Cauchemar

This made for tv gem is just right for watching when you're stuck at home on a rainy night. Just you, the cat (or to be fair dog!) and a big bowl of popcorn. Kathleen Beller stars as a beautiful young artist who tries in vain to convince anyone who will listen that she is being stalked by an unknown madman...or is she? Could it be that the death of dear old dad has caused poor Amy to imagine it all? Is she deliberately engaging those around her in a childish attention-getting prank? A sympathetic mother, a probing doctor and new boyfriend all try to make sense of things before the killer, real or imagined catches up to her. This above average tv flick is well worth the 90 minutes. Mariette Hartley and Gary Graham along with a strong supporting cast help make this 90 minutes well worth it. Sit back and enjoy!

I went in expecting a horror again, my bad!

This early 80's thriller is a passable affair and though it's fairly well written it lacks in too many places to truly be memorable.

No Place to Hide tells the story of a girl who repeatedly see's a balaclava and dark glasses wearing man who seems to be stalking her. However is he real? Or is he as everyone around her believes, a figment of her fragile mind?

The film actually has a few good ideas and though can be accused of a lot of things it can't be accused of being predictible as I certainly didn't see the finale coming.

It suffers badly from many tropes of its time but I can confidently say that this isn't a bad film, it's just a bit uninspired and tedious.

The Good:

Some good twists

Well written

The Bad:

Quite generic

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Jason, Michael, Freddy, Pinhead and even Leprechaun have nothing to fear from our balaclava wearing friend, there will be no sequel here

Amy leaves her art class late at night and goes to her car. However, she then finds a man dressed all in black resplendent with a black balaclava and shades waiting for her in her backseat. She gets away but isn't taken seriously by the police when she goes to report the incident. Apparently the same man has been following her on previous occasions but has always gotten away. The police think she is a crank and that this mysterious man who is threatening and stalking her is a figment of her imagination.

Soon afterwards she receives a funeral wreath from the same man. Realising that this is the first tangible piece of evidence that there is that in fact someone stalking her, she goes with her stepmother to the florists to ask who placed the order and what he looked like. The florist is amused as he says that it was her, Amy who walked in and placed the order just hours earlier.

Is Amy mad? Or is there really a man stalking and threatening to kill her?

No Place To Hide is another example of an excellent made for TV horror movie. Tense, suspenseful and very well written not to mention perfectly acted.

In fact it has so many twists and turns that it would make a great episode of either Tales of the Unexpected or Thriller.

This bizarre murder conspiracy film, with its twists and turns, somehow managed to capture my attention for two hours one morning on TV. I still don't know exactly what happened, probably because all the male characters have the same hair cut and are impossible to keep straight in one's head. This film is brain candy, nothing more, though an agonizing piece at that.

I found this movie highly entertaining. It succeeds on many levels: The acting is superb, the suspense tight, and even the camera work is above par. It's a quiet film that is very easy to watch, with twists and turns aplenty. It's unfortunate for us movie aficionados--especially of the thriller genre--that we no longer have access once a week to these gems that appeared on TV and were well watched. This work took me back to a time when watching movies was a true pleasure. The only negative was the convoluted plot that's revealed as we reach the story's conclusion, but that can be easily forgiven as the heart of the plot of the movie more than makes up for it. One of the best TV movies I've seen, and viewers of good suspense movies won't be disappointed. I rate this film a well- deserved 10.