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

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Excellent but underrated film

SWEET, SWEET RACHEL opens in ominous fashion, as an apparent premonition concerning the title character (Stephanie Powers- DIE! DIE! MY DARLING!, THE ASTRAL FACTOR) causes her husband to plummet to his doom. Seeking answers, Rachel goes to the office of Dr. Lucas Darrow (Alex Dreier), a parapsychologist working in the field of telepathy / ESP / precognition. Darrow and his team, including Carey (Chris Robinson), a blind man w/ the sixth sense, delve into Rachel's subconscious mind, where Darrow, clairvoyant himself, can see what she sees. This nearly costs him his life! Someone is using this psychic ability as a weapon. As Darrow investigates further, he finds a definite family connection, and some very interesting characters. Especially, her oddball Aunt Lillian (Louise Latham) and Uncle Arthur (Pat Hingle). He also discovers that whoever is behind this is using their powers to stop, even kill him! What is the secret that's being so vigorously covered up? A fantastic made-for-TV movie, and the pilot for THE SIXTH SENSE series, this is one of the best films dealing w/ this subject. Ms. Powers is her usual, lovable self, and Deier makes a sober, believable Darrow. SSR deserves to be re-discovered!...

Whether you will enjoy "Sweet, Sweet Rachel" will most likely depend on your attitude towards psychics and psychic phenomena. I think it's all kind of silly....so keep this in mind as you read. This movie is a pilot for a short-lived series, "The Sixth Sense" that ran for 25 episodes over two seasons. The cast changed completely in the TV series and I have not actually seen that.When the film begins, Rachel (Stephanie Powers) is having weird psychic hallucinations...and even weirder, folks nearby ALSO see these weird visions and one kills himself as a result! Some psychic researchers from the university investigate and discover, ultimately, that these visions are being deliberately caused by someone with a particularly strong ability...an ability to do 'telepathic hypnosis'. But with a mind this powerful, how can anyone stop this menace...whoever they are?!This film has zillions of red herrings...so many that it felt a bit contrived and confusing. Plus, instead of being believable, it came off much like an episode of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker". Not terrible but purely a time-passer.

I first saw this when I was 9 years old and although it's probably well past dated by now, at the time it was a pretty scary movie for the ABC movie of the week. The tunnel scene with Louis Latham as Nora Piper still gives me chills and the opening sequence with the ESP cards is a pretty good setup to the whole premise of the movie. This was around the time of the TV series "The Sixth Sense" and it has that kind of feel to it. Another ABC Movie of the Week recommendation is "Crowhaven Farm" or even "The Eyes of Charles Sand" which were both creepy and had a sense of dread to them. I kind of wish they made movies like this again or at least try to remake them so they don't seem dated.

This was the pilot for the short-lived ABC series called 'The Sixth Sense'. By the time the series got under way, actor Gary Collins took over the part of Dr. Darrow. This character was primetime's first paranormal psychic investigator - way before another ABC favorite, 'The Night Stalker'. At any rate, the history of 'The Sixth Sense' is a very unhappy one. It's hard to get the original episodes of the series, if not impossible. It was chopped up and reedited into Rod Serling's 'Night Gallery', according to the accounts of many fans and people who know much more about the show's history.The series was basically about Dr. Darrow getting to the origins of certain paranormal disturbances and hauntings in various places. It was a great show, from what I remember of it. Too bad the original episodes can't ever be seen again. All we are left with are the re-edited versions that were incorporated into 'The Night Gallery' series. Sometimes you have to wonder where Hollywood's mind is. They deliberately ruin good shows for reasons beyond our comprehension!