A mother and her 18-year-old daughter move to suburbia to help recover from a traumatic home invasion, but a sinister shadow seems to be stalking them.A mother and her 18-year-old daughter move to suburbia to help recover from a traumatic home invasion, but a sinister shadow seems to be stalking them.A mother and her 18-year-old daughter move to suburbia to help recover from a traumatic home invasion, but a sinister shadow seems to be stalking them.
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- TriviaThe writer and director Doug Cambell also wrote and directed "Stalked by My Doctor".
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Andrea Allen: [answering cellphone] Hey...
Jodi Allen: [comes rushing down the stairs, phone in hand] Mom, I can prove it!
Andrea Allen: Prove what, honey?
Jodi Allen: That Nick stole my camera! Remember that call, there was nobody on the line? Well, I checked the phone records...
[there's a knock on the door]
Jodi Allen: Hold on.
[checks, inhales sharply]
Jodi Allen: Oh, my God, he's at the door!
Andrea Allen: You don't have to open it. You want me to come home?
Jodi Allen: Uhm...
Andrea Allen: I will, if you want me to. In fact, honey, I'm just gonna come home, I'll be there in ten minutes.
Jodi Allen: [insistent banging on door] No, it's okay. I'll - I'll just see what he wants.
Andrea Allen: Jodi...
Jodi Allen: Don't worry, I'll be all right.
Nick Thompkin: [as Jodi opens door, dirty mechanic:] You call my house?
[no answer]
Nick Thompkin: Did you call me?
Jodi Allen: Why did you steal my camera?
Nick Thompkin: Because you were taking pictures of me, and you didn't ask me if you could.
Jodi Allen: How did you get our house number?
Nick Thompkin: The Internet.
Jodi Allen: So you called our house, made me go inside to answer it, and hopped the fence and stole my camera?
Nick Thompkin: [laughs, nods] That's right! You're good.
Jodi Allen: And then you put it on the back porch and made me look like an idiot.
Nick Thompkin: Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I didn't mean to make you look like an idiot. But if that happened, I'm gonna consider it a bonus.
Jodi Allen: I'm gonna tell the cops what you did!
Nick Thompkin: Wow! First Lisa, now you! Terrific! Go ahead and call the cops. And I'll show them the pictures you took of me.
[whispers:]
Nick Thompkin: Half-naked. Yeah, I downloaded your camera files onto my hard drive.
- ConnectionsReferences Rear Window (1954)
What interested me was youthful Jodi's traumatized mental state after being raped by a stranger. Actress Stranahan does a good job in this early part expressing mental imbalance without going over the top. For example, her fascination with sneaky photography of neighbors could be traceable to that trauma, or her accusing boy Nick of the later murder crime without evidence could also be a result.
Too bad the screenplay soon returns her to normality through turn-around puppy love with neighbor Nick. Then too, suspense is undercut by a too-early reveal of the killer that removes the fun of a guessing game. Without these give-aways, we might even suspect Jodi as the killer, imbalanced as she initially is. That unknown would have considerably raised the movie's suspense level to a fascinating degree. Instead, the screenplay opts for a more conventional type suspense rather than exploring the rich potential of Jodi's lingering trauma.
Nonetheless, the flick has several notable touches - the real suburban neighborhood with its upscale homes; the unusual all-girl showdown, poorly done though it is; and good crisp eye-catching photography.
All in all, the suspenser strikes me as average at best, with a squandered potential at worst. Anyway, despite the downside, it's probably worth a quick look-see.
- dougdoepke
- Jul 29, 2023
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