Someone's Watching Me! (1978)

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

Director:

John Carpenter

Writer:

John Carpenter

Stars:

Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

A woman is slowly stalked to the brink of madness by a man watching her from the opposite tower block. Her attempts to get the police to take her seriously leave her with no option but to track him down herself.

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Plot Keywords:

watching tv | gift | letter | apartment building | lesbian | 

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Taglines:

The Lost John Carpenter Suspense Classic - Never Before On Video Or DVD!

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 November 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

High Rise

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It was on the set of this TV movie that director John Carpenter met future wife Adrienne Barbeau.

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Quotes

Paul Winkless: Listen, if it continues I think you should call the police.
Leigh Michaels: What do I say? Somebody's sending me presents and wants to take me on a six month vacation, make them stop?

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Connections

Referenced in Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' (1980)

User Reviews

art sometimes imitates life, sometimes not

While feature films became a staple of 1970s TV - think "Brian's Song" and "Sybil" - few were like John Carpenter's "Someone's Watching Me!". The story is quite familiar: a woman (Lauren Hutton) moves into an apartment, starts getting strange phone calls, and eventually realizes that there's a peeping tom in the vicinity. As this is a TV movie, there are unfortunately some things that we don't get to see (namely Lauren Hutton naked), and the spots where they obviously had commercial breaks gives the movie a slight feeling of silliness. But the really neat factor springs from the clear homage to other kinds of horror flicks: the voyeurism scenes look like a "Psycho" reference.

As for the cast, Lauren Hutton easily looks vulnerable enough, but I can't figure out why the characters in these movies take threatening phone calls in stride; I would have immediately suspected that something was amiss. You can see Adrienne Barbeau getting primed for the other kinds of between-A-and-B-movies in which she would later star.

So, it's mostly your average suspense movie, but certainly one that you'll enjoy. And just be suspicious the next time that your lights start flickering.