Before I Wake (2016)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Not exactly a horror movie, but it had its own freaky moments. Later, you realize that it's not as freaky as it seems, but regardless, it's so worth a watch. Movies seem so predictable these days, especially horror movies/psychological thrillers. This is a very refreshing change!!!! I highly recommend it.

I really enjoyed this movie - I liked the boy's character, and the story line is well written and I thought it was pretty original even though some apparently don't. It seems pretty cliche in some parts for this type of family drama horror for the first 3/4 of the movie, but the ending is different from any I've ever seen before and I liked it. I can't give too many details without spoiling it, but other than requiring a small suspension of disbelief at the boy's ability and the results of it, they really explained things very well in the end and brought it to a good conclusion. Which was a nice contrast to some of the other shows I've seen lately.

I read nothing about this movie, but it kept "haunting" me on my Netflix recommendations. It looked like a forgettable b-movie, but boy was I in for a treat when I finally decided to watch this.The story is about parents who have lost their son in an accident and who adopt an 8 year old boy whose dreams manifest as real things. You can't really figure out whether it's a movie worth watching by reading the synopsis really, you're just better off watching it. Not the most logical movie ever made and you can probably find a plot hole galore, it's even a bit slow to start with, but in the end this was one of the most beautiful and at the same time one of the scariest movies I've seen in a while.Only now coming to IMDB I found out that this movie was directed by the same guy who did Oculus and Ouija: Origin of Evil, some of the better horror movies I've seen lately. Count me as a Mike Flanagan fan. I probably need to watch Gerald's Game now too, which I had zero intention to watch, but I saw it's also directed by him.Before I Wake is a very well made movie. Well shot, acted and directed. Highly recommended. It has zero gore and blood, but is scary as hell at times and is also very touching. Some strange stylistic choices like making Thomas Jane look like Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, but once you get over that it's a great great movie.

This is the sweetest horror movie I've ever seen. Jacob Tremblay is heart-wrenchingly adorable in this movie and the character he plays is such an empathetic, sweet little boy, to the point that I was tearing up occasionally.