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Instant Favorite.

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Nick Eliot (Cary Elwes) is a new writer at Pique magazine. He rents the guest house of the Forresters (Kurtwood Smith, Gwynyth Walsh). Darian (Alicia Silverstone) is their flirtatious daughter. Cheyenne (Amber Benson) is her best friend. Nick starts dating coworker Amy Maddik (Jennifer Rubin) but Darian's crush also intensifies. Darian continues to hound him and even sabotages his big interview.The Lolita aspect of this performance from a younger Silverstone can be awkwardly uncomfortable. This doesn't have any pretension of being a literary touchstone. The movie manipulates the tension and pushes it beyond logic. It walks the line of camp and doesn't always succeed.

A journalist (Cary Elwes) becomes the unwanted center of attention for a 14-year-old girl (Alicia Silverstone), who proceeds to sabotage his life after he refuses her sexual advances.This is Alan Shapiro's baby. He wrote it, directed it, and as of 2016, it remains his best-known film. According to Jennifer Rubin, Shapiro also worked closely with Cary Elwes during the shoot to revise some lines here and there. (Incidentally, Rubin also recalls Elwes as "mannered and proper", much like some of the characters he plays.) To save a few dollars, the wardrobe department actually picked clothes from the actors' closets.Apparently this film was panned by critics, but I have to say those critics were wrong. Yes, some of the plot makes little sense and you have to really suspend your disbelief at times. But this is a horror thriller, so just allow yourself that privilege. This film stuck with me when I first saw it in the 90s, and watching it again now (2016), it had as much or more of an impact.The two leads are great. Obviously, this helped launch Silverstone's career (giving her a voice after working with Aerosmith); Kurtwood Smith recalls that the cast had Silverstone's 16th birthday party a day or two before shooting began. The part almost went to Reese Witherspoon, but in retrospect Silverstone seems to have been the obvious, better choice.And this was a nice entry for Elwes, who is generally thought of more as a comedic actor. He can do dark (see "Saw"). Add model and horror icon Jennifer Rubin and Smith (not to mention a pre-Buffy Amber Benson) and you round out a top-notch cast for what appears to be a very low-budget movie (and obviously the crown jewel of writer-director Alan Shapiro's career).The effects are pretty decent and convincing. Perhaps the most notable scene involves a room full of bees. While it looks like Jennifer Rubin is being swarmed by an entire hive of bees, she actually has nothing to worry about. A few dead ones are glued to her hand (look closely how they don't move), and the ones flying through the air aren't bees at all -- it's puffed rice being blown out of a vacuum cleaner. Genius! One flaw, which is unavoidable, is the result of legal trouble: the original audio has the character named "Darian", and it had to be changed to "Adrian" (as there was a real Darian involved who had actually keyed Shapiro's car). This makes for some unusual dubbing. Although not noticeable most of the time, it does stand out occasionally -- Kurtwood Smith was never made aware of the change until later, meaning someone else had to dub him... which, of course, makes the name "Adrian" sound like it comes from another person's mouth.The disc from Scream! Factory is excellent and truly a must-have. Although they were not able to fix the sound "phasing" issues from previous versions, this was not noticeable for me and probably won't be for more viewers. The disc has an audio commentary from writer-director Alan Shapiro, which is priceless (and includes a story of his time swapping LSD stories with William Hurt). But we also get some one-on-one interviews with Kurtwood Smith and the incomparable Jennifer Rubin. A great release for an under-appreciated film.

"Nick Eliot" (Cary Elwes) has just moved to Seattle and needs a place to stay prior to working as an investigative journalist for a magazine there. He settles on a semi-furnished guest house belonging to a married couple by the name of Cliff Forrester (Kurtwood Smith) and his wife "Liv" (Gwynyth Walsh). Also there is their 14-year-old daughter "Adrian" (Alicia Silverstone) who immediately develops a crush on Nick. Since he is twice her age he figures that her attraction to him is nothing serious. Big mistake. Anyway, as far as this film is concerned it pretty much follows the standard format of any number of similar movies made both before and after. However, what distinguishes this one is the performance of Alicia Silverstone in her very first film debut. Likewise, both Jennifer Rubin (as "Amy") and the aforementioned Cary Elwes also performed quite well too. Again, the story is pretty formulaic but even so I thought it was still enjoyable. Accordingly, I rate this movie as slightly above average.

The idea was good, the problem is that this idea was taken from other movies. This movie was a mix between Fatal Attraction (1987) and Poison Ivy (1992).I liked the acting very much. I don't like Alicia Silverstone but she was outstanding, especially if you have in count this was her first movie. Maybe a little over the top at times.The plot had some problems but I will not list all that here. I will just mention one thing: if the guy was so uncomfortable being stalked by that girl why didn't he leave? This guy was goddamn stupid!It is a good thriller and it gives you the chills a couple times. Probably I have a negative feeling because the day before I watched Poison Ivy with a quite similar story (a developed evil teenager getting a crush on an older man). I don't think Poison Ivy was too original anyway.