Trouble with 10 year old having extreme night fears

[cct222]

My 10 year old daughter has been having fears at night for some long time.
She can't sleep alone in her room, she sleeps with older sister or parents.
She can't fall asleep until late, she wakes up at night and wakes everyone
because she is scared. She watched several years ago a small portion of the movie
Chucky, and it all started....it escalated to being afraid of the devil......
We have tried talking to her many times, but nothing works.
Please help with some advise....

[margypops]

I agree that as you say several years ago she watched the movie Chucky she could indeed be scared could it also have been that maybe an older sibling made a big thing of it and made her more afraid ....it could also be ,she plays it up so she can sleep with them, they can of course choose to be firm and consistant and tell her she stays in her own room and ignores the wailing, once she realises that it wont work she may give up.Very often once they reach puberty they want privacy , it may stop in a couple of years anyway/.