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Someone's Watching Me!

1978 · 97 min

A slow-creeping, claustrophobic paranoia piece where ordinary apartment life turns quietly menacing, building dread through phone calls and watching windows rather than shocks.

Directed by: John Carpenter
Genres: Tv movie, Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau

Tagline: All those windows… and he’s behind one of them!
Overview: A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.

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Directed by: John Carpenter
Genres: Tv movie, Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
isolation
loneliness
identity
survival
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	8
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: tv movie, thriller, mystery, horror
Directed by: John Carpenter
Written by: John Carpenter
Starring: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau, Len Lesser, Charles Cyphers, John Mahon, Grainger Hines, James Murtaugh
Music: Harry Sukman
Cinematography: Robert B. Hauser
Runtime: 97 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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