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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping Ralph Hemecker’s Haunting Sarah into the ol’ VCR.

CW/TW: child death, miscarriage/pregnancy bleeding, infertility, car accidents 

All I can say is long live Lifetime horror movies. 

You know I LOVE when Lifetimes decides to foray into horror with offerings like Haunting Sarah and Devil’s Diary. 

Part Dead Ringers, part Hereditary, Haunting Sarah tells the story of Erica and Heather Rose (both played by Kim Raver). When Heather’s son, David (Ryland Thiessen), is tragically killed and begins tormenting Erica’s daughter, Sarah (Niamh Wilson, who you might recognize as Lydia from Rise of the Pink Ladies). Erica realizes far more sinister forces might be at play. 

Especially when she finds out she’s pregnant with a baby boy. 

BUM BUM BUM. 

You can probably see where this is headed. 

Now, I don’t think there’s any amount of gentle parenting that could help our ghostly David. I don’t want to speak ill of the dead, but this kid is a little twerp. 

He relentlessly torments his poor cousin who had nothing to do with his death. I more than understand that he was cruelly ripped from this world, but c’mon, kid. 

I feel like this was ripped directly out of the “quintessential creepy kid” stock image library

I never thought I’d say this, but I do think that Haunting Sarah is stronger than Devil’s Diary. In fact, I don’t have nearly as many jokes about Haunting Sarah. 

Is it low budget? Yes. 

Is the script award-winning? Absolutely not. 

But was I engrossed the entire time? You betcha. 

It Takes Two (Kim Raver and a Green Screen)

Don’t get it twisted. This is still a silly little Lifetime horror movie. However, it’s MUCH better than I remember it being. 

I was fully prepared to get in here and make fun of it. I made a cup of coffee. I cracked my knuckles. The works. 

But, alas, it’s good?  

One of the only real jokes I have is that, at one point, Erica, Sarah, and Edgar (Rick Roberts) appear to drive on the same highway as Max and Goofy in A Goofy Movie.   

I’m just as shocked as all of you, I swear. I never expected a movie I haven’t rewatched in over a decade to hold up, especially one that aired on Lifetime. But, somehow, it just does. 

I sincerely recommend this one, even though it’s predictable. 

Just, y’know, maybe don’t trust your twin sister if she tries to convince you to get rid of the nanny that clearly knows what’s up. 

Haunting Sarah is now streaming on Amazon Prime, Pluto TV, Tubi, and The Roku Channel