Você Não Dormirá Esta Noite

Now, had I known that the 2024 movie "You Shall Not Sleep Tonight" was a horror anthology, I might have skipped on it. Yeah, horror anthologies are usually not worth the time of day, as most of them are questionable affairs.

And was "You Shall Not Sleep Tonight" any different? Well, I wasn't particularly entertained, especially since some of the stories were hardly even horror. As with all horror anthologies, the segments were of various contents and various entertainment value. It was the narrative segment, the one that was told in between the segments, that was actually the one with the most horror elements to it, and it was carrying the same title as the movie. Other than that one, then "The Last Seance" was noteworthy, whereas the rest, yeah, don't bother.

I will say that the acting performances in each segment were good. I wasn't familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list, which was actually something that spoke well in favor of "You Shall Not Sleep Tonight", as I enjoy watching new and unfamiliar talents on the screen.

"You Shall Not Sleep Tonight" was watchable, but it was nothing outstanding, not even for a horror anthology. It is not, however, watchable a second time, as it was a bit of a struggle to get through the first time. And let's just be honest here, the segments weren't capable of sustaining more than a single viewing.

In honesty, it is the production value and the acting performances of this anthology that sort of kept the ordeal afloat.

My rating of "You Shall Not Sleep Tonight" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.