Joel Edgerton's «The Gift» (in which he also stars) falls victim to the same trappings as
stalker thrillers past, but only for the first half of the movie.
There is a reason that
stalker thrillers fell out of vogue: in terms of story structure, even the good ones have a lot in common with the bad ones.
Simon and Robyn begin to question his motives but Gordo's motives are not the only ones in need of questioning.When you consider the plot or concept of Edgerton's The Gift, you may be reminded of previous
stalker thrillers like The Hand that Rocks the Cradle or Cape Fear.
The latest Nicholas Sparks - derived weepfest, «Safe Haven,» is being marketed as a Valentine's Day special, but the plot line is closer to
a stalker thriller.
The premise reads as a common psycho
stalker thriller, but the film is actually more of a dramatic study of Sy's character.
On the surface, «Unsane» is a potboiler, a routine
stalker thriller.
Not exact matches
Last year's misleadingly titled «Fifty Shades Darker,» directed by James Foley and scripted by Niall Leonard (the author's husband), piled on the swoon - worthy luxury goods plus a few dubious
thriller flourishes, even as it dragged out Anastasia's increasingly tedious ambivalence toward her adoring
stalker of a boyfriend.
Determining that this isn't sufficiently interesting to maintain audience interest, things slide into cheap
thriller territory with Ana's former boss, the
stalker / kidnapper Jack Hyde (Eric Johnson), haunting our heroine while her husband tries to micromanage her life.
Screen Gems»
stalker -
thriller The Perfect Guy narrowly beat out M. Night Shyamalan's horror flick The Visit.
Unfolding with the inevitability of a bad dream, The Killing Of A Sacred Deer is Lanthimos» darkly intense, almost biblical spin on one of those
thrillers about a yuppie family terrorized by a vengeful
stalker.
It's in the mould of
thrillers like Misery and The Fan, where a symbiotic relationship begins between a media personality and an obsessive
stalker, though any veers towards violence as a means of conflict resolution in A Patch of Fog come only after a considerably lengthy bout of mind games first.
Briefly:
Stalker — From creator Kevin Williamson, the psychological
thriller drama stars Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q as detectives investigating...
The new CBS drama series
Stalker is a psychological
thriller about detectives who investigate stalking incidents, including voyeurism, cyber harassment and romantic fixation.
STALKER (formerly UNTITLED KEVIN WILLIAMSON) PICKED UP TO SERIES STUDIO: Warner Bros TV TEAM: Kevin Williamson (w, ep), Liz Friedlander (d) LOGLINE: Psychological
thriller revolves around a pair of detectives who handle stalking incidents for the Threat Management Unit of the LAPD.
Now she'll appear as «a
stalker student» in The Applicant, a
thriller to be directed by Eric Bross.
It's much better than that: The Gift is a
stalker suspense -
thriller with a wicked edge, a thematically rich tale of revenge and domination that engages the mind as it gives you the willies.
Unsane (R for profanity, violence, sexual references and disturbing behavior) Psychological
thriller, directed by Steven Soderbergh, about a young businesswoman (Claire Foy) forced to confront her greatest fear after accidentally committing herself to a mental institution while trying to escape her
stalker (Joshua Leonard).
Starting in June, the movies arrived at the end of the month, every month, with the consistency of a good B - movie rep program: The Blake Lively - versus - shark
thriller The Shallows; the internet - paranoia
thriller / romance Nerve; and the blind -
stalker horror movie Don't Breathe.
Steven Soderbergh's psychological
thriller feels particularly timely as a woman battles against her
stalker.
Writer - director and Seattle native Megan Griffiths and actor Lou Diamond Phillips attended the World premiere of the psychological
thriller The Night
Stalker.
The Night
Stalker Director Megan Griffiths and star Lou Diamond Phillips scheduled to attend This penetrating psychological
thriller from Seattle's Megan Griffiths (Lucky Them) features a spine - chillingly magnetic performance from Lou Diamond Phillips as death - row inmate Richard Ramirez, California's notorious serial killer.
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