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Director:
Writer:
Josh Klausner (writer)
Release Date:
10 August 2000 (Germany)
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Tagline:
People are dying to live in this building.
Plot:
A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Juliette Lewis | ... | Jane Emelin |
 | William Hurt | ... | Greg Harrison |
 | Shelley Duvall | ... | Martha Stewart |
 | Austin Pendleton | ... | Albert Collins |
 | Tobin Bell | ... | The Locksmith |
 | Robert Costanzo | ... | The Exterminator |
 | Sabrina Grdevich | ... | Cheryl |
 | Artie Lange | ... | Jerry |
| Lorna Millican | ... | Mrs. Bryant |
| Todd Green | ... | Drag Queen Neighbor |
| George Pottle | ... | Mr. Bryant |
| Paul Oullette | ... | Tango Man |
| Ardon Bess | ... | Hardware Owner |
 | Heidi Jo Markel | ... | Ashley |
 | Mark A. Owen | ... | TV Delivery Man |
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Rated R for terror/violence and language.
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90 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Portugal:M/12 |
Netherlands:16 |
USA:R (Certificate #36410) |
France:U |
Germany:16 |
UK:15 |
Norway:15 |
Iceland:16
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Continuity: As Jane stomps on the floor of her apartment trying to make the hanging plaque fall on Collins, glass is present and her foot is bleeding. After the plaque falls, Jane tries to retrieve the knife Collins dropped. The soles of her feet are visible and there is no blood.
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Jane Emelin:
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
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References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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Undershadow
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There are many problems with a movie like this one. First of all, you've seen it all before. A lone woman (or just lone person) moving into a flat in a building filled with psychos is a popular theme. Second of all, the story might work up until the end. Then it usually falls apart more or less completely, the way it does here.
Juliette Lewis and William Hurt are both decent actors and they do a decent job here. The supporting actors have bigger problems with Shelley Duvall and Austin Pendleton both coming off as completely unbelievable characters, playing neighbors in the strange house.
What i think worked well in this movie is first off the house itself. It's got a nice Gothic New York-feel to it, with seedy run-down interiors and huge staircases. Also like i said above Hurt and Lewis do their parts OK, although i feel Hurt almost always has something a bit unnatural about him. I don't know what it is, but his delivery is slow and contemplated, almost theater-like. It's not always fitting.
The negative aspects are mostly the supporting actors, which have a hard time with the script giving them characters that are just too much to believe. The one that stands out especially though is Sabrina Grdevich as Lewis work colleague. She seems to be in a porno-movie or something of the kind, flirting with the camera no matter what she's saying. Also the script has other problems, mostly with plausibility. That is not unexpected though as these kinds of movies usually need a villain capable of extremely intricate measures for a very small potential gain.
In the genre, this is not a disaster. I can't say i recommend it though. 5/10.