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Some creepy/ interesting scenes and a nice twist

posted 10 years ago by borg1005-1

The opening pool scene was creepy as Primes sat there, checking Beth out like a butcher sizing up a side of beef. You could almost see the evil leaking out of him and it nicely set the tone for the rest of the movie.

I got a kick out of the Private Eye (who reminded me of Cannon) and his suggestion in dealing with Primes, "I can get a couple of bikers . . .".
After a few escalating incidents, that was my first thought - get a couple of BIG guys, one with garden shears, to visit Primes and 'splain to him that he'd be singing soprano if he bothered Beth again, and maybe sooner if he went to the cops. Perhaps even give him a little friendly snip in the groin as a sample.
Restraining Orders are properly called "Paper Kevlar" by the police; the only good being a paper trail that proves to the homicide detectives that the victim tried to legally stop the guy. The judicial system hands out slap-on-the-wrist penalties, which work only as long as the guy is in prison, which usually isn't long. With these kinds of creeps, as far as I have seen, only having a Road to Damascus experience or outright eradication seems to work.

It was interesting to see that colleges rent their classrooms to outsiders. Do they really? Granted this is a movie, but they sure better have some stiff vetting of these people. I sure wouldn't want my kids exposed to some unknown who had the rent money.

The "wrong Elizabeth Knowlton" twist, IMO, was a neat touch. So many times in these movies, the stalker is always portrayed as being on top of every situation, and it was refreshing to see a screw-up in this regard.

The cast did a fine job, especially Jere Burns - the guy just has that intense look that should set off alarm bells in any girl. Brooke Langton did her part so well I wanted to get off the sofa and slap some sense into her. Luckily, my kids were all boys, brought up in a 1960s California environment. I don't think I would have survived having a daughter even in those halcyon days and surely not in today's environment.