Someone's Watching Me! (1978) (TV)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

John Carpenter

Writer:

John Carpenter (writer)

Release Date:

29 November 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.

Plot Keywords:

Hitchcockian | Murder | Stalker

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Lauren Hutton	...	Leigh Michaels
David Birney	...	Paul Winkless
Adrienne Barbeau	...	Sophie
Charles Cyphers	...	Gary Hunt
Grainger Hines	...	Steve
Len Lesser	...	Burly Man
John Mahon	...	Frimsin
James Murtaugh	...	Leone
J. Jay Saunders	...	Police Inspector
Michael Laurence	...	TV Announcer
George Skaff	...	Herbert Stiles
Robert Phalen	...	Wayne
Robert Snively	...	Groves
Jean Le Bouvier	...	Waitress
James McAlpine	...	Slick Man

Also Known As:

High Rise

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

The script was originally written for cinema.

Movie Connections:

References Rear Window (1954)

Terrific obscure thriller

A woman moves into a high rise building with a history of suicides and finds herself being harassed by an unseen psycho, who cleverly manages to remain distant enough to keep from being captured by police. Not much time is spent developing characters or story lines, this one simply works on the viewers' emotions, and succeeds where so many suspense films fail. The suspense starts building slowly and grows to a sweat-inducing rate by the climax. Very rarely does a television film capture its audience so calculatedly, and with such determination, as this one does.

A lost and forgotten John Carpenter film released in 1978 to television audiences, but never officially released on video in the U.S. Well worth the time to uncover.

*** out of ****