Down Will Come Baby

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Down Will Come Baby, released in 1999, made for TV thriller drama movie. It tells the story of 12-year old Robin, who witnessed her friend Amelia's death at summer camp. The girl cannot cope with it and blames herself. What's more, her mother changes her job(which is a big chance for her and she thinks will be good for the family) and moves to another city, but comes back on the weekends. Robin is frustrated and one day meets a very nice woman, Dorothy, who turns out to be a new neighbour. They soon become friends, but the closer they get, the more uncomfortable Robin feels. Dorothy, after helping Robin clean her room, puts a walkie-talkie in her room. Each night, when her parents are putting her to bed, Dorothy listens in on their conversations, and begins to become obsessed with Robin, in an attempt to replace the loss of her daughter, Amelia. Robin's mother notices this, and is not very comfortable with how close Dorothy has gotten to her daughter, and she begins to realize Robin has become uncomfortable with it also. One night, Robin's father asks Dorothy to stay with her while he is gone. Dorothy ends up hitting Robin when she doesn't obey her. When Robin's father comes home, both his daughter and Dorothy are gone and he finds a bit of blood on the rim of the door. He calls his wife, and she comes home. They call the police and set out on a search for their little girl. Meanwhile, Dorothy is trying to brainwash Robin. She has taken her to her home, and begun to call her Amelia. Robin refuses to obey the woman, and Dorothy locks her in Amelia's old room. Her parents come across Amelia's file at camp and track down the address, despite being told to wait at home. It was a good thing to, for when Robin tried to escape from Dorothy (who's real name was Gretchen), she was going to hurt her by burning her arm. Finally, when Robin's parents arrive, her father breaks down the window and the door to the bedroom. Gretchen insists Robin is her daughter, named Amelia. The detectives and police arrive shortly thereafter, and remove Robin from Gretchen's care and back to her parents. While being arrested, the clearly mentally ill Gretchen says "Amelia...want to play hide and seek? Yes, yes, I'll find you" and she continues to act this way while they take her and place her in the police car. Robin and her parents then head home, and her Mother says she will quit her job in Denver. She doesn't need it, all she needs is her family. Robin, in the back, smiles. It was a happy ending.