Haunting Sarah

PG 5.6
2005 1 hr 29 min Thriller , Mystery , TV Movie

A mother dealing with the death of her young son learns that her niece is in contact with his spirit.

  • Cast:
    Kim Raver , Rick Roberts , Niamh Wilson , Alison Sealy-Smith , Kristen Sawatzky

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Reviews

Scanialara
2005/10/02

You won't be disappointed!

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Greenes
2005/10/03

Please don't spend money on this.

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Fairaher
2005/10/04

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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Zlatica
2005/10/05

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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GL84
2005/10/06

After a devastating accident, a woman comes to believe her twin sisters' recently-deceased son has come back through her new child to continue his relationship with her daughter and must stop his possessive nature.This was an incredibly limp and lifeless affair as there's hardly anything worthwhile here. The biggest plus here is that it does a rather nice job of making the possession seem realistic, from the drawings of the future to the secretive behavior in the twins' relationship as well as the marks on her body. All of this is nicely explained and given some real thought, especially in the later half when that behavior starts to get into rather freaky territory with their growing attachment and expensive gifts that seem to hide something more to it. It also features one rather cool sequence where the daughters' thrashing around in bed and they come rushing in to see what's wrong, and once seeing it's a charm bracelet as the cause remove it immediately only to find a supernatural cause flying in and wrecking the room. However, nothing is really interesting here due to the film's nature since it can't really go too extreme or terrifying, literally cutting this one off from the points that would've sold this one the most. The fact that the possession really amounts to mouthing off at the mother, hiding away from her to go be with the sister in secret and not sharing anything about their activities together and in general not showing off any kind of truly thrilling or terrifying actions here is what really stands out since this allows more for the network audience to connect to the characters and the situations yet plagues this as a horror effort. That leaves a lot of rather boring scenes that don't have any impact due to how toned down or brief all these supposed scares are which in the end leaves it really wanting despite a few solid moments here and there.Rated Unrated/PG-13: Mild Violence, some Language and intense themes of child loss and trauma.

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brittanyls
2005/10/07

At first, I only watched this movie because Kim Raver was in it, but within the first 5 minutes I was hooked! I will definitely recommend this movie!! This is a great movie; the acting is great, the storyline line is interesting!! It's a great mix of scary and at times sweet! I was on the edge of my seat for some of the scenes-(that has rarely happened watching anything other than X-Files). I love the way Erica's dream sequences are filmed. The black and white colors add to the eeriness of the scenes- with only small amounts of color coming through! I have loved Kim Raver since watching her on 'Third Watch' and especially on '24', but she shows her incredible amount of talent with playing the 2 main roles. She is amazing in how she plays two completely different people! "good" Erica", and "evil" Heather. Two thumbs up for this movie! Big time!

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ENIGMA05
2005/10/08

I've waited two weeks to see this movie because it sounded really interesting. But now that I have seen it, I must say it could have been so much better. Kim Raver did a wonderful job playing the twin sisters, however she was the only conceivable character in the whole movie. When David is killed and he comes back to haunt Sarah, no one knows why he's there or exactly what he's saying or doing. We don't even see him until towards the end of the movie when Sarah is possessed by him. And another thing, why would David be a violent spirit if he was a good kid that just died tragically? Ususally violent spirits are those who were horrible on earth and are facing purgatory.The dream that Sarah's mom keeps having is never explained, the whole hatting process isn't shown to its full capacity, nor why David's spirit has to go into the newborn baby boy in order for Sarah to survive. There's a lot of fascinating aspects that are just left as cliff hangers for viewers to figure out and the movie just runs out of steam.Personally, this movie could've been done a lot better had the producers done some research into the matter or at least tried to tie loose ends. I wouldn't recommend this movie to people who are interested in the subject as it is just too broad and inconclusive.I give it a 4/10 just for Kim Raver's performance alone. She's the only actress that fit her role(s) perfectly.

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corkymp89
2005/10/09

Haunting Sarah was an awesome TV movie. It was totally different from all the other Lifetime movies! It had a great story line. A bit of drama in with thriller/horror. The girl playing Sarah did a great job. The ending is very surprising! This movie should have been in theaters! I suggest you watch it on Lifetime sometime this October since it is their new Halloween movie this year. It is based on a novel called "New Year's Eve" by Lisa Grunwald. I haven't read it yet. I definitely will give it a try though! This movie was sad, yet scary at the same time. Sarah and David are best friends; their mothers are identical twins. They are 7 years old, and one day David gets hit by a truck and is killed. Now Sarah is haunted by David (obviously from the title) and he wont let her go. He wants to be born again. This movie will make you think!

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