This was not the best movie ever made but it was very entertaining. This was the first of two sequels so far. There was something going on all the time. Not much down time at all. There were a number of plot holes and dumb moments, but you could say that about most movies. As the bad guy, Eric Roberts is good. His little fantasies were effective (and they were made even better in the second sequel.) The overall acting was pretty good. I liked the sets and locations they used. Typical Hollywood, but still nice.
They could make a whole series of these Stalking Doctor movies!
16 Reviews
Love it 😀
destinyres16 June 2020
It's better than the first, and Eric Roberts again makes it worth seeing
mgconlan-16 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
I put on Lifetime for last night's "world premiere" — I don't know if Lifetime is going back to airing movies regularly on Mondays or was just doing this as a Labor Day special and then will go back to the sorry "original" shows they put on most of the week (including the "Little Women" exercises in modern high-tech dwarf-tossing) — which was "Stalked by My Doctor: The Return," an unexpected sequel to a previous Lifetime movie, Stalked by My Doctor. I'd enjoyed "Stalked by My Doctor" despite the staleness and sometimes risibility of its plot (the writer and director of both films was Doug Campbell), mainly because of the tour de force performance by actor Eric Roberts in the male lead of the doctor, a super-surgeon from L.A. named Albert Beck, who in the first episode fell head over heels for the underage chiclet Sophie Green (Brianna Joy Chomer) whom he determined to marry, and when she said no to him he kidnapped her, tied her to the four posts of an old-fashioned bed in a classic S/M bondage position, and threatened her with dismemberment until she escaped, showed up at her own "memorial" service, and the cops came to the home where the doctor held her and he's fled. A final tag scene located him in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, though when "Stalked by My Doctor: The Return" opens he's relocated his Mexican abode from Cabo San Lucas to Acapulco, where he starts the movie by buying a drink for an American tourist named Rachel. It seems Rachel came down to Acapulco with a girlfriend, only she hooked up with a guy and left her alone for several days. Using the name "Victor Slauson" — an alias he's established enough that he's been able to obtain a U.S. passport with that name — he shows her smartphone photos of his Mexican mansion and his oceangoing yacht, which he says he's had trouble coming up with a name for until now, when after meeting her he's decided to call the boat "Rachel." Fortunately Rachel is smart enough to see through his B.S., asking if he really thinks he's going to get anywhere with such an obvious and old-fashioned pickup strategy like that, and she walks away from him without even taking the drink he bought for her. (Lucky her.) Then there's a scene showing Victor nè Albert doing what he usually does to get over being rejected — he gets in his car and drives really fast — but the next day he's on the beach and he meets the underage pigeon whom he's going to stalk for the rest of the movie: Amy Watkins (Claire Blackwelder), whom he meets on a beach in Acapulco when she's nearly drowned and he uses his skills to perform CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on her and therefore save her life. Of course he's instantly smitten with her, but in a plot twist he no doubt picked up from reading Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita" (at the end of the movie he's actually shown reading the book), he decides that the way to Amy Watkins' heart (or, more precisely, a somewhat lower part of her anatomy) is to marry her widowed mom Linda (Hillary Greer), who's been a psychological basket case since Amy's dad was killed falling off a ladder at their home eight years earlier. She's developed an intense fear of heights and hasn't been on a date with a guy since she lost her husband, and Dr. Slausen (as she knows him) sets his cap for her by having her stand on higher and higher surfaces — first a footrest, then a chair, then a stepstool and finally what looks like the same ladder her husband had his fatal accident on — in what Campbell, who likes to stop his movies dead in their tracks to show us how many classic films he's seen, copies (though with the genders reversed) from the scenes of Barbara Bel Geddes trying to get James Stewart out of his vertigo in "Vertigo." We also get a few abruptly cut in sequences that Campbell tantalizes us with before we realize that they're simply the central character's dreams, though one odd scene that isn't a dream of Dr. Slauson occurs earlier in the show, when he's just arrived in San Diego and he's trying to find Amy. His one clue is a T-shirt with the name "Hamilton" on it, indicating that she goes to Hamilton High School (there is no high school named "Hamilton" in San Diego, but who cares; it's only a movie), so he hangs out there and looks at the students going by until he sees her. Unfortunately, she's with her age-peer boyfriend Garth (Mark Grossman, a nice, appealing piece of young man-meat who shows a good-sized basket, especially in a brief scene in which we get to see him in grey sweat pants), and Garth (correctly) calls the not-so-good doctor a "pervert" and punches him out. Then, after Amy explains that he's the doctor who saved her life in Mexico, Garth apologizes but still doesn't like the not-so-good doc.
