Don't Go to Sleep (1982) (TV)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Richard Lang

Writer:

Ned Wynn (writer)

Release Date:

10 December 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Plot:

A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier. |

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Sister | Teasing | Watermelon | Iguana

Cast

Dennis Weaver	...	Phillip
Valerie Harper	...	Laura
Ruth Gordon	...	Bernice
Robert Webber	...	Dr. Cole
Robin Ignico	...	Mary
Kristin Cumming	...	Jennifer
Oliver Robins	...	Kevin
Claudette Nevins	...	Dr. Samuel
Marilyn Coleman	...	Sarah
Tim Haldeman	...	Intern
Haven Earle Haley	...	Priest
Ned Wynn	...	Paramedic
Ross Porter	...	Radio Sportscaster (voice)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Aaron Spelling Productions

Quotes:

Bernice: [after seeing Mary's bed on fire] The kid shouldn't have been smoking in bed!

SEEK THIS OUT AND WATCH IT!!

I recently heard about this movie and found a 'collector's copy' (read: bootleg) on e-bay(it's a made-for-tv film that was never released on video). To say this movie is scary, creepy and one of the best tv movies ever made is a complete understatement. After watching it, I was stunned and totally freaked out. Dennis Weaver and Valerie Harper are amazing as the parents of a little girl who keeps seeing the ghost of her dead sister, killed a year earlier in a mysterious accident (I guarantee you M. Night Shumaylan used this film as an inspiration for THE SIXTH SENSE). The scene where Weaver and Harper confront/attack each other over the death of their child is frightening and heartbreaking. That scene alone should have netted both of them an emmy, especially Harper. She's brilliant.

Frightening, eerie, creepy, and very ballsy for a tv movie from 1982 (produced by Aaron Spelling!). Current television MOW writers should hang their heads in shame when they compare the current disease-of-the-week drivel they churn out with this classic ghost story (written by actor Ned Wynn, son of actor Keenan Wynn). Whoever owns the rights to this (I'm assuming ABC) please get it out on DVD or else I'M gonna start bootlegging it! The public has GOT to get this!