Stalked by My Doctor: The Return

Eric Roberts is great in this Lifetime-like thriller. These films are a guilty pleasure during quarantine 2020. I caught it on Prime and it was fast paced and sailed by to its thrilling conclusion. An easy and fun watch with a good amount of suspense.

Eric Roberts owns this character and has focused his performance into laser point accuracy. He's utterly deranged and much of what he does and how he acts towards his intended targets makes you uncomfortable but that's the point. If it weren't for him these movies would not be nearly as entertaining to watch.

Eric Roberts clearly has quite a bit of fun with his outrageous part as a more or less insane faux doctor who decides to seduce a widow in order to get closer to her teenage daughter. The film is more proud than ashamed of its B-movie legacy, which is good because it gives it that ironic distance needed for this to be fun - for a while. Arguably limited by TV censorship rules, the film manages to be simultaneously kinky and asexual. It's like a family version of a cross between Basic Instinct and Lolita. Also with Claire Blackweder, Hilary Greer, Mark Grossman and Christopher Crabb. Written and directed by Doug Campbell.

This was not the best movie ever made but it was very entertaining. This was the first of two sequels so far. There was something going on all the time. Not much down time at all. There were a number of plot holes and dumb moments, but you could say that about most movies. As the bad guy, Eric Roberts is good. His little fantasies were effective (and they were made even better in the second sequel.) The overall acting was pretty good. I liked the sets and locations they used. Typical Hollywood, but still nice. They could make a whole series of these Stalking Doctor movies!

Not an A movie but high quality B. Very fun to watch. Great acting. Better than most people would expect. It's a simple plot with some twists. Keeps your attention. Great if you do not have too high expectations.