
A crossword puzzle editor finds her life completely disrupted when several of the clues in her recent puzzles are linked to unsolved crimes, and she is pulled into the police investigation.


Police officer Jane Rydert's life goes into a tailspin the day her older sister, Cassidy, shows up at her door after sixteen years of confinement in a psychiatric hospital.

Kelly Rutherford
Jane

Natasha Henstridge
Cassidy

Peyton List
Emily

Matthew Settle
Phil

Eric Breker
Vic

Jasmine Sky Sarin
Tina

Andrew Herr
Josh

Tim Perez
Captain

Lauren McNamara
Young Cassidy

Kadence Kendall Roach
Young Jane
A Sister's Nightmare is a tv movie, thriller, mystery film released in 2013. Directed by Vic Sarin, it stars Kelly Rutherford, Natasha Henstridge, Peyton List. Police officer Jane Rydert's life goes into a tailspin the day her older sister, Cassidy, shows up at her door after sixteen years of confinement in a psychiatric hospital.
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