Don't Go to Sleep
- TV Movie
- 1982
- 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
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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- 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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Very good for a TV movie
I've rated this movie higher than I would if it were theatrically released. One of the biggest problems with nearly every TV movie is pacing. Arranging the story so there is enough suspense to keep an audience through commercials tends to create awkward pacing, and this movie is no exception. But the movie has enough of a story to keep things moving forward. Direction is largely competent, except for a very poor opening credits sequence. Script is also acceptable. Characters are not especially likable, but in a story like this, that doesn't matter much.
There are two scenes that especially stuck in my memory as a child; the first being the frisbee scene. The second was the pizza cutter. Given the lack of real menace in the movie, the direction was surprisingly effective in making things creepy.
I only wish that made-for-TV productions kept this sort of sensibility.
Entirely worth tracking down for aficionados of early 80s horror.
There are two scenes that especially stuck in my memory as a child; the first being the frisbee scene. The second was the pizza cutter. Given the lack of real menace in the movie, the direction was surprisingly effective in making things creepy.
I only wish that made-for-TV productions kept this sort of sensibility.
Entirely worth tracking down for aficionados of early 80s horror.
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- Ne idi na spavanje
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- Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(as The Burbank Studios, Burbank, California)
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