The Neighbor | Frances Bay, Bruce Boa | Will Set You on Edge - Like Needles Under the Skin     DVDs:     The Neighbor   The Neighbor Frances Bay, Bruce Boa Triumph Marketing, 2005 average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image  for more information click here He's closer than you thnik! Linda Kozlowski and Ron Lea, (The Recruit), star as a young city couple who move to a small Vermont town where they uncover a deadly secret. John and Mary Westhill are planning to start a family and are thrilled to find the perfect house and neighbor, obstetrician Dr. Myron Hatcher, (Academy Award winner Rod Steiger). But for Mary, joy turns to fear as her pregnancy becomes Myron's obsession. When John is surprisingly arrested for a seemingly brutal murder, Mary is left alone to save herself and her unborn child from the maniacal doctor in this chilling suspense-thriller.  for more information click here IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?... This very suspenseful film opens with a scene in which a woman (Linda Kozlowski) apparently dies in child birth, leaving behind a young son named Myron and a newborn baby. The viewer then sees Myron, who had been very attached to his mother, put a pillow over the baby's head, suffocating him to death. The film then moves ahead about fifty years later to where a woman (Linda Kozlowski), a doppelganger for Myron's mother, and her husband buy an old house in a bucolic location. The house used to belong to their new neighbor's aunt. Their neighbor, Myron (Rod Steiger), seems to be very nice and helpful at first. It soon becomes clear, however, that there is something creepy about him. The woman senses it, but cannot place her finger on what it is that bothers her about Myron, who is an established obstetrician. When it turns out that she is pregnant, Myron wants to be her doctor, but she declines, preferring a female doctor. Myron, however, continues to insinuate himself into her life, causing more uneasiness. It is an uneasiness that compounds itself, as those to whom she is close start having bad things happen to them. What happens to this woman ultimately becomes a fight for survival, for herself and for her unborn child, as Myron goes over the top in trying to have her all to himself. Linda Kozlowski is exellent as the intelligent, determined woman who suspects the seemingly benign Myron of being someone other than what he appears. It is Rod Steiger who walks away with the film, however, as he is effectively disturbing in the role of Myron. He plays it straight and ends up making Myron into a most chillingly creepy character. This is a genuinely suspenseful film that will keep the viewer glued to the screen.  for more information click here Will Set You on Edge - Like Needles Under the Skin This was one of Rod Steiger's later screen performances, but by no means one of his least. Perhaps because of its "thriller' genre, "The Neighbor" has been unfortunately overlooked and hasn't gotten the acclaim of some of the grittier movies in which Steiger appeared. However, he continued to break new ground in character development here. He doesn't display the brutish vulgarity of his Al Capone, nor the agonized awakening of "The Pawnbroker." He doesn't display any of the over-the-top aggressiveness that made him stand out in so many other films such as "Dr. Zhivago." Here he shows a different face. He glints chillingly subdued, sociable, sinister. Linda Kozlowski also turns in a brilliant performance as the pregnant woman with growing suspicions about the intentions of her quiet, always-at-hand-to-be-helpful pediatrician neighbor. This movie is difficult to find. But it's well worth hunting for and buying. Then if you find yourself properly chilled by the kind of home-grown, embedded derangement of the main character here, you will probably also want to check out "Felicia's Journey" with Bob Hoskins.  for more information click here products you might be interested in   search for DVDs neighbor      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: The Book of Results