Stalker

Stalker

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The name of the film is "Stalker" and it opens with statistics of stalking. Rose (Sophie Skeleton) is in an old hotel on a rainy night. She gets off the phone with her sister and heads to the elevator which is out of order and talks an alternate elevator to her floor. Just as the door is about to close a man thrusts his hand in, and gets inside with her. He is very creepy looking. He might as well had stalker printed on his forehead. On the way up, the elevator gets stuck. As they talk we discover Rose in an actress in a horror film who replaced Alice. The man is named Daniel (Stuart Brennan) and he is a camera man for the same picture. He likes to let the camera roll after the scene is over. He captures a scene of Rose and the director discussing her * scene. The production was made during COVID and consists of two people. I thought the acting was good and I was able to stay engaged even through it was just two people talking. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

This movie really only starred 2 cast members, although 3 are credited, & pretty well only takes place in one setting.......an elevator. This was a low budget, independent film, that really caught me off guard. I truly really enjoyed this film. It did take a little while to kick in so it is some what of a slow burner however I always enjoy a film that takes it's time to marinade before simmering. The female lead was perfect & totally owned her role. Her performance was excellent almost to the point where the male was noticeably weaker & not on par with her. That really is my only complaint. The guy that was cast, although good, not as good as her. The film was very interesting & entertaining & even ended with a surprise twist. Hats off to that!

Stalker is a 2 person thriller set entirely inside a stuck lift, which must be a difficult task for any actor, never mind someone relatively new to the scene. Both Sophie Skelton and Stuart Brennan play their parts to a tee, even when the script brings them grinding to a halt with mediocre rambling (a problem created largely by the runtime of the film being about 20 minutes longer than it needed to be.) Their stellar performances are ruined by the directors decision to use weird shots and bizarre editing, presumably to try and create the feeling of claustrophobia or tension, but all it actually does it make things frustrating and/or confusing to watch. At a certain point of the film the director decided it would be a great idea to zoom right in on random parts of the actors faces as they converse; the eyes, or the mouth, or the forehead, but always too close to be comfortable (or in focus half the time.) It was such a bizarre and jarring choice that I wasn't sure if the aspect ratio of the projector had accidentally slipped and zoomed in. Then toward the end of the film things randomly keep jumping forward and backward in time, with no explanation or reason for doing so, to the point I again thought something had gone wrong with the playback the first time it happened. The twist was clever, but not all that hard to telegraph as things got a little TOO obvious at the mid-point and there was only one obvious direction to go to keep it interesting. The two strangest aspects of the movie though, are why they chose to splash the cash casting Bret 'The Hitman' Hart as a semi-sleazy director, and why the writer/director seems to have a disturbing fascination with dismembering (quite literally) one of the characters toward the end. Neither added much at all to the film, but are in there none the less. I hope Sophie and Stuart go on to better things as they were the one shining light in this otherwise below par horror thriller.

I liked this film. It's definitely low budget only 3 total actors so they're using the play model where this could just be a play. It's one location as well. The acting is pretty good, I really liked the female lead tho. She nails the role. These types of films are important for a younger actor who's up and coming. She definitely has a future in acting. Some of the movie stalls and is flat given its 1:35 hr run time. Overall I think it's a good efffort for some low budget horror. It's not going to blow you away but at the same time you can watch it and enjoy some solid acting and some good twists. 6/10.

Trailer—Stalker

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The name of the film is "Stalker" and it opens with statistics of stalking. Rose (Sophie Skeleton) is in an old hotel on a rainy night. She gets off the phone with her sister and heads to the elevator which is out of order and talks an alternate elevator to her floor. Just as the door is about to close a man thrusts his hand in, and gets inside with her. He is very creepy looking. He might as well had stalker printed on his forehead. On the way up, the elevator gets stuck. As they talk we discover Rose in an actress in a horror film who replaced Alice. The man is named Daniel (Stuart Brennan) and he is a camera man for the same picture. He likes to let the camera roll after the scene is over. He captures a scene of Rose and the director discussing her * scene. The production was made during COVID and consists of two people. I thought the acting was good and I was able to stay engaged even through it was just two people talking. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.