If I Die Before I Wake (1998)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

How sad is this?

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

This is a very disturbing Horror/Thriller that's quite suspenseful and effective, with a tense story and excellent performances!. All the characters are just great, and while the film is very engrossing it's certainly not a fun film to watch, plus Muse Watson is simply amazing in this! and Stephanie Jones is wonderful!. I didn't know what to expect from film, as it obviously sounded low budget, however I was really quite surprised by how great it was, and you will be rooting on Loribeth (Stephanie Jones), to get Daryl(Muse Watson),the sick twisted killer, for what he was doing to her family, plus it's very well made and written as well. It has tons of creepy atmosphere as a lot of the shots are set in the darkness, and I think this should be a lot higher then 5.2 in my opinion, plus I was lucky enough to find this in the DVD rental section at my video store. It's not very gory, but it is violent, as there is plenty of suggestive violence as well, and I thought the ending was extremely well done, plus Coryanne Sennett(Mary) gives one of the best child performances I have seen in a while!. This is a very disturbing Horror/Thriller that's quite suspenseful and effective, with a tense story, and excellent performances, I highly recommend this one!. The Direction is great!. Brian Katkin does a great! job here with awesome camera work, great opening shot, constantly adds creepy atmosphere and tension, and setting it in a dark creepy house with 3 maniacs just made it all that much creepier. The Acting is excellent!. Stephanie Jones is wonderful as the lead here, she was extremely likable, tough as nails, as you will be rooting her on to kill those 3 maniacs that hurt her family, I also loved how smart and resourceful she was, I saw so much potential in her,I hope she makes it big!. Muse Watson is amazing as the psycho killer, he was absolutely frightening and extremely menacing, at times he was almost campy&OTT, but he was just so frightening and heartless, he gave a memorable show. Coryanne Sennett gives one of the best child performances I have seen in a while, you will feel sorry for her, as she really did look scared ,she was fantastic!, she also had awesome chemistry with Stephanie Jones. Michael McCleery is good as the brother with a heart he did a good job. Anthony Nicosia did fine with what he had to do. Mary Kathleen Gordon&John Gavagin are great as the affected parents I felt for them both big time. Kristian Hans Horn is good as the son and did what he had to do well. Overall I highly recommend this one!. ***1/2 out of 5

I rented this movie a few years back on DVD just out of random curiosity, and I was hammered. The movie is about a group of three criminal brother who go around breaking into people's homes - but this particular time, the resident's are still in the house. They take the family hostage and what unfolds is a non-stop line or brutality on an average American family in Ohio. The clever eldest daughter spends the night lurking around the house trying to save her family. The mother is brutally raped, the brother and father killed, and the youngest daughter terrorized. But they'd better watch out for LoriBeth. She's a smart girl.This movie is gory and will absolutely get your pulse pounding!

Mg, i cant explain how good this movie is.... while it may not be perfect, it makes up for it in ways....*spoilers* the movie starts off on a happy way, everyones sleeping cep't the son, And there's cheery music playing, then, then the chaos begins, I am only 14 and i have watched this movie, which with average 14 year olds can be a bit, ehhh... mainly because it is very violent, I'm talking, skull bashings ,eye stabbings, rape, and there's even a bit of pedophile mixed in.Now don't get me wrong this isn't a gore filled massacre but, I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone who cant watch a Friday the 13th movie.The dialog/acting is pretty good in this movie considering it is a low-budget movie. i was really surprised by the girl who plays Lori Beth she is very convincible, which adds to the chill. also the main thug is very frightening, mainly cuz he is so vulgar.If u like low budget movies and u want to be scared...RENT THIS but if ur expecting a gore fest rent- something else.

Take this comment as a WARNING.This movie was all around poorly directed and poorly scripted. It's a wonder how easy it is to direct a movie these days. Movie is all about the direction. This had none.The main character, LoriBeth (Jones), was running around in circle --inside the house, up the chimney (yes it's true!), outside the house, back in the house, up the chimney again, outside the house, then, inside the house...Actually, if I can say one positive thing, Stephanie Jones' acting was not that bad. She was just made to look like an idiot. Why didn't she use the shotgun when she could have? Hmm...maybe using a cut piece of glass is more effective...This was no thrill...just frustration.