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As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

  • Released: 2022-06-03
  • Runtime: 91 minutes
  • Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thrillers
  • Stars: Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman, Tudor Petruț, Gabriela Butuc, Madalina Anea, Cristina Deleanu, Bogdan Farcaș, Daniel Nuță, Ioana Abur, Flaviu Crisan, Ștefan Iancu, Florian Ghimpu, Lucian Ionescu, Radu Bunescu, Alexandru Ion, Ciprian Chiriches, Ionut Grama, Simona Pătruleasa, Ioana Hirica, Alice Cora Mihalache, Aida Economu, Andreea Sovan, Adrian Radulescu, Petre Moraru, Marius Cobzariu
  • Director: Chloe Okuno
 Comments
  • andredejongh - 30 June 2024
    The film is skillfully made but there are some irritations
    The film is skillfully made but there are some irritations ... First of all: level A actors, a really good director, wonderful sets, good co-stars, great lightning, wonderful costumes. We are watching a modern, independent young couple moving to Bukarest. I loved the fact that this film was set in a city we hardly get to see in Hollywood productions. So, we have this independent, fit, good looking young couple. The woman thinks she is getting followed by a man but then she is not looking at him, not talking to him and not verbally confronting him, while she is in safe public spaces. And then when she has the chance to go up to the apartment of the man she thinks is following her, she refuses to go. In heaven's name, why not?! She has a police officer and her own husband with her to go talk to this man and ask him questions. This is a big gap in the character development. I just don't buy it. And it irritated me when I was watching this. In the cinema, in the supermarket, at home with her husband and the police officer, she didn't do anything. There is no logic. She behaves weak and childlike. While before she told her husband not to treat her like a child because he had troubles believing what she was saying. So in short, this is a very well made film. It really is a beautiful production in all aspects. But just the behaviour of this woman: it frankly doesn't add up. As viewers, as the audience we understand it is necessary behaviour by the female protagonist so that the plot can develop towards its climax. But we should be made to believe the why of the behaviour of this woman. She should become a real human being and believable. I just didn't believe the why and the how of the behaviour of this woman. This film could have been perfect if we would have believed all of her decisions to not confront this person at moments when she was not in danger and perfectly safe. This film could have been a big fat 10 star film, because most aspects are perfect. The plot just lets us down at crucial moments.
  • davidwalker-94471 - 6 April 2024
    Paranoid in Bucharest
    This is a nice little slow burn psychological thriller.

    I'm a fan of Maika Monroe, she seems to pick her movies carefully and I like her work. This is director Chloe Okuno's feature debut and I was intrigued to see this. I liked it.

    It's a bit old school, playing on paranoia and suspicion rather than anything overt. I think it has a bit to say about how safe women feel and how suspicious that can make them. I thought the movie was throwing a curveball and it was a kind of double bluff.

    As usual, there's the trope of disbelieving partner, so common in thrillers and horrors and which is a bit tired but I guess does add to the paranoia.

    Overall, I really enjoyed this.