Stranger in My House
Stranger in My House
| 01 January 1999 (USA)
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A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very strangely indeed . . .

Reviews
Interesteg What makes it different from others?
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
lizawinthrop (spoiler warning) Admittedly I am a fan of lifetime movies, there's just something about the overall atmosphere that makes them oddly entertaining. But two in particular struck me (most likely in the spirit of silliness) to be Hitchcockian innovations in playing with suspense, perhaps that even the man himself had not thought up in his lifetime, this and A Job to Kill For (2006), A Job to Kill For was in the case of a plot twist that you never would have saw coming, and this one (Stranger in my House) is in the case of a woman apparently being victmized in the beginning... it later turning out that the apparent victimizer was the (perfectly level-headed and ethical) victim and he had a right to do what he did, then comes the first breakthrough that will make guys with a fetish for hot-headed chicks light up like they're in the presence of a deity, just when it seemed the apparently good-natured ethical perfectly level-headed young female was, you know just that, she's sweetly apologizing for leaving the living room wndow open then when the house owner makes a further reminder.... KABOOM, out she explodes and darts out of the chair.
TheodenLives Anyone who's watched a few Lifetime Movie Network movies knows that plot credibility is the first thing that gets brushed off the planning table. So, when crazed Lara moves into Patti's home and methodically begins to drive her landlady bonkers, I didn't even blink. When Lara eventually ramps up her activities to threatening poor Patti, and dares her to do anything about it, I just nodded. You see, on Planet LMN, people don't behave the way they do for any particular reason, they just do it to keep the action going. Only on Planet LMN could someone almost have the owner of a home thrown out of their own house by means of their seductive powers!! Poor Patti - she just trusted too much, and Lara went off her medicine, and then there was this big fight at the top of the stairs involving a syringe full of deadly stuff that ends up injected into someone's tummy, and a body bag going out the front door. The horror!But take it from me, this Planet LMN product is a classic. You need to watch it once, just for the great laughs you'll have. On the Improbability Scale, I give this film a 95/100. Make a big batch of popcorn and get some apple slices, too. You'll understand later.
caa821 Got into this flick, just as it was beginning, on an afternoon where I was home with a touch of flu - otherwise I'd have missed it. That probably would have been best.I noticed the presence of Lindsay Crouse and Jay Thomas - both very good performers - and thought this might be worth a look. It proved to be to some extent, but only because it is one of those stories so awful it fascinates.Zoe McLellan has little to recommend her talents, except for her Jayne Mansfield- or Loni Anderson-like bosom. Unfortunately, her acting prowess - at least here - makes Mansfield and Anderson seem to be Garbo or Davis by comparison.The young nut case's white rat, the owner's cat, the young nut case having the owner evicted and restrained in her own home, and a bunch of doophus's (including the young nut case) running around a bio hazard facility, and the absurd conclusion. I kept waiting for at least some scene or plot element to contain at least a modicum of realism, believability or being capable of evoking some empathy/sympathy -- but this proved to be in vain.
lisagirl117 The movie was enjoyable to watch and Lindsay Crouse and Zoe McClellan did fine jobs with their roles. As the movie wore on though it seemed so much like "Pacific Heights" with McClellan as the female equivalent to Michael Keaton's character in "Heights".