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I watched this TVM The 'Glow' one late evening and wasn't disappointed!

NYC young couple move into a up-market apartment with a nominal rent. The premises is run by a group of retirees who are affable to say the least. These friendly and helpful neighbours also happen to be a health and fitness group.

A couple of young tenants previously disappeared from the same leased apartment. Sometime later another young couple upstairs who happen to be athletic types under plausible circumstances just seem to disappear too. Again a decidedly plausible explanation.

Portia De Rossi who is half of couple mentioned at start of review her character becomes tad curious about various seemingly odd happenings, could her suspicion about the low-rent just be a prelude of what's to come?

Dina Merrill who plays Phoebe one of the main characters of the group and Arnold her spouse played by Hal Linden just what are they up to if anything besides rest of the group?

This TVM is a drama/horror of type. It reminded me of not only Rosemary's baby but hint of Invasion of the body snatchers! But I won't spoil it for you.

Decidedly creepy, well paced, suspense too!

I rate one of the better TVMS of the type.

I was pretty excited about watching this movie and I wasn't disappointed from it. Sometimes the movie lacked plot explanation, but you can understand everything easily. Another thing that I didn't like was the plot being predictable but it was a nice plot. This movie is for those who like a thriller type of horror movie. Sorry gorefest fans! The cast was decent with good actors, they all contributed positively to the movie and nothing was really cringeworthy, like many movies of this type tend to be.

My synopsis: This movie tells the story of a man who got robbed in a park and saved by fit and good looking old people that were jogging around the park. The man then becomes friends with the elders he just met and soon they give him a generous deal and sell him and his wife a gorgeous apartment for a really low price. Soon, all this generousity becomes unsettling and soon the couple realises that they are prisoners in their new home.

Final Rating: 6.5/10. If you can overlook the predictability of this movie, you may actually have a good time. Overall, the movie was OK compared to others in the genre, but you really shouldn't expect anything great or mindblowing from this movie. You really should only watch this, if you like this type of movie, otherwise I recommend you to go look for another movie. However, if you like indie horror and B- Movies, this might just be an enjoyable movie for you. I personally enjoyed this movie and I found it above average compared to other TV Movies and B-Movies.

This is a good film, no a very good film. Well acted by Dean Cain & Portia De Rossi (Nell from Ally McBeal). Portia De Rossi surprised me as she was very good as Jackie. I did not like her in Ally McBeal but she proved she can hold her own. A very good performance.

Dean Cain is a very under-rated actor, who deserves more recognition for the good actor that he is. It never ceases to amaze me that he has not been cast as the lead in a major movie. He was absolutely excellent as Matt. Matt was such a trusting soul and was prepared to give the 'twelvers' (the old people) the benefit of the doubt, a touch of Clark Kent here.

The rest of the cast were excellent too. They were very convincing and we were certainly deceived into believing they were just nosy and not evil.

This film gets my vote as a top-rate t.v. movie and one that i would certainly watch again. A thoroughly enjoyable film and one i would recommend.

The Glow is quite an interesting made for TV movie. It stars Dean Cain and Portia DeRossi as Matt & Jackie, a young working couple who by chance find the perfect apartment in New York City. By the time it is revealed that chance has little to do with it, they are in way over the heads.

The kindly older couples who run the building just aren't what they seem...and the last tenants who had leased Matt & Jackie's apartment have disappeared without a trace. And when the young couple upstairs also disappear...well, Jackie suspects the worse. She digs deeper..only to discover the impossible.

The movie is well thought out, well paced, very suspenseful. However, there are a couple of problems with it. For instance, after being abducted, how does Jackie set off the fire alarm with the cigarettes she uses (if you see it, you'll ask yourself where they came from - considering she's hardly wearing anything). Or...what is the Glow? It's never really explained. I would have rather have seen more of an explanation at the end, then the ending we did get (although it was fine).

The casting of the older couples in the building was really top rate. Hal Linden is stellar as the kindly 'fatherly' type who takes Matt in as "the son I never had". It would have been great to see his motivation and character further developed. But, hey, as a made for TV movie, it's much better than a lot of the movies we pay $13.50 to go see.

Shot in Toronto, by the way. If you look closely you'll see Union Station, the Royal York Hotel & other sights.

Usually these TV movies are pretty lame. I was surprised to find myself thoroughly interested in this one from the first scene. The first hour is quite good, filled with spooky innuendo and little clues as to what these kindly old folks are really up to. You know there's something not quite right about them, but what is it?

After the first hour, the story drags a little bit because they just keep heaping more and more of the same clues on the watcher, but it never gets bad enough to ruin the movie. The final twenty minutes or so has one or two cliched camera tricks and plot devices but that can be excused in a made-for-TV movie.

There are no really big surprises in this movie. The viewer has a fair idea of what's really going down pretty early in the movie, but it's fun to watch it all unfold. The cast (especially the old folks) do a great job with their roles and it's interesting to see Hal Linden playing such a two-faced shady character.

All in all, I give this movie a 7/10. The first hour is the best part because of the creepy atmosphere but it's worth watching to the end if you don't want to watch another lame game show or Friends re-run.