Someone's Watching Me!

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Someone's Watching Me!

1978

1h 40m

Mystery & Thriller

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Leigh Michaels (Lauren Hutton) takes a room in a high-rise apartment building where the previous tenant committed suicide. Soon after, Leigh begins receiving mysterious phone calls, getting anonymous gifts in the mail and finding that her room has been searched by someone. When a letter finally arrives in which her tormentor expresses his intention to kill her, she takes it to the police, but they're unable to do anything. Terrified, Leigh nevertheless decides to find the culprit herself.

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Justine Smith

Vague Visages

06/05/2024

Lauren Hutton’s Leigh ranks quite easily among the more thrilling female protagonists of the 1970s. And Carpenter’s script affords her a wicked sense of humor and gleeful resourcefulness.

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

08/30/2022

B+

Fans of Carpenter and "Halloween" will certainly want to track this down.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

08/17/2022

3.5/5

Carpenter's 'Someone's Watching Me!' isn't just good for a TV movie. It's a good movie, period.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

08/04/2022

3.5/5

Overall this is a standard "made for TV" movie, albeit with a few visual flourishes from John Carpenter. What sets it apart is Adrienne Barbeau playing an amazing queer woman in the 70s. What a character!

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

06/07/2021

3/4

Like Michael Mann with The Jericho Mile, it ably demonstrated that Carpenter was someone too skilled to only be confined to boob-tube fodder.

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Ed Travis

Cinapse

10/31/2018

the work of a true master of horror within the confines of the television medium. And it's got Carpenter's visual eye behind it, not to mention some genuine star power in lead Lauren Hutton

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Star H

@RT83863424 Mar 5

Might fall into my 70s/80s "gold" category (but WAY down the list). Lauren Hutton is just so hot imho that its worth the watch for her (if you like her too). Some off-beat stuff here and there but lots of annoying (and LOUD) telephone ringing. Definitely NOT a rewatch.

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Jason H

@RT50328122 Dec 27

The police are worthless. The cops in this movie are pretty inept, too.

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Farah R

@Farah Nov 27

John Carpenter sets the stage for Lauren Hutton's strong lead to realize his cinematic genius in this Hitchcockesque thriller. The unique cinematography is fantastic, building tension through innovative perspectives, long takes, and subjective camera shots that place viewers in the POV of the unseen stalker, looking through a telescope into the protagonist's apartment. The tension feels real, and although the story unfolds slowly, it's a hearty recommendation for Carpenter and genre fans.

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helder f

@uniquecliches 10/06/2024

Surprisingly good for a tv movie, but a bit too underwhelming. The story is not very well developed, and the scenes are a bit repetitive . How many time will a stalker call you and how many times will you pick up?

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Steve D

@RT35616104 03/15/2023

Good enough to justify a theatrical release,

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a.l.jude p

@judebd 12/14/2022

This movie ought to be the very best in its genre. So power portraits by all the cast and I had to sit on the edge till the end. This is a must to see if you ever loved movies.

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Synopsis

Leigh Michaels (Lauren Hutton) takes a room in a high-rise apartment building where the previous tenant committed suicide. Soon after, Leigh begins receiving mysterious phone calls, getting anonymous gifts in the mail and finding that her room has been searched by someone. When a letter finally arrives in which her tormentor expresses his intention to kill her, she takes it to the police, but they're unable to do anything. Terrified, Leigh nevertheless decides to find the culprit herself.

Director: John Carpenter
Producer: Anna Cottle
Production Co: Warner Bros. Television
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 40m

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