I found this on Amazon Prime while looking for something free to watch. I had thought I seen all those TV movies back in the 80's and 90's but this one apparently slipped by me because I surely would have remembered it.
For it's time, and especially for a TV movie, I thought the scenes were pretty violent and shocking during the final rampage Farley goes on at the office building. I don't want to spoil things so i'll just say that it gets really intense once he pulls up to the building where the object of his obsession works.
I thought both leads did great in their roles, especially Richard Thomas who was pretty creepy and scary as Richard Farley who went from Laura's new coworker to crazed stalker with lightening speed. This guy was really off his rocker, but I wondered why it took meeting Laura to send him over the deep end so quickly.
Before she arrived, he was apparently a model citizen and employee, so meeting her must have made something instantly snap inside of him and I think it would have helped the film more had they delved into that aspect a little to give the viewer some understanding to his rapid mental decline.
We do get to see an old smiling photo of Richard with some woman before he pastes Laura's photo over hers, so there was someone in his past he apparently had a relationship with.
It's not clear if she was a wife who left him or had died, or was just a previous obsession of his. A little backstory to understand why he snapped so much this time would have been helpful. Perhaps Laura was just the final straw to his frustration at being constantly rejected by women? Who knows?
One scene I found strange was when Laura was relaying her issue to her office superior and she had the gall to ask Laura "Did you smile with him like you're doing with me?" What the hell kind of a question is that?! Was she actually implying that Laura was being romantically and suggestively flirtatious towards her as well?! Please. It was just so weird. That boss seemed to be just as batty as Richard was by asking such an absurd question. Was she in love with her too?!
It's a good movie overall that held my attention throughout and it's wild to see just how quickly Richard Farley goes insane over Laura. Recommended if you enjoy suspense films with good acting.
For it's time, and especially for a TV movie, I thought the scenes were pretty violent and shocking during the final rampage Farley goes on at the office building. I don't want to spoil things so i'll just say that it gets really intense once he pulls up to the building where the object of his obsession works.
I thought both leads did great in their roles, especially Richard Thomas who was pretty creepy and scary as Richard Farley who went from Laura's new coworker to crazed stalker with lightening speed. This guy was really off his rocker, but I wondered why it took meeting Laura to send him over the deep end so quickly.
Before she arrived, he was apparently a model citizen and employee, so meeting her must have made something instantly snap inside of him and I think it would have helped the film more had they delved into that aspect a little to give the viewer some understanding to his rapid mental decline.
We do get to see an old smiling photo of Richard with some woman before he pastes Laura's photo over hers, so there was someone in his past he apparently had a relationship with.
It's not clear if she was a wife who left him or had died, or was just a previous obsession of his. A little backstory to understand why he snapped so much this time would have been helpful. Perhaps Laura was just the final straw to his frustration at being constantly rejected by women? Who knows?
One scene I found strange was when Laura was relaying her issue to her office superior and she had the gall to ask Laura "Did you smile with him like you're doing with me?" What the hell kind of a question is that?! Was she actually implying that Laura was being romantically and suggestively flirtatious towards her as well?! Please. It was just so weird. That boss seemed to be just as batty as Richard was by asking such an absurd question. Was she in love with her too?!
It's a good movie overall that held my attention throughout and it's wild to see just how quickly Richard Farley goes insane over Laura. Recommended if you enjoy suspense films with good acting.