Dead Sleep

Maggie Healey (Linda Blair) has just landed a job as a psychiatric nurse at the prestigious Elysian Fields Hospital. She soon uncovers a horrible secret, resulting in her quitting her position. Oh no! Maggie's boyfriend winds up in Elysian Fields for "treatment" and meets with a tragic end, causing Maggie to get her job back. This time, she sleuths around for answers. Even diehard fans of Ms. Blair might have a difficult time with her Pollyanna / snoopy-pants character. Still, the story's good with some suspenseful moments...

I saw this movie from netflix because most Linda Blair movies are not in video stores and I'm glad I did. I think Linda is a great actress and she is not bad to look at either. I think she is very underrated. I would love to see her make another big Hollywood hit. It would be awesome to see her have a comeback. My mom actually saw her at a teen party back in the 1970's. This movie has story to it and involves all of her character's life and not just the suspenseful parts. It is all around enjoyable and fun to watch at night when your in the mood for and older thriller movie. It's not an A class movie but it is a necessity for Linda Blair fans.

A young nurse (Linda Blair) investigates suspicious deaths in a psychiatric ward. I am not sure why after "Exorcist" it seems that Linda Blair ended up in cheesy films alongside David Hasselhoff, or with unknown Italians, or in this "ozploitation" film. I suspect it had something to do with drugs, but why that affected her acting is not clear. There are some redeeming qualities to this film, and I think it would be worth a revisit if it was cleaned up an audio commentary was added. While it could never be a cult classic, I suspect Blair has interesting stories to share about this film and it would be good to get someone (Shout Factory?) to collect them.