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In SOMEONE IS WATCHING, Michelle Dupre (Stefanie Powers) and her young son move into a new home. They barely settle in before they're plagued by a creepy neighbor. Mystery and suspense build, and Michelle's son discovers an "imaginary friend' in his closet.

Margot Kidder costars as Michelle's kooky friend, Sally. Together, they make this made-for-TV offering quite enjoyable, right up to the final, bloody confrontation...

Typical American made for TV movie. Nothing believable happens but come on, Stephanie Powers playing Mother to a young nipper!!!! Couldn't watch much after being expected to swallow that ridiculous casting. Anyone thinking this is a great film has never seen a great film.

This is a spooky TV movie about a woman and her young son who has just moved into a new house. The son develops a relationship with an "imaginary" friend who lives in his closet, and people around them start to die mysteriously. This gives the audience a good dose of mystery and horror, leaving you wondering who did it and if the "imaginary" friend has any connection to it. Even the title of the movie gives you a creepy feeling.

It's a somewhat exciting movie from start to finish, with descent acting, though, some of the dialog and language were forced. Barry Flatman as the lead's boyfriend was annoying. But I thought Margot Kidder gave a convincing performance as the pesky but helpful neighbor who plays an important role in solving the mystery.

It's overall entertaining for a TV movie.

Grade B.

We were looking for a good old ghost movie, read that this one would be a bit like "The Haunted" from 1991, but we were so disappointed. The film starts off promisingly with some supernatural things happening but after a while we noticed that it was some kind of killer story instead, we thought the actors did a lousy role, the police behaved well but the others just played over the top.

No, this was a really bad choice of Friday movie, we were disappointed. It feels as though the lead actress, Stefanie Powers, was too old for this role and only got it because at the time the film was shot, she was still quite a well-known actor. Martin Neufeld gave a poor performance, he even looks affected in his scenes, maybe he really was. We rate this a three, it is absolutely not a ghost movie by any means.

"Someone Is Watching" is a simple and very suspenseful movie that proves you don't need a lot of blood and gore to make a movie scary. It's been a long time since Stephanie Powers picked-up a gun and the years definitely were in her favor. She looked wonderful. It was also nice to see ex Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) play her pesty but lovable friend who lived down the street. I was a little disappointed in the person who played the stalker. Perhaps he was new at acting but he still was able to pull-it-off. The movie was also filmed in a small town in beautiful Quebec. If you feel like watching a suspenseful movie that has a lot to offer, then check this one out. I'm going to give it an 8 !