Director: Barbet Schroeder
Another bad On Demand pick. This movie is a completely predictable thriller about a woman (named Allie … played by Bridget Fonda) who allows a possesive psycho (named Hedra … played by Jennifer Jason Leigh) to move in with her. The psycho of course goes on a killing spree. The one redeeming moment of the whole experience of watching this travesty on film is the scene where the Allie’s boyfirend (Steven Weber) is killed by a high heel…death by stilleto.
Very tenuous law in this baby:
1. The apartment is rent controlled so the psycho can’t go on the lease.
2. At the end when the psycho has Allie cornered Allie says . . . and I love this . . . “We’ll call a lawyer.” That always works with people who are on killing sprees.
3. Let’s hear it for shoddy cops. The boyfriend is axed with a size nine, Allie is framed by Hedra who has become an Allie look alike, and Allie manages to find out from the TV, get abducted, and go on a wild chase through the apartment building. Shouldn’t a police officer have showed up for questioning by now?
