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Director:
Robert Malenfant
Writer:
Richard Brandes (written by)
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Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Make her cry, she'll watch you die.
Plot:
A traumatized nurse plots revenge against a catatonic businessman, whom she blames for the death of her family, by integrated herself as his personal nurse and plots revenge by killing off his family members one by one. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Lisa Zane ... Laura Harriman

Janet Gunn ... Karen Martin
John Stockwell ... Jack Martin

Michael Fairman ... Bob Martin
Nancy Dussault ... Carol Martin

William R. Moses ... Michael
Lou Felder ... George Harriman

Nancy Linehan Charles ... Betty James
Lisa Comshaw ... Linda Henley

Sherrie Rose ... Brooke Martin

Jay Underwood ... John Beecher
Tracy Spaulding ... Susan Lang
Steven R. Barnett ... Lieutenant
Kathryn Kates ... Marsha Harriman

Richard Penn ... Police Officer
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MPAA:
Rated R for terror/violence and brief language.
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | South Korea:15 (video rating) | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
The Image Organization more

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A very entertaining thriller, 3 June 2007
8/10
Author: suemartin23264 from United Kingdom

If you're expecting 'The Hand That Rocks The Cradle', please don't watch this, because even if it's got near enough the same plot, it Definitely isn't in the same league. That said, this is still a very gripping, and in places, darkly comical thriller.

Lisa Zane stars as a professional nurse, who gets a call from her father while working, who says that 'she has got to be strong'. However, he implies that he is going to do something terrible to himself, his wife and his son. Sure enough, he picks up a gun, loads it with bullets, and shoots his wife and his son (both whom are asleep). Lisa gets home just in time to see her father shoot himself on the stairs... Lisa blames her father's boss for these terrible events, as he has filed a case against her father for embezzling. When his boss hears about the shootings, he suffers a stroke, which leaves him totally paralysed. On being taken home, Lisa sees her opportunity to get revenge. The man needs a nurse to take care of him. However, before Lisa can scheme her way in, another Nurse is hired. The solution to the problem: kill the nurse. Soon after this death, she weasels her way into the family, and there, she begins to stage her ultimate revenge...

If you're in the UK, you can catch this on Zone Thriller some time, as I did last night. If you're in America, there is a DVD of this film which is quite cheap to buy, so no-one has an excuse for missing this.

If you get the chance, tune in!

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