Don't Sleep

I cannot understand why the previous post stated this was a great flick, I have to say hand on heart that this was the worst film in history, If I had paid at the cinema to see this tripe I would have wanted my money back, the acting is plastic and wooden, typical cheap budget film you would find on the horror channel, avoid at all costs, if this was in a bargain bucket for 10p I wouldn't buy it, what more can I say, sooner watch paint dry than waste half of my life watching this drivel.

Complete Shiite.

The music is too loud; poorly mixed.

Some good actors, some average actors, and some no name actors- none of which brought any level of interest to this flop of a horror flick.

Poor script, poor directing, and sub par acting and special effects.

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By the end of Don't Sleep I felt bad, the ending was so interesting that I wished that I had enjoyed the film. But I didn't, I simply couldn't.

Starring Cary Elwes (Princess Bride, Saw, Top Gun) and Drea De Matteo (Joey, The Sopranos) but both as side characters this supernatural thriller staggers along at a dreadful pace from start to finish.

The story a mess, the creation abysmal and yet there was something there something frustratingly beneath the surface but unable to break free.

In the hands of a decent writer this could have been something quite watchable but Don't Sleep is far from that in its present form.

The Good:

Well the ending was certainly interesting

Cary Elwes

The Bad:

Lame/dull leads

Dreadful story

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I learnt that we had a backup pack of ibuprofen at the back of our cupboard for the headache this 95 minute embarrassment gave me

The lead actress (turned model) might clearly love herself and the director wanted to showcase her with super slow walks to the shower, but she did nothing good with her role. An awful performance, barely anything to feed off for the lead actor Dominik who at least made an effort not to take the Michael out the audience. Even if he couldn't execute it. This movie felt like the show RIVERDALE where teen like writing and delivery occurs.

Low budget ghostly figures, rushed tension, rushed and poor dialogue, slow start and no chemistry between the leads. The romantic scenes were cringey as was charlbis lacklustre performance. Ruined the entire film.

All in all sorry not sorry this was terrible for a horror film. And a young(ish) couple clearly older than the student age they're meant to play, moves into a big cottage... oh come on. In England youd move into a studio! So unrelated. Poor casting.

I'm pretty surprised with the talent of actors like Elwes, DiMatteo and Alex Rocco of "God Father" fame would be in a film with such a stupid plot and terrible, Total "B" class production value. This is not to say any of these actors are top notch Hollywood "A" listers. They are, however, talented and have been in some very good films and TV shows.

That said, this is simply one of yet another non-relevant mediocre at best, attempt to delve into a Horror story that tries to be different. Let's face it, it's not the easiest task of creating a "new" type of horror film that has not been done in one way or another 100's X's over. But, every once in a while a really good new film comes out that does manage to be original despite using formats already used many times. (Sinister, The Conjuring, Paranormal activity, Saw, Hostel Deliver us from evil etc)....

It seems as though anyone with a few bucks and a decent camera can write, produce, direct and sell crap dressed up as scary and unique yet, us Horror and Thriller fans pay (with time and $) hoping we find something worth telling your friends about. They are few and far between. If you do tell anyone about this film in the form of a recommendation, make sure you say "steer way clear".

Don't Sleep is no different. Acting was way below par surprisingly. One caveat, in defense of Cary Elwes, he is only in a few scenes. Direction was all over the place and the flashback scenes made no sense. Frankly, it was a boring film that I had to struggle to get through. The makeup (for the Demons/Ghosts?) was akin to something you would expect from a 10 year old kid showing up at your door on Holloween. Yes, it really Is that bad.

I don't like writing spoilers in any of my reviews and won't do that now, although I should and save you all a lot of wasted time and $.

The name of this film should have been "Do sleep"! And there should have been a recommendation at the beginning of the film advising to do just that for the next 97 minutes rather then a quote from Nitsche, which was, BTW, the best part of the film.

Go and rent ANY of the films I mention above if you want to see an original, worthwhile film that will put a fright into you.