The 4th Floor (1999)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Josh Klausner

Writer:

Josh Klausner (writer)

Release Date:

10 August 2000 (Germany)

Genre:

Thriller | Horror

Tagline:

People are dying to live in this building.

Plot:

A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor.

Plot Keywords:

Neighbor | Apartment | Voyeur | Fall From Height | Exterminator

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated R for terror/violence and language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:16 | USA:R (Certificate #36410) | France:U | Germany:16 | UK:15 | Norway:15 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

New Brunswick, Canada

Company:

Millennium Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jane is having her dream and she takes out her key the dead bolt is out and then she shuts the door. She wouldn't be able to with the dead bolt out.

Quotes:

Albert Collins: Silence is the most beautiful noise in the world.

Movie Connections:

References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Soundtrack:

Belle in love

Great offbeat thriller, Juliette Lewis and William Hurt

portray central characters in this film. Hurt in particular plays a pretentious weatherman, with a bow-tie, and is very amusing. Lewis plays a niece who inherits a rent-controlled apartment in the big city (NY, of course) and along the lines of "Rosemary's Baby", starts to realize there is something strange happening in the building.

Some of the tenants are: Shelley Duvall, Austin Pendleton, and the locksmith Tobin Bell (always excellent, and creepy). There are some scenes reminiscent of Hitchcock's "Rear Window" as Ms. Lewis is observing the goings-on in her neighborhood- be careful of what you may find out! The movie culminates in terror, and if you have ever lived alone in a city with strange neighbors, you will enjoy this movie. Watch it on a rainy night- better than the original "When a Stranger Calls". 9/10