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(1996)

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4/10
I've seen worse, everyone's seen better
emdoub19 August 2005
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The plot is predictable, the acting gets wooden at times, and the script needed a rewrite - But none of it was actually horrible. There are three reasonably attractive women getting naked fairly frequently, and outside of a few really bad points, it's a watchable movie.

A woman, new in town, moves into an apartment her new boss found for her. She starts seeing visions and dreaming dreams - the apartment is apparently haunted. Visions of drowning, gunshots, and "passion" (to quote a word often used in the script) disturb her, while her new affair with her boss makes her uneasy as well.

*** Spoilers Warning *** Some of the acting was pretty good, but it was offset by some really awful scenes.

The female lead, hearing noises, grabs a kitchen knife and goes looking for the source - so far, so good. She's shaken by a glimpse of the ghost, who disappears quickly, just as the apartment caretaker comes out of the bathroom, toolbox in hand, explaining that he was fixing a faucet. She flips out, screaming at him and threatening him with the knife - yet he's later apologetic to her about the incident. Any caretaker I've ever known would have called the cops.

A co-worker, attracted to the boss, approaches him and instigates their affair. The first time he touches her is to fondle her bra-clad breasts, and the proceed to having sex on the conference table. She's naked and in screaming ecstasy, while he's not even loosened his tie.

The caretaker, very concerned about the woman who'd threatened him with a knife earlier, starts taking care of the female lead. Well before there's any romantic involvement, she seems unconcerned about him seeing her in t-shirt and undies, or in a very short nightie. I've known women who weren't at all body-shy, but were reasonably wary about showing that much skin in private to a guy they didn't want a pass from.

If you can look past such gaffes, and appreciate nude centerfold types simulating passionate sex (sometimes fairly convincingly), this can be fun, but not so much fun that it's worth effort tracking down. If it comes 'round again on cable, it may be worth your time.
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2/10
Waste of Time and Talent!!!
filmfan21 January 2005
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Obviously made for the Playboy Channel. A pre-Queer as Folk,out gay and proud Robert Gant was the main reason i spent $10.00 buying the DVD. It's $10.00 and 90+ minutes i'll never get back. I can't even watch the sex scene between Gant and the lead actress without replacing her with Hal Sparks. The plot,something about a woman who has nightmares about a woman who may have been killed in her apartment some years earlier,is silly. Gant,who plays the hunky building super who falls in love with her,is OK as is the lead actress. but the movie,as a whole,is boring,tedious and not very sexy. Although,seeing Mr. Gant nude is a real treat for the ladies and his fellow gay brethren. Watch it only if there's absolutely nothing else on on late night TV.
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1/10
I'd rather eat snails
Mitiori12 February 2005
Like another poster I only watched this because I'm a Queer as Folk fan and wanted to see Bobby Gant in something else. Also like the other reader I couldn't help thinking of Hal Sparks/Michael Novotny at certain points. Unlike the other reviewer, I luckily ordered this from Netflix and saved a few bucks...I also ff'd most of it, and didn't lose a single plot point. The movie was stilted and lame. The acting was bad. Sorry, Bobby...what could you do with that script?? Also unlike the other reviewer, I'd say if it's on late night, watch an infomercial. Or read a book! The rest of this review is written only to fill the required minimum IMDb length...there is nothing else to say about this not-quite-a-porn.
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2/10
waste of time
nymichael200228 May 2005
I had the misfortune of watching this film recently. I had no idea it starred Robert Gant from Queer as Folk who I think is a decent actor so I was shocked that he was in such a lame film. While the movie does feature Carrie Stevens, Gabriella Hall and Linda Hoffman (all very attractive females) in the buff. It doesn't make up for the poor script and lame story. The movie is about a single attractive girl who moves to a new city and her manipulative boss is trying to seduce her. While this is going she's having dreams about her boss's ex-lover who was murdered. I think I'd rather re-arrange my sock drawer than sit through this movie again.
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7/10
Beware of the boss's gifts
mjstock17 September 2002
Kim Wolf (Linda Hoffman) takes an apartment on Jane Street that was arranged by her married, manipulative boss, Marshall Catlin (D.K. Kelly) and soon also becomes his lover. She tells Sarah (Carrie Stevens) her office friend about recurring dreams that she is having in which a girl named Danielle (Gabriella Hall) is threatened by drowning. Jay Lewis (Robert Grant) is a handyman around the apartment who tries to help Kim solve her dream mystery. The story constantly implies that Marshall or his wife Penelope (Terry Markwell) may have something to hide that is somehow related to Kim's dreams.

The movie had a good role for Playboy POM (Miss June, 1997) Carrie Stevens who usually gets only a couple of lines and then dies [e.g., Sins of Desire (1993)]. She played the role well and should be rewarded with more significant roles in the future.
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