A Sister's Nightmare

TV Movie
2013
TV-14
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

986

YOUR RATING

Natasha Henstridge, Kelly Rutherford, and Peyton List in A Sister's Nightmare (2013)

Drama Mystery Thriller

Police officer Jane Rydert's life goes into a tailspin the day her older sister Cassidy shows up at her door after sixteen years of confinement in a psychiatric hospital.Police officer Jane Rydert's life goes into a tailspin the day her older sister Cassidy shows up at her door after sixteen years of confinement in a psychiatric hospital.Police officer Jane Rydert's life goes into a tailspin the day her older sister Cassidy shows up at her door after sixteen years of confinement in a psychiatric hospital.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

986

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Natasha Henstridge (Cassidy) played the oldest of the Rydert sisters, though Kelly Rutherford (Jane) is nearly six years older than her.

Goofs
A couple of items reveal this was filmed in Canada. Even though the film is supposed to be set in the US, near the end the police helicopter shown has a Canadian registration number. Additionally, Jane's Sergeant chevrons are upside down from how they are worn on US police uniforms. They are worn that way on Canadian police uniforms.

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Review

Featured review

5/10

could be horror

Cassidy (Natasha Henstridge) is released from a mental institution. She goes to stay with her younger patrol policewoman sister Jane (Kelly Rutherford) who has a family of her own. Jane's daughter Emily (Peyton List) is struggling with nightmares of drowning and has a water phobia.

The reveal holds no surprises. In fact, the pieces fall into the exact places that one expects. For anybody with elemental math skills, one should be able to figure out Emily's origins. Quite frankly, this story is made to be a psychological horror from Emily's point of view. Instead, it's a Lifetime movie and it is all Lifetime. As such, there isn't much tension and has no momentum. Even the final twist is fully expected. I would have been disappointed if the script doesn't take it to its logical ending. At least, it arrives at its end point without big screw ups.