Someone's Watching Me!

TV Movie
1978
Not Rated
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

5.8K

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Horror Mystery Thriller

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

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

5.8K

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
For more than two decades, the movie was almost better known as the "lost Carpenter film" due to its scarce availability on home video. Contrary to many countries in Europe where the movie actually got released on VHS, there has never been an official VHS release in America. Warner Bros. finally released it on DVD in 2007.

Goofs
The brochure that Leigh finds in the apartment for the "surveillance" microphone, is an AKG D-528 microphone which requires a cabled connection. A wire would have had to be run all the way to her apartment for the microphone to work.

Quotes
Leigh Michaels: [taps Paul's leg] Just testing.
Paul Winkless: Uh-huh, what are you testing?
Leigh Michaels: I have strange fears.
Paul Winkless: Really? What?
Leigh Michaels: Being raped by dwarves. You could've been sitting up there on stilts, I, I had to check.

Connections
Referenced in Fear on Film: Inside 'The Fog' (2002)

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Featured review

8/10

Fantastic homage to the likes of Argento and Hitchcock

I couldn't believe my luck when I stumbled on to this movie at a local video store in Iceland. It had subtitles and everything. What a find! As many of you know, this is the "lost" John Carpenter movie, and it's nothing short of fantastic. It plays like an homage to the likes of Dario Argento and Alfred Hitchcock, although the Hitchcock influences are more apparent here.

Lauren Hutton moves into a fancy apartment building and starts receiving mysterious phone calls and presents. And we, as the audience, know that this stalker lives in the building across from hers and that he's watching her every move.

Although not much actually happens here, the film's gradual buildup to a terrifying finale is nothing short of brilliant, orchestrated by a very fresh John Carpenter at the height of his creativity.

The cinematography (especially the POV's) makes one think of Dario Argento but the atmosphere (and storyline) reeks of Hitchcock. John Carpenter has admitted to the fact of having been inspired by both.

I strongly recommend this film. If you can locate it, that is.