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During that famous run of films from the late 70s to late 80s, John Carpenter made so many stone-cold classics, cult classics, and pop culture touchstones that it seems criminal he\u2019s not revered in the same manner a Spielberg or Scorcese are. Even when working under studio restrictions at this time, he could still squeeze some good juice out of anything.<\/p>\n
He was quite the busy bee putting out multiple movies in a short time span. While most found their space to breathe and become revered Carpenter films in their own right, others were less fortunate (Carpenter directed Kurt Russell<\/a> in an Elvis biopic, and it\u2019s weird that\u2019s not a bigger deal). Halloween<\/a> saw his status grow massively when it was released in 1978, for instance, but it dwarfed his other horror movie that year.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not entirely unfair that Someone\u2019s Watching Me<\/strong>! is overlooked compared to its fellow 45-year-old Carpenter sibling. It\u2019s a TV movie that\u2019s nowhere near as easy to get a hold of (my own copy is a Spanish import) as Halloween, and it suffers from the made-for-TV dilution and similar women being stalked themes.<\/p>\n But Someone\u2019s Watching Me! makes for an interesting companion piece not only to Halloween, but to Carpenter\u2019s most recent directorial effort for his Suburban Screams <\/a>television show. It sees a woman named Leigh (Lauren Hutton) move into a high-rise apartment building, seemingly needing a fresh start. Things begin quite well in her new home, but an increasingly obtrusive stalking presence invades her life, and nobody wants to believe her. So, she takes matters into her own hands.<\/p>\n