In the Shadows, Someone's Watching

After the end of the long-running hit series KNOTS LANDING, Valene Ewing actress Joan Van ARK had tons of time for television films (Movies Of The Week).

Here she plays Cinnie Merritt, who has serious problems with her rock musician husband (Rick SPRINGFIELD, who had a mega hit in the 1980s with "Celebrate Youth!"). Suddenly their son has an accident. In the hospital, the attending doctor (Christopher NOTH, known from Sex and the City) takes remarkably caring care of him and the other children who will have accidents...

Quite an exciting television film that also has some extremely scary moments!

Lydia the snobby psycho played the snobby saleswoman in Pretty Woman.

She's an amazing snob.

Anyway, this movie is so bad it's good.

Dark, twisted, odd.

I recommend it on a lazy night when you just want to watch something in bed.

We have given this film one star for awful, however, it really depends on how you look at it. We are currently watching this on Channel 5 at 3.30am, and we haven't stopped laughing, so perhaps we could give it a 10, just for the entertainment value. Right from the outset, with the 'manic' thoughts of the stalker being relayed in comic fashion, we were laughing. Is it me or does that chick from Knott's Landing look like one of the characters from the Dark Crystal.

I'm not going to spoil it for you, however, you would have to be pretty stupid not to see it coming, i don't think its clever enough for double bluffs.

This has to be the worst/best film we have ever seen, if we'd been playing the 'spot the cliché' drinking game, then we be wasted by now.

Disgusting movie, but you should watch anyway! First the plot of this movie is disgusting and weird! Joan van ark is credited as producer, I don't know what part she had in the disgusting script, but I'd be curious to find out. The film has some good actors who were once again I guess desperate for a role. Joan van Ark looks very beautiful, cute and sexy in this movie and she wears a ponytail and sexy jeans in almost every scene. They are lots of great shots of Joan's butt, which is the highlight of the whole movie. Joan's acting is great, especially given the weird script! Daniel J Travanti and Joan are the only people in the film who are not a bunch or either creeps, weirdos or freaks. Joan's husband, played by Rick Springfield looks and acts like a total bum and looks like a drug addict bum in the first scene and as for the rest of the freaks, you'll have to watch and see. Watch for the entertainment of the weirdness and shots of Joan's butt. I give it a 5.

Given the loony material he's got to work with, Noth does a very good job in his part. I came away from this movie appreciating him as an actor much more than before, and I've always enjoyed watching him act. I'd like to see him play Frankenstein. Or Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Or a vampire. To me this is a sign of an excellent actor. He's still very interesting to watch despite the outlandish material. ("Grand Guignol" is too tame a description.) The plot may have been too over the top to forget what I was watching, but Noth was still interesting to watch anyway. He managed to add some dimension even to that character. Give this man a film and a script with a compelling villain in it. Please!

Gee, I picked a good date to do this review, didn't I?