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Stranger with My Face

2009 · 96 min

A slow-creeping unease builds as a grieving family's fresh start curdles into a quiet, identity-stealing dread.

Directed by
Jeff Renfroe
Genres
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Overview
After the shocking and untimely death of her husband, Shelley Stratton (Catherine Hicks) moves her daughter Alexis (Emily Hurst) and her adopted daughter, Laurie (Alexz Johnson), to their remote summer house in hopes of giving her family a fresh start. As Laurie begins to settle in and put her life back together, she gets the eerie feeling that she is constantly being watched. Laurie's uneasiness grows when people start claiming to see her in places that she has never been. The family's delicate state begins to unravel when Laurie unearths the dark past, discovering a twin sister that she never knew she had. Laurie is forced to delve deeper into her twin's secrets, for as it turns out her twin has been locked up for years! Laurie must now understand their strange connection in order to prevent her sister from taking over her life and harming her loved ones. Based on the book by author Lois Duncan
How it feels
Tense, eerie, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Identity, grief, family, deception
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Directed by
Jeff Renfroe
Genres
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, mystery, drama, tv movie
Directed by
Jeff Renfroe
Written by
Eric Tuchman, Jamie Pachino
Starring
Catherine Hicks, Andrew Francis, Alexz Johnson, Beau Mirchoff, Emily Hirst, Grace Sherman, Luisa d'Oliveira, Nhi Do
Music
James Jandrisch
Cinematography
C. Kim Miles
Runtime
96 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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