TV-movie featuring Kathleen Beller as a high school girl who is being stalked by a mysterious person. Also featuring Blythe Danner as her overprotective mother, Tony Bill as the absentee father, Scott Colomby as her sweet new boyfriend, Robin Mattson and Dennis Quaid as her best friends, Alan Fudge as the creepy teacher, Ellen Travolta, Tricia O'Neil, Randy Stumpf, and David Keith.
This opens with a crime, and we see in flashbacks what led up to it, and then the final act concerns what happens afterward. This may be a bit SPOILER-ish, so be forewarned if you haven't seen this and want to with little knowledge ahead of time. The first act seems like a Halloween take off, with shots from the stalker's point of view, and creepy music on the soundtrack. The second act seems more like a bland melodrama, maybe an After School Special, for those who remember them. The last act, though, dealing with the consequences of the rape of the main character, are more like a message drama. The end result is that the movie is too exploitative to be taken seriously as a discussion on justice and injustice in regards to sexual roles and sexual assault, and too high-minded and dull to be of much fun for viewers looking for a thriller.
This opens with a crime, and we see in flashbacks what led up to it, and then the final act concerns what happens afterward. This may be a bit SPOILER-ish, so be forewarned if you haven't seen this and want to with little knowledge ahead of time. The first act seems like a Halloween take off, with shots from the stalker's point of view, and creepy music on the soundtrack. The second act seems more like a bland melodrama, maybe an After School Special, for those who remember them. The last act, though, dealing with the consequences of the rape of the main character, are more like a message drama. The end result is that the movie is too exploitative to be taken seriously as a discussion on justice and injustice in regards to sexual roles and sexual assault, and too high-minded and dull to be of much fun for viewers looking for a thriller.