A Stranger Is Watching

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Audience Member It's a pretty average thriller all around, but it's nice watching Rip Torn be a bastard. Other than that, I can't really think of anything noteworthy here. It's decent if you're looking for some suspense filler. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/22 Full Review Audience Member ★★ (out of four) Several years ago I read the suspense novel by Mary Higgins Clark entitled "A Stranmger is Watching". I liked the book a lot. It moved fast and was very suspenseful. Anytime you see the movie version later it is bound to be a disappointment since you have already seen in your mind how you believe things ought to be. Still, I hope the film versions at least hold on to essence of its source material. Rip Torn plays Artie Taggart, a homicidal maniac. He abducts a young girl and a television reporter (Kate Mulgrew) and hold them hostage for ranson in the catacombs beneath Grand Central Station in New York City. It's a great plot, but I really felt that it loses much of its suspense this translation. Had I not read the book before, would I feel the same way? I like to think so. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Zeppo1/StrangerisWatching_zpsd764b4f6.jpg[/IMG] Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Fairly common-or-garden crime-thriller. Nothing new or really original. Performances are OK, but you feel they are just going through the motions. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member What started out as a strong thriller, falls to pieces towards the very end. This was the director of Friday the 13th(Sean S. Cunningham) shot at the big times with this adaptation of the Mary Higgins Clark novel(the second film attempt was the little seen, Where are the Children? from 1986 with Jill Clayburgh.)Here Rip Torn, a very underrated actor, chews the scenery as a kidnapper and murderer. He kidnapps reporter Kate Mulgrew and the daughter of her boyfriend. It becomes a race against time to save them both. The performaces by the others are good, and the musical score is effective-but the movie lacks bite. Could have been a great thriller. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member I was actually pretty entertained with Rip Torn as a crazy antagonist chasing around after Mrs. Columbo, er, that is to say Kate Mulgrew. Decent enough made for TV fare, give it a peep on a boring afternoon. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Everything I wanted to say about this movie has been said already.It was an OK movie but not a horror flick like I thought it was gonna be at all.The plot sounded great but it was a BORING movie.I expected the movie to be awesome after reading the plot but after watching the 1st 5-10 minutes, You figure out everything that's gonna happen & just lose interest after that Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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