sol ***SPOILERS*** Hitchcock-like thriller with a strong "Vertigo" flavor to it. Unable to save her younger sister Rachel, Tara Spencer, from falling to her death Carla, Megan Ward, had developed a deep sense of guilt in Rachel's death and at the same time a terrifying fear of heights. Unable to get back to work as a TV news reporter and needing help for her acute acrophobia,fear of heights, Carla gets in touch with a Dr. Sadowski, Terry Kinney. Dr.Sadowski has a class of like wise agoraphobics and is doing work on curing them with his own brand of "Shock Treartment". It's during this time that Carla starts to hear and have visions of Rachel accusing her of letting her die. Even Carla's husband Mark, Billy Burke, starts to realize that his wife is on the brink of insanity when, among other weird things that she does, he finds her spilling Rachel's ashes looking for a titanium screw that she had in her leg to make sure that it, the ash remains, are really her. It's during the time that Carla is undergoing treatment that a number of her fellow patients have mysterious accidental falls that end up killing them. One of those patients Hallie, Kate Robbins,writes Clara's name out in her blood as she lay dying in the street which make the police, and even her husband Mark, suspect that she may have had something to do with Hallie's death or murder. The class that Dr. Sadowski is conducting is beginning to take it's toll on his patients with those still alive quiting with only Carla left to be treated by the good doctor. It also comes out that Dr.Sadowski is not exactly what he says he is when Mark finds out, in an old newspaper story, that he had a previous class of agoraphobics take a hike on Mount. Rainier which left everyone, but Dr. Sadowski,crushed to death in an avalanche!Clara is by now on the verge of being committed with the voice of Rachel instructing her to kill herself and at the same time being the top suspect in the murder of two of her patience friends Zack, Aaron Smolinski, and Hallie. The only one that Clara can turn to is Dr. Sadowski who she feels, despite what was uncovered about his past by Mark, has the key to what's been happening to her but at the same time she's taking a big chance; he may very well be the one who's been killing off all his patience's and may do the same to her. Breathtaking photography of British Colombia and Vancouver as well as a terrifically tense and and cliff-hanging ending makes "Don't Look Down" one of the better made for TV movies released during the 1990's. The surprise at the end of the film isn't as predictable as you would have thought and as good as in any other well made Hitchcock-type thriller or even in the many classics that Alfred Hitchcock himself directed.

gridoon Right from its thrilling opening sequence,"Don't Look Down" managed to keep me engrossed all the way. The story, when everything is revealed at the end, is rather old stuff (many have called it predictable, though the ending is just one of several possible outcomes that cross a viewer's mind), but the movie is very well-shot, especially considering its made-for-TV "credentials", with a really committed performance by Megan Ward. Just try to forget that Wes Craven's name was in any way associated with it (which is what most viewers have failed to do, thus their disappointment); it is vastly different from his usual output. (***)

Joseph P. Ulibas Don't Look Down (1998) is a terrible made-for-t.v. "cherry" movie disguised as a horror film. Wes Craven is even credited as a producer of this analog tripe. Dude, don't be fooled by Wes Craven's name or by the bloody cover. If you do then you're stupider than you look.A "young" lady is nearly killed in a freak accident. Her "sister" takes the "fall". For the next few days, the girls spirit comes back to play tricks on her (or does it). She decides to seek professional help after a mental breakdown. Whilst in a therapy group she meets a "doctor" who has very strange methods of curing people of acrophobia. But something or someone is out there targeting the poor girl. Can she solve the problem of her dilemma before it's too late?This movie is not as interesting as the brief synopsis. A bad attempt to make a cliché ridden horror film (I use the term horror very loosely in this movie). Please for the love of Pete don't watch this movie. Life is too short to waste one's time and effort on crap like this. Go for a walk, read a book or find a new hobby instead of watching this garbage. movies that make me angry or mad get an automatic failing grade.Find something else to watch

Manna-2 Wes Craven's Don't Look Down (1998) on VHS? Okay. We found this rare nugget for sale on the internet for a mere four dollars and despite our previous review, decided to waste the money. This film is still as crappy as it was when it premiered on Halloween 1998. Scaled down to 89 minutes (aren't all television movies 93 minutes after they've been edited?) and boasting the traditional (what else?) unrated logo, this piece of garbage is destined to go down in the annuals of Shock Video Magazines as an even more embarrassing to Wes as his most current movie offerings. The traditional who-done-it with terrible acting, and an even worse storyline. This leaves us wondering, why would Wes put his name on this awful movie? The logical answer would have to be the obvious: money. Run from this mega-professional LP Speed video now!