Die Alptraumbraut

Had this film been a submarine it would have sunk in shallow water from all the holes. This woman was so psychotic she couldn't have hidden her condition from a half witted, blind, ten year old. She had more problems than a certain gentleman driving a white Bronco down an L.A. freeway. All her victims sported a pair of dead giveaways that any first year morgue attendant could spot from across the street. Hello? Do the authorities know how to spell autopsy? Aside from these glaring holes the size of King Kong's hemorrhoids it wasn't a total wash-out. Decent enough performances but the pratfalls were strictly amateurville. After the first 5 minutes I saw exactly how the thing would end....and it did. This picture reminded me a lot of 2 other movies in this genre which were much better: "Black Widow" and "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle".

The acting is appalling. This movie is just horrible. Not campy, or fun, just horrible. Sammi Davis? The English actress, is the worst! Ugh, this movie was just horrible!

I DVR these while I'm busy all day and then watch them during my bouts of insomnia. This one actually didn't put me to sleep. This was also one where I found myself rooting for the bad guy (girl in this case). Kelly Preston was engrossing as the protagonist Laura who has just lost her sister and doesn't like family-oriented things because it drudges up memories, but its the blood-curdling, conniving Stephanie (Sammi Davis) that's the most fun to watch. Having suffered a trauma back in jolly, old England evokes empathy for Steph who just wants a man to love and to love her back and Laura's never-ceasing cause to expose Stephanie gets sanctimonious and a bit exhausting. Also, some of the scenes where Steph attacks people is unintendedly funny (like that nice, fluffy, Grandma-esque caterer who's just popped a pie in the oven) and Steph's fiancé', Laura's brother is pretty hunky. Over all pretty good.

Kelly Preston is great in this film going against type casting her as the films' hottie. In this one she is not, even though they would have to try harder to really make her look bad, they just made her to look as plain as possible. In this film she is the heroine which is a great place for her and needs to be done today. The other girl played a good sexy psycho. We all have known people who have fallen for someone bad. Movies are usually more extreme than reality but that's OK, I like them that way. This film is a great low budget film put out before Quentin Tarantino changed the rules on indie films. It is highly recommended if you can find a copy.

I read all the comments on here and agree with a lot of things others said. One thing I didn't hear anyone mention was how MEAN the mother was to Kelly Preston's character! Almost every time she had a line directed towards her, it was very hateful. For a sensitive girl who was still grieving over the death of her sister, you would think the mother would have been more supportive.

Also, I know nobody will probably read this, but I wish they would because I'm puzzled by something. I've seen the movie more than once and noticed that they got Sammi Davis' character's name wrong. Most of the time it was Stephanie Peters and sometimes Suzanne Potter or did I just miss something? Also, why did the car almost run Stephanie and Ted down in the parking lot scene before they went into the gym to meet his friend? What did that have to do with anything in the movie?