Movie

A Stranger Is Watching

1982 · 92 min

A clammy, claustrophobic hostage thriller that traps you underground with its victims and rarely lets the tension ease.

Tagline: Beneath New York's Grand Central Station, a killer can hide, victims can disappear... and a million witnesses will never know it happened.
Overview: A twisted man holds a TV newswoman and a girl hostage in the bowels of Grand Central Station.
How it feels: Tense, dark, bleak and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, grief, crime, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
grief
crime
isolation
family
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild