavior rather than a disorder; diagnosed by PSG-AV or portable EMG (cut-off 7 events/hour), managed with splints and biofeedback.
Sleep-related eating disorder
Sleep-related eating disorder (SRED), ICD-11 7B00.3, is a parasomnia of involuntary eating during the main sleep period with amnesia, unlike night eating syndrome; linked to sleepwalking, RLS, OSA, and sedative-hypnotics, treated with topiramate or treating the underlying sleep disorder.
Sleep-related hallucinations
Sleep-related hallucinations (ICD-11 7B02.1) are hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucinations at sleep onset or awakening, an ICSD-3 other-parasomnia category with HHH and CNVH subtypes, prevalence 25-37% and 7-13%.
Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy
Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (SHE), formerly nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, is a rare focal epilepsy with brief stereotyped hypermotor seizures from NREM sleep; renamed in 2016, with genetic and extrafrontal forms.
Sleep-related leg cramps
Sleep-related leg cramps, also known as nocturnal leg cramps, are painful involuntary contractions of the calf or foot muscles during sleep, lasting seconds to minutes.
Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder
Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder (SRRMD, RMD) is a sleep-related movement disorder with rhythmic large-muscle movements like head banging and body rocking at 0.5-2 Hz, common and benign in infants, a disorder only when sleep, function, or safety is harmed.
Sleepaway Camp
Sleepaway Camp (1983), also titled Nightmare Vacation, is Robert Hiltzik's summer camp slasher starring Felissa Rose as Angela, famous for its twist ending revealing the killer, and for spawning a cult franchise of sequels.
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers is a 1988 American slasher comedy, the first Sleepaway Camp sequel, directed by Michael A. Simpson, starring Pamela Springsteen as killer counselor Angela Baker at Camp Rolling Hills, shot in Atlanta with Sleepaway Camp III.
Sleeper (1973 film)
Sleeper is a 1973 American science-fiction comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, in which a health-food store owner is revived 200 years in the future.
Sleeper (band)
Sleeper: English Britpop band formed in London, fronted by Louise Wener. Albums Smart, The It Girl (platinum), Pleased to Meet You; split 1998, reunited 2017, The Modern Age 2019.
Sleeper (car)
A sleeper, also known as a Q-car, is a car that looks ordinary or unassuming but delivers performance far quicker than its appearance suggests, often a practical sedan or wagon.
Sleeper agent
A sleeper agent is a spy who lives an ordinary civilian life in a target country, staying inactive for years until their intelligence service activates them for a task.
Sleeper agents (backdoored LLMs)
Sleeper agents are large language models deliberately trained with backdoors that stay dormant until a trigger appears, a January 2024 Anthropic study found they can survive safety training.
Sleeper cab
A sleeper cab is a truck cab configuration with a compartment behind the driver's seat for sleeping, letting long-haul drivers rest in the truck on multi-day routes.
Sleeper hit
Sleeper hit: an entertainment work, especially a film, that becomes a major success despite little promotion and a weak opening, growing through word of mouth; examples include My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Rocky, and The Blair Witch Project.
Sleepers (film)
Sleepers (1996), Barry Levinson's crime drama adapted from Lorenzo Carcaterra's disputed memoir, stars Kevin Bacon, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, and Dustin Hoffman; Hell's Kitchen boys abused at Wilkinson Home for Boys take revenge, Metascore 49, one Oscar nomination.
Sleepify
Sleepify is Vulfpeck's 2014 silent album on Spotify: ten 31-32 second silent tracks streamed on repeat by fans to earn about $20,000 in royalties funding a free tour, before Spotify removed it for violating its terms of content.
Sleeping at Last
Sleeping at Last is the moniker of Chicago singer-songwriter Ryan O'Neal, formerly a Wheaton, Illinois trio; known for the Yearbook and Atlas series, Grey's Anatomy and Twilight placements, and the song Saturn.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, also called Sleeping Bear Dunes, is a National Park System unit on Lake Michigan in Michigan, established in 1970 and protecting dunes rising 450 feet.
Sleeping Beauties (novel)
Sleeping Beauties is a 2017 horror novel by Stephen King and Owen King (Scribner). Set in Dooling, an Appalachian town, women worldwide fall asleep cocooned in gauze (Aurora flu); only Evie is immune. Adapted as a graphic novel; AMC pilot ordered.
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty (La Belle au Bois Dormant) is a European fairy tale in which a princess is cursed to sleep for a hundred years until a prince awakens her.
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
Sleeping Beauty (1959), Disney's animated musical fantasy of Princess Aurora and Maleficent, premiered January 29, 1959; made in Technirama 70mm on a $6 million budget with music from Tchaikovsky's ballet.
Sleeping Beauty (2011 film)
Sleeping Beauty (2011) is Julia Leigh's Australian debut drama, In Competition at Cannes, starring Emily Browning as student Lucy, a drugged 'sleeping beauty' in an elite brothel; sources include Kawabata and García Márquez; Metascore 61.
Sleeping Beauty Castle
Sleeping Beauty Castle, also called Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant at Disneyland Paris, is the 77-foot fairytale centerpiece of Disneyland Park, opened July 17, 1955, inspired by Neuschwanstein and named to promote the 1959 film.
Sleeping Beauty problem
The Sleeping Beauty problem is a puzzle in formal epistemology about whether a subject awakened once or twice during an experiment should believe a fair coin landed heads.
Sleeping Beauty transposon system
The Sleeping Beauty transposon system is a non-viral gene delivery method, reconstructed in 1997 from fish transposon sequences, that permanently inserts DNA into a cell's genome.
Sleeping car
A sleeping car, or sleeper carriage, is a railroad passenger car fitted with berths or private rooms so travelers can sleep on overnight journeys, long dominated by George Pullman.