For all the weaknesses — the far-fetched and almost risible plotting (though at least this one is a bit more believable than the first), the wretchedly cut-in dream sequences and the borrowings from earlier and better movies that seems like Doug Campbell tapping us on the shoulders and saying, "You see how many movies I've seen?" — Stalked by My Doctor: The Return is actually quite good; Campbell's script, as silly as it gets sometimes, at least exploits director Campbell's talents for Gothic atmosphere and effective suspense editing, and as in the first film he gets an excellent performance out of Eric Roberts. He's neither too milquetoast nor too floridly villainous; instead he's presented as a character who's professionally competent and could easily inspire confidence in others, even while we're not shorted on the unscrupulous, villainous side that dominates his character.
For all the weaknesses — the far-fetched and almost risible plotting (though at least this one is a bit more believable than the first), the wretchedly cut-in dream sequences and the borrowings from earlier and better movies that seems like Doug Campbell tapping us on the shoulders and saying, "You see how many movies I've seen?" — Stalked by My Doctor: The Return is actually quite good; Campbell's script, as silly as it gets sometimes, at least exploits director Campbell's talents for Gothic atmosphere and effective suspense editing, and as in the first film he gets an excellent performance out of Eric Roberts. He's neither too milquetoast nor too floridly villainous; instead he's presented as a character who's professionally competent and could easily inspire confidence in others, even while we're not shorted on the unscrupulous, villainous side that dominates his character.
It's Roberts who single handedly makes these films work.
digitalboy728 April 2021
Eric Roberts owns this character and has focused his performance into laser point accuracy. He's utterly deranged and much of what he does and how he acts towards his intended targets makes you uncomfortable but that's the point. If it weren't for him these movies would not be nearly as entertaining to watch.
More proud than ashamed of its B-movie legacy
fredrikgunerius11 August 2023
Eric Roberts clearly has quite a bit of fun with his outrageous part as a more or less insane faux doctor who decides to seduce a widow in order to get closer to her teenage daughter. The film is more proud than ashamed of its B-movie legacy, which is good because it gives it that ironic distance needed for this to be fun - for a while. Arguably limited by TV censorship rules, the film manages to be simultaneously kinky and asexual. It's like a family version of a cross between Basic Instinct and Lolita. Also with Claire Blackweder, Hilary Greer, Mark Grossman and Christopher Crabb. Written and directed by Doug Campbell.
Thrilling but stupid storyline
marycrabtree-804084 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This film has it's moments but compared to the first one, it's okay.
The doctor, played by Erik Roberts, saves this girl but giving the worst CPR technique ever. I'm not a doctor or anything but I know that is not how you revive someone properly.
Then he has fantasies about the daughter and then starts dating her mum, similar plotline to Lolita. Mum obviously gets married to him after 2 months of meeting. Nothing screams niave female heartbroken woman like this film does. You never guess what the doctor tries to do?!
Then the doctor commits a murder or two before he is stopped, and low and behold, manages to escape from the police once again. Oh yeah, there is another film that comes out after this too!
All in all, these films are good entertainment despite the terrible plot and script.
The doctor, played by Erik Roberts, saves this girl but giving the worst CPR technique ever. I'm not a doctor or anything but I know that is not how you revive someone properly.
