Are You in the House Alone?

Those looking for a horror film or thinking this is a slasher will be disappointed. This is more of a teen drama with a thriller edge to it. The acting and story are decent for a TV film from the '70s.

I think my loathing of this movie is not so much a rejection of it in particular as a rejection of its whole aesthetic. I hate these '70s telemovies with the too-bright lighting and kid gloves. During the ordinary-storytelling moments it's bland, predigested pap; when it tries to get scary it goes from banal to ridiculous. You can't tell a fan of Romero's Dead series that one stalker is all that scary. More to the point, I hate just LOOKING at movies that are made this way

Another tepid entry into what I like to call the Black Christmas subgenre at this point, even though that's far from where the story originated. This one has the benefit of being very feminist & not very shy about it, which was kind of cool, but sadly most of it is just really boring & feels like it drags along at a snail's pace until the eventual climax, which features a pretty lame twist. Stuff happens, but 90% of it feels like aimless filler. I want to say it's worth seeing, but it isn't.