Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

sol ***SPOILERS*** Director John Carpenter's first feature film after his landmark, in the slasher films genre, and mega hit "Halloween" holds up pretty good some 35 years after it's release back in 1978.Young pretty and gap toothed Leigh Michaels, Lauren Hutton, had just landed a nice paying job as TV director of a popular food show in L.A as well as got a rented apartment at the luxury Arkhan Towers in the ritzy section of the city. It's not long that Leigh starts getting strange phone calls all hours of the day and night from some stranger who seems to be obsessed with her. Whoever this guy is goes so far as sending Leigh presents through the mail with the return address Excursion Unlimited! A company that Leigh with the help of her new found boyfriend,that she met at a singles bar, philosophy professor Paul Winkless, David Birney, finds out doesn't even exists. With the police unable to do anything since calling and sending presents to her isn't a crime Leigh with the help of her friend and co-worker at the TV station Sophie,Adrienne Barbeau,try track down the mysterious caller and find out that he's calling from across the street at the nearby Clark Towers! It's when Leigh breaks into the apartment that she thinks the harassing calls are coming from Sophie is attacked and murdered,her body was never recovered, across the street in Leigh's own apartment by an unknown assailant who's obvious the person who's been calling her!With the police still helpless to help her,in their opinion no crime was committed, Leigh together with Paul track down the caller on their own only to find out that he may have possibly been responsible for the deaths, by suicides, of three other women living at the Arkham Towers! And with Leigh now being #1 on his hit list she knows that if he's not stopped she'll soon become his latest victim! In a faked suicide,by jumping out of her 38th floor apartment, on her part that he's planning for her!***SPOILES*** Tense and terrific final as the person who's been stalking Leigh comes out of the shadows with her,not caring anymore if she lives or dies, more then ready to meet and battle with him. With no one besides Paul wanting to help her Leigh took it upon herself to smoke out the person who's trying to murder her and deal with him herself no matter what the final result would be!

jseger9000 I was so excited to see the 'forgotten' John Carpenter film finally getting a DVD release. He's one of my favorite directors. Unfortunately this is one of his weakest films and probably my least favorite.It's not all bad and has some genuinely tense moments, but they are few and far between. I'm not sure if John Carpenter just wasn't feeling it with this one or if it was due to the constraints of it being a T.V. movie with the constant breaks required for commercials. Whatever it is, the film is a series of peaks and valleys. The pace is off. You just don't get enough of a feeling of building tension. It's funny, because this film was preceded by Halloween and followed by The Fog and both are excellent, suspenseful films.In this movie there are a number of good scenes. The bits with the laundry room, the park at night, the penthouse, the search of a house and the last fifteen minutes are great. But in between there are plenty of dull spots.The music was kind of irritating. I wish John Carpenter had gotten to score this one like he does most of his movies. But he didn't and the music is here seems like a swipe of better music from other suspense movies and at times was just inappropriate for the scene. The best part musically was a scene where Leigh is opening a strange package that was synced to Vivaldi's 'Winter'. That part was very well done, but also pointed out how bad the rest of the music was.Also, Lauren Hutton just didn't seem right for the part. She's a good actress and the part was written well, but the two didn't seem to connect.One highlight of the movie is Adrienne Barbeau. She is terrific in her part. It's easy to see why J.C. used her in his future movies (well, aside from their marriage). I wish she were in the movie more.Also, I applaud him for writing in a positive lesbian character. It must have been scandalous for a T.V. movie from 1978. She wasn't stereotypical, never made any 'sinister' passes at our heroine and also wasn't portrayed as the 'magical gay character'. Kudos to John Carpenter.This movie is worth a rental. But compared to what John Carpenter had done before and would do in the future, this entry was weak.

Woodyanders Sassy TV director Leigh Michaels (an engagingly spunky and spirited performance by the lovely Lauren Hutton) arrives in Los Angeles and moves into a swanky high-rise apartment. Some peeping tom creep starts stalking her from afar, taunting her with crank phone calls and sinister letters in the mail. But Leigh refuses to play victim and becomes determined to uncover the nut's true identity. Writer/director John Carpenter ably builds plenty of tension, maintains a brisk pace throughout, and stages one doozy of a harrowing climax. Moreover, there's a pertinent and provocative central message about how advances in technology make it easier for someone to invade another person's privacy. Hutton positively shines in the lead; she gets fine support from David Birney as affable college professor Paul Winkless, Adrienne Barbeau as friendly lesbian coworker Sophie, Carpenter movie regular Charles Cyphers as unhelpful police detective Paul Hunt, Grainger Hines as smarmy technician Steve, and Len Lesser as a menacing burly man. Rober Hauser's sharp, polished cinematography and Harry Sukman's classy, rousing, shivery score are both up to par. Well worth a look.

disdressed12 while i admit there is lots of tension in this movie,it's almost too much.the problem i found is that(to me at least)the movie keeps building to a climax which is less exciting than the rest of the movie.there is one pretty thrilling moment in the movie,but for me,that's about it.this is by no means a bad movie.in fact,think it was very well done and the acting is top rate.i just felt it was too drawn out.this is John carpenter's third picture,and was intended for the big screen at one point.but somewhere along the line,it was decided to make it into a TV movie.it's not overly violent and certainly not very graphic.even though i thought the movie was drawn out,it was still entertaining enough o watch until the end.if you don't mind a really slow build up,you will probably enjoy this one.by the way,this movie also available as part of the Twisted Terror collection,which also includes five other horror movies.anyway,for me,Someone's Watching Me is a 6/10