A young girl begins to suspect that her neighbor on a quiet suburban street is fugitive family killer John List.A young girl begins to suspect that her neighbor on a quiet suburban street is fugitive family killer John List.A young girl begins to suspect that her neighbor on a quiet suburban street is fugitive family killer John List.
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I love serial killer movies. This was not that. At best, a weak plagiarized Rear Window(down to the injured protagonist.) At least Disturbia updated the "stuck at the window" premise.
Reasons not to watch:
- Terrible acting,
- Ridiculous dialogue,
- Awful camera work (with weird zooms, shaky at times, out of focus at times,)
- Exposition narration in the form of dialogue (where a person would come onscreen to say a few sentences, then the movie would movie would go on to another scene, with no acknowledgment of who the person was talking to,)
- Bad sets and costume design,
- Terrible facial expressions,
- Weak score/soundtrack,
- Entirely unlikable, dumb characters,
- Zero tension or mystery.
Terrible. Rear Window is my favorite thriller and What Lies Beneath is a close second. Those are solid movies.
This one, however, simply dropped the ball. They could have had so many more suspenseful moments! Also, if you lack appreciation for sacrilegious attributes in a murderer, definitely skip it!
This one, however, simply dropped the ball. They could have had so many more suspenseful moments! Also, if you lack appreciation for sacrilegious attributes in a murderer, definitely skip it!
The producers of this movie, drove by the unemployment office and picked up some out of work actors. This is bad, very bad.....
I wanted to like this movie. I really did, but I couldn't sit through to the end.
Acting by so many was (in my opinion) sub-par. More importantly, this was supposed to be set in the US, yet the obvious signs it was not were seen by the European license plates on cars and obvious non-US electrical outlets. The Royal Mail carrier didn't lend any US authenticity either.
It's the small details that were overlooked that took away from any credibility this film might have had.
The outside shots of the List Westfield NJ home weren't even CLOSE to the home where the crimes had occurred. Granted, that home has since burned and subsequently was demolished, but surely the director could have found a home more closely resembling the List home, than the Newark NJ style row house he used instead.
I can only hope the producers get ANY return on their investment in this film.
Acting by so many was (in my opinion) sub-par. More importantly, this was supposed to be set in the US, yet the obvious signs it was not were seen by the European license plates on cars and obvious non-US electrical outlets. The Royal Mail carrier didn't lend any US authenticity either.
It's the small details that were overlooked that took away from any credibility this film might have had.
The outside shots of the List Westfield NJ home weren't even CLOSE to the home where the crimes had occurred. Granted, that home has since burned and subsequently was demolished, but surely the director could have found a home more closely resembling the List home, than the Newark NJ style row house he used instead.
I can only hope the producers get ANY return on their investment in this film.
I have a love of movies but the lead girl was a terrible actress. The boyfriend was worst.
Not sure if she even did an audition. I really wanted to like it because it's based somewhat on a true story.
Not sure if she even did an audition. I really wanted to like it because it's based somewhat on a true story.
Did you know
- TriviaBased on the real life case of family annihilator John List who was the inspiration for the 1987 film 'The Stepfather'.
- GoofsDuring one of the Most Wanted broadcasts, the use of the Amber Alert was mentioned. The Amber Alert system was not in place until 1996, seven years after List was captured.
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- Убийца по соседству
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- Westfield, New Jersey, USA(street scenes)
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- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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