Then he has fantasies about the daughter and then starts dating her mum, similar plotline to Lolita. Mum obviously gets married to him after 2 months of meeting. Nothing screams niave female heartbroken woman like this film does. You never guess what the doctor tries to do?!
Then the doctor commits a murder or two before he is stopped, and low and behold, manages to escape from the police once again. Oh yeah, there is another film that comes out after this too!
All in all, these films are good entertainment despite the terrible plot and script.
Creepy Fun Thriller
bt698nhj14 March 2023
Eric Roberts is really, really good as this character. Creepy deepy doo. Not quite as good as the original but much better than average LMFC. There are unique thoughtful or funny elements that make this series a cut above most lifetime movies. One such element in this show was the TV sequence where the TV show is mirroring what is going on in the movie. That was classic!
I was thinking that they could make a series out of this, and I have found out they did! Looking forward to watching more. No faux pas to report, except when the doctor answers his fiance's phone, he is able to delete messages and send a text, having unrestricted access to the phone just from the phone ringing. That's not the way password protected phones work these days.
About my reviews: I do not offer a synopsis of the film/show -- you can get that anywhere and that does not constitute a meaningful review -- but rather my thoughts and feelings on the film that hopefully will be informative to you in deciding whether to invest 90-180 minutes of your life on it.
My scale: 1-5 decreasing degrees of "terrible", with 5 being "mediocre" 6- OK. Generally held my interest OR had reasonable cast and/or cinematography, might watch it again 7 - Good. My default rating for a movie I liked enough to watch again, but didn't rise to the upper echelons 8- Very Good. Would watch again and recommend to others 9- Outstanding. Would watch over and over; top 10% of my ratings 10 - A Classic. (Less than 2% receive this rating). For Lifetime Movies for Chicks (LMFC), drop the above scale by 3 notches. A 6 is excellent and 7 almost unattainable.
I was thinking that they could make a series out of this, and I have found out they did! Looking forward to watching more. No faux pas to report, except when the doctor answers his fiance's phone, he is able to delete messages and send a text, having unrestricted access to the phone just from the phone ringing. That's not the way password protected phones work these days.
About my reviews: I do not offer a synopsis of the film/show -- you can get that anywhere and that does not constitute a meaningful review -- but rather my thoughts and feelings on the film that hopefully will be informative to you in deciding whether to invest 90-180 minutes of your life on it.
My scale: 1-5 decreasing degrees of "terrible", with 5 being "mediocre" 6- OK. Generally held my interest OR had reasonable cast and/or cinematography, might watch it again 7 - Good. My default rating for a movie I liked enough to watch again, but didn't rise to the upper echelons 8- Very Good. Would watch again and recommend to others 9- Outstanding. Would watch over and over; top 10% of my ratings 10 - A Classic. (Less than 2% receive this rating). For Lifetime Movies for Chicks (LMFC), drop the above scale by 3 notches. A 6 is excellent and 7 almost unattainable.
Fun to watch period.
toralyoshida17 August 2020
Campy and fun thriller
mjanssens2616 May 2020
Eric Roberts is great in this Lifetime-like thriller. These films are a guilty pleasure during quarantine 2020. I caught it on Prime and it was fast paced and sailed by to its thrilling conclusion. An easy and fun watch with a good amount of suspense.
***1/2
edwagreen26 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
The sad thing here is that this doctor does make house calls.
Eric Roberts has mastered this part of the emotionally disturbed cardiologist and he is at it again saving lives and becoming too involved with his "patients," or should I say victims. In this one, he saves the life of a young girl in Mexico and feels that in order to win her over, he will romance and even marry her emotionally scarred mother who never emotionally recovered from the accidental death of her husband year's back.
Roberts can be charming, but so delusional when his mind reverts to scenes where he is torturing or killing anyone in his way only for him to come back to reality.
He stops at nothing to achieve his goals including the romancing and even marriage to the mother, altering a blood test so as to cause friction between the girl and the boy she is dating, murder of his brother-in-law to be. The film is also a good one as it shows how those who were skeptical of him at first are literally lured into his orbit with all sorts of mayhem resulting.
