Don't Go to Sleep

TV Movie
1982
1h 33m

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6.5/10

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Drama Horror Mystery

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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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,692

12,376

See production info at IMDbPro

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Featured review

8/10

You can't sleep after seeing this made-for-tv classic!

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".

energi
Aug 2, 2001
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Trivia
Dennis 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.

Goofs
The 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.