A Stranger Is Watching (film)

A Stranger Is Watching
Film poster
Directed bySean S. Cunningham
Screenplay byEarl Mac Rauch
Victor Miller
Based onA Stranger is Watching
by Mary Higgins Clark
Produced bySidney Beckerman
StarringKate Mulgrew
Rip Torn
James Naughton
Shawn von Schreiber
Barbara Baxley
CinematographyBarry Abrams
Edited bySusan E. Cunningham
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
companies
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • January 22, 1982 (1982-01-22)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.2 million[1]
Box office$2,519,559[2]

A Stranger is Watching is a 1982 American horror film directed by Sean S. Cunningham.[3] The screenplay was written by Earl Mac Rauch and Victor Miller, based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Mary Higgins Clark.

Plot

Steve Peterson's wife, Nina is murdered in front of their young daughter Julie. Three years later, Julie and Peterson's new girlfriend Sharon Martin are kidnapped by the same killer, the psychotic Artie Taggart. Taggart imprisons them in a bunker below Grand Central Station, throwing the police into a race against time to save the girl.

Cast

Critical reception

Allmovie gave the film a mildly favorable review, writing "Sean Cunningham's first post-Friday the 13th film was shrugged off by most critics, but it is better than its reputation might lead one to believe."[4] Janet Maslin of The New York Times thought the film is "a lot better" than Friday the 13th, and noted: "The story offers a few surprises, and the bowels of the railway station are scenic, in their grubby way."[5]

References

  1. ^ Boyer, Peter; Pollock, Dale (28 March 1982). "MGM-UA AND THE BIG DEBT". Los Angeles Times. p. 11.
  2. ^ "A Stranger is Watching".
  3. ^ Maslin, Janet (January 22, 1982). "New York Times movie review". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012.
  4. ^ Guarisco, Donald. "A Stranger Is Watching - Review". Allmovie. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. ^ Maslin, Janet (January 22, 1982). "Movie Review: A Stranger Is Watching (1982)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved August 14, 2021.


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