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Hot on the heels of his theatrical-feature megahit Halloween, writer-producer John Carpenter concocted this nailbiting made-for-TV suspenser. Lauren Hutton stars as stylish career girl Leigh Michaels,... read more read more... who lives in an ultra-modern, glassed-in high rise apartment. Leigh's relatively tranquil existence is shattered when she begins receiving disturbing phone calls--and ostentatious gifts--from a man living in the high-rise next to hers. Despite the increasingly threatening tone of her mystery caller, Leigh is unable to get any help from the police, simply because there's no real evidence that she's in danger. Rest assured, however, that she is--and that, in traditional "John Carpenter heroine" fashion, she will ultimately deal with her tormentor all by herself. Filmed under the title High Rise, Someone's Watching Me! first aired November 24, 1978, on NBC. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: John Carpenter

Release Date: November 29, 1978

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DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007

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  • November 8, 2007
    Not one of John Carpenter's best moments but for a late 70's TV movie it's better than most. It's biggest weak point is the killer's reveal which once you see him you find yourself wondering who the hell he was.
  • October 18, 2010
    A woman moves into a high rise apartment and finds herself tormented by a stalker. One thing she doesn't even bother to do until the last act of the film is close her fucking drapes, which could go a long way towards curbing this type of behavior.

    Just saying.

    Made for TV movie... read more isn't ever really scary, but has a decent cast and solid performances.

    Worth a rental.
  • August 10, 2009
    Someone's Watching Me write this review because they want to know if this movie is good.Well it is for amovie, ahoorror movie written before the sllasher movie era actually began it's good. The main character is strong and shows everyone she's not scared of confronting the killer... read more. It shows you the obscene caller for one of the first times. And it shows you that for a horror movie to be good you don't need more than one death. The only part I didn't like were the last 50 seconds, because they were strange but it was a good movie.

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