Charming and brutal

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

When I was young I watched this It SCARED the Hair off my face!! I Love this and I am waiting for it to be re-discovered so I can buy it on DVD??? This is a good movie I don't understand ?? It Got lost in the shuffle ?? so many classic horror movies have ?? this has it all the evil sister to ghosts to weird parents you name it .. my most favorite part is when the mother passes the bedroom and hears voices .. and the one little girl is supposed to be alone ... and well that gave me goosebumps .. then the father and the bath tub ??? yuck weird but different .. This is a must see at least once! I watched this with my father years ago .. and looked for it for 13 years I just finally found it and am looking forward to seeing this again .. I will watch it in the dark as I did 13 years ago with really buttery popcorn "

This was an OK movie, not great but not bad either.Some OK frights... sometimes the child actors were quite bad.I saw it through an old VHS.I have no idea if this on DVD? I wouldn't buy for full price...Rentable, and if you find this in the sales for 5.99 then you can buy it.Maybe if you are not a horror fan? For old horror fans this is good... for others not much worth.I HATE THIS 10 LINE RULE =D I HATE THIS 10 LINE RULE =D I HATE THIS 10 LINE RULE =D I HATE THIS 10 LINE RULE =D

I saw this as a kid in '82, without really knowing what it was. It's a well made TV movie about an all-American family that has lost a daughter in a car accident. The surviving daughter does not seem to be coping well.....She starts hearing and seeing strange things. Is she really hearing and seeing her dead sister, or is she having hallucinations? Is she mourning her dead sister, or does she have a guilty secret? The movie is typically TV-paced, meaning that it starts out a little slow, but steadily picks up steam until deaths start happening. Which sister is the killer? I don't want to reveal TOO much, but I will say that the closing scene has successfully creeped me out for 20 years.

What we have here is a made for TV horror movie from the eighties. There was some pretty good stuff made for the box during the 1970's, and it would seem that tradition was carried on, at least until the early part of the eighties, as Don't Go to Sleep is one of the best made for television horror films that I've seen. Naturally, given the fact that this film was made for television, it's not as graphic as most of the horror output in the eighties, and the obvious budget limitations mean that this can sometimes feel like a TV serial rather than a proper film, but still Richard Lang's film gets it's point across and manages to be entertaining for it's duration. The plot follows a family that move into a new home in the country after a terrible car accident that left one of the daughters dead. However, the remaining daughter soon begins hearing things at the new house, and it's not long before she's 'in league' with her dead sister and carrying out her revenge - by picking off members of her own family one by one! The film's main influences would appear to be the classic films, The Bad Seed and Psycho. Both of these films are massive favourites of mine, and while this one is nowhere near as good as either, the way that the plot takes influence from both is good in that it uses the influence well to come up with a somewhat 'new' story. The characters aren't too badly drawn considering that this is a TV movie, and the director ensures that the family members do somewhat reflect real life, although it could be said that the characters are clichéd. The film features some decent performances from the central cast. Robin Ignico is the standout in her role as the demented daughter, and receives good support from Dennis Weaver in the role of her father; although for me, Ruth Gordon was ineffective as the mother. The film succeeds overall due to the fact that it's always a lot of fun to watch, and thankfully it all boils down to a satisfying conclusion that justifies watching the film. Overall, compared to other horror films; this one isn't brilliant, but it's a cut above a lot of direct to TV stuff.