What a great villain. Tess is so "perfect" for Mariah's family. In her secret psycho moments, she is a lot like Peyton from Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Norman Bates with her darker self that writes letters to her dead mother. After all, she has to avenge her parents' death because in her mind, Mariah is responsible for their deaths.
Writing Quality/Character Development: Pretty good. Tess is quite sneaky and good at making things look accidental. The shots where she is alone, and we see her in all her wonderful psychosis, are intriguingly shot with strange screechy music and shots that billow and deflate cyclically.
Values: The security of a marriage even in the face of temptation. A little boy wanting to expose the truth.
Content (sex, language & violence): One scene of the beginnings of sex. No language. Some violence that makes you grab your own wrist (you'll see what I mean), and a couple of quick deaths.
Scare Factor/Suspense: What is scary are the lengths Tess goes to to ruin the mom's life.
The baloney in this one is that the cops say their hands are tied because Tess has "tenants rights", unwilling to listen to the couples' concerns. Outside of that, at least we have a husband who believes in his wife when she says that Tess is dangerous.
And, we get a happy ending with this one.
