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Terrified

- You've been scared. Now prepare to be... Terrified.

Traumatized after witnessing her jealous husband kill her adulterous lover and then himself, an unbalanced, nymphomaniac young woman finds herself stalked by an unknown assailant, but she cannot make anyone believe her desperate situation.

Release Date : 1995-01-13

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Net City FilmgroupA-Pix EntertainmentGreen Tea Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Toughguy

Cast

Character Name : Olive

Original Name : Heather Graham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pearl

Original Name : Lisa Zane

Gender : Female

Character Name : Detective Conrad

Original Name : Rustam Branaman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Toughguy

Original Name : Paul Herman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chad

Original Name : Max Perlich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rene

Original Name : Jason Cairns

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rick

Original Name : Jason Oliver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Hipps

Original Name : Tom Bresnahan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tracy

Original Name : Carrie-Anne Moss

Gender : Female

Character Name : Officer Pool

Original Name : Sal Landi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Terry's Friend

Original Name : Peter Dobson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sol Lipsteiger

Original Name : Paul Ben-Victor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chad's Friend

Original Name : Balthazar Getty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kirk

Original Name : Kane Picoy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Office Worker #1

Original Name : Don Calfa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Office Worker #2

Original Name : Richard Lynch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Terry

Original Name : Danny Kuchuck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Rainer Judd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cherry

Original Name : Apple Via

Gender : Male

Character Name : Claude

Original Name : Justin Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Max

Original Name : Chad Einbinder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vicki

Original Name : Jennifer Sommerfeld

Gender : Female

Character Name : Xavier Barthelmes

Original Name : Mickey Cottrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sydney

Original Name : Jack McGee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maruel

Original Name : Louis Waldon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rose

Original Name : Patricia Place

Gender : Female

Character Name : Clerk at Store

Original Name : Sherman Baylin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Construction Guy

Original Name : Lang Swanson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Foley

Original Name : George Brandon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesus

Original Name : Chad McDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eric Espinoza

Original Name : Sebastian Guterriez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Olive’s Dead Lover

Original Name : Greg Littlewood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancing Couple

Original Name : Alex Sherwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancing Couple

Original Name : Susie McDonnell

Gender : Male

Reviews

Charles Tatum

@CharlesTatum

2023-09-30

Heather Graham turns in one of her strongest performances in an otherwise straight-to-video thriller. Olive (Heather Graham) is a secretary who picks up guys in bars for trysts in dark parking lots. She is a lonely and troubled widow, having witnessed her husband kill her lover before turning the gun on himself. By herself in a large L.A. apartment, Olive walks in on a mysterious man (Paul Herman), who punches her and flees. Police detective Joe (Rustam Branaman) takes a romantic liking to Olive, as does her best friend Pearl (Lisa Zane). Olive is still terrorized by the mysterious man, who stalks her on the streets, and puts her in the hospital. Olive begins to withdraw into paranoia as the attacks increase, and the police's help decreases. Graham is the best thing going here. While she goes through the motions of a woman stalked, she is in almost every scene and builds tension convincingly. Her excusing attitude of her lovers is restrained and believable. Her best scene involves a conversation with her dead husband's brother, who she suspects of being involved in the attacks. The film is overloaded with peripheral characters who distract from the central, and obvious, plotline. The screenplay is sloppy about dropping clues to the ending, but Graham's energy keeps the viewer hooked. Most of the film takes place in Olive's apartment, making me wonder if this began life as a stage play. Merendino's direction is fine, the technical aspects are unremarkable, and the supporting cast is full of familiar faces. Don't put too much stock in the old DVD cover, photoshop programs seemed to be popular in those days. "Terrified" did not have me terrified, or even slightly concerned. It did have me remembering better suspense films, and admiring Graham.