Don't Go to Sleep
- TV Movie
- 1982
- 1h 33m
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6.5/10
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A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.
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It's very interesting to watch a movie you saw as a pre-teen through adult eyes.
It's paced for the two hour time slot a made for TV movie must have, but it's still pretty solid.
It's one of the best TV movies in this genre. It holds up, still scary. So scary, in fact, it's a little hard to believe it IS a network movie.
It's paced for the two hour time slot a made for TV movie must have, but it's still pretty solid.
It's one of the best TV movies in this genre. It holds up, still scary. So scary, in fact, it's a little hard to believe it IS a network movie.
I saw this movie as a kid and was NEVER able to get it out of my mind. A dead girl, Jennifer, comes back to haunt her younger sister, Mary, and the two wreak havoc (in the form of accidents) on the rest of their family. Everyone still blames themselves for Jennifer's death while Mary seems to think that she was the only one who TRULY cared for her. The big shocker occurs as a flashback scene towards the end of the movie where we see who is really responsible for Jennifer's death. This movie makes "Made-For-TV" look extremely good! Poor Oliver Robins from "Poltergeist" fame plays yet ANOTHER brother stuck in the middle of a very unlucky family. So far, I've only seen this movie in one rental store so it IS out there somewhere.
One would never believe that a made-for-TV horror movie could be any good, but this one is a nice surprise. I didn't see this as a kid, and good thing because I would of never slept again! Creepy and weird! The one down side is that it kind of falls apart towards the end. It goes from being good to being a typical cheesy horror movie. But worth seeing all the same.
I've seen this eerie film back in 1986 at my aunt's house. It was unexpected at the time, I was looking for a family movie, and it turned out to be a spooky shocker. It took place in December of 1982 where a girl named Mary survived an auto accident along with her family...her sister Jennifer did not make it. Jump a year later which was initiated from the opening, poor Mary seems to be having nitemares of her deceased sister Jennifer. She even hears Jennifer calling her name through the dark. Soon enough, the late Jennifer appears under Mary's bed. The dead sister makes nocturnal visits and Mary is astounded. Later, weird sudden deaths occur in the family(I will not say the specifics). Mary may be responsible...but is Jennifer making her do it? The movie takes a number of turns toward the climax and closing credits. For years I was appalled by this movie, merely because I did not understand it. I last saw this film in 1998 on the late night movie and appreciated it even better for the slick direction and execution of the actors. It holds an intense atmosphere, because of its disguise as wonderland with Alice(Jennifer) lurking around in it. This is a well-done TV movie and should be watched if possible. Home video rental is nearly hopeless, with this film being out of production for more than a decade. Good luck.
Almost twenty-years later, "Don't Go to Sleep" still haunts me. It is a classic of the made-for-tv thriller genre from the late-70s and early 80s on par with the Charles Durning horror "Dark Night of the Scarecrow", the Parker Stevenson thriller "This House Possessed" and the Donna Mills/Patty Duke campy "Curse of the Black Widow". The most memorable character in "Don't Go To Sleep" is that of Ruth Gordon... but I'll always remember the pool scene. Those who have seen this movie know what I am talking about. Creepy. This is what made-for-tv horror was all about before the Los Angeles Olympics, "The Love Boat", and the laughable Susan Lucci made-for-tv thriller "Invitation to Hell".
Did you know
- TriviaDennis Weaver reads an article about a house "made entirely out of bottles". His own famous home was made out of recycled tires, cans and bottles.
- GoofsThe radio is plugged into a socket across from the bath/shower. Mary "accidently" unplugs the radio instead of the dryer and then plugs it back in. The radio is set inside the bathtub near the father's feet, with the cord still outside the tub area. Next the cord is seen being pulled tight by someone (unseen) which pulls the radio into the bath water. From this angle, pulling the radio by its cord would cause it to fall onto the bathroom floor, not in the tub.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Harmontown: Jock Jams and Pearl Jams (2013)
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- Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(as The Burbank Studios, Burbank, California)
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