What about saving the life of the prison guard at the end who is choking? Will that grant him certain liberties? A sequel to this is well in order.
Eric Roberts has mastered this part of the emotionally disturbed cardiologist and he is at it again saving lives and becoming too involved with his "patients," or should I say victims. In this one, he saves the life of a young girl in Mexico and feels that in order to win her over, he will romance and even marry her emotionally scarred mother who never emotionally recovered from the accidental death of her husband year's back.
Roberts can be charming, but so delusional when his mind reverts to scenes where he is torturing or killing anyone in his way only for him to come back to reality.
He stops at nothing to achieve his goals including the romancing and even marriage to the mother, altering a blood test so as to cause friction between the girl and the boy she is dating, murder of his brother-in-law to be. The film is also a good one as it shows how those who were skeptical of him at first are literally lured into his orbit with all sorts of mayhem resulting.
What about saving the life of the prison guard at the end who is choking? Will that grant him certain liberties? A sequel to this is well in order.
I hope there's a whole series of these movies, like Death Wish but in reverse
Quinoa19848 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Of course I watched this with my wife, of course I did - the first one was a spectacularly hysterical comedy in the guise of a stalker thriller featuring the great ham Eric Roberts in set pieces like him repeating in a hissy fit "I'm a GOOD DOCTOR! I'M A GOOD DOCTOR!" This time he "returns" and basically pulls a Lolita plot-line, romancing the mother of a teenager to get close to the latter (though she's 18, don't want him to suddenly be TOO creepy, right?) It's got some similarly hysterical, holy-horseshit moments like when Eric Roberts is driving after a momentary rejection and is going faster and faster and faster around the bends of a highway.
At the same time it doesn't have quite enough of them to be as terribly memorable (or memorably terrible) as the first movie, which got the formula down already as far as plot-convenient-stalking-doctor movies go (I'm sure there are so many out there, and I'm only half joking), so this follows similar tropes but gets slowed down in its energy from a 'Brother' character to the mother character who becomes the expendable one. But it is still worth watching if you or your significant other, or both, are in the mood for Eric Roberts being his particularly enjoyably slimy motherf****r of a character, having multiple dream 'what-if' scenarios and ending his plight at a moment that is simply... perfection.
At the same time it doesn't have quite enough of them to be as terribly memorable (or memorably terrible) as the first movie, which got the formula down already as far as plot-convenient-stalking-doctor movies go (I'm sure there are so many out there, and I'm only half joking), so this follows similar tropes but gets slowed down in its energy from a 'Brother' character to the mother character who becomes the expendable one. But it is still worth watching if you or your significant other, or both, are in the mood for Eric Roberts being his particularly enjoyably slimy motherf****r of a character, having multiple dream 'what-if' scenarios and ending his plight at a moment that is simply... perfection.
Eric Roberts I luv him
joeishere-116051 December 2022
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When i first saw these i was on the floor These movies are hilarious. Eric Robert's ( dr beck) does not care about stalking these women. I can watch these all day. It's so funny that he does not get caught until hes in stalk by my doctor the return , and even then the ending is so unreal and hilarious 😂 . I truly love these movies. I only know of three of these movies. All I can say is that dr. Beck is something else. (I always adored Eric Roberts). If they do another one I truly hope Eric Robert's returns as dr beck , there is noone who can play this character. Dr beck is so unreal and so out of sorts but I love it!!!
Extreme Funny Romantic Realistic Thriller
NijazBaBs10 May 2019
There is reality here, everything as happens in real life, although maybe a bit extreme case. Falling in love, perversions, excesses, secrets, jealousy, comedy, jokes, disappointment, marriage, crime, life, death, prison, hospital, police, music. Almost everything. It teaches us to beware of criminal but of girls also. Love can be dangerous. Worth watching, and I heard there are two more parts of this movie, one released just recently, in 2018, the other even before this reviewed one. And best of all most stuff is funny, embarrassing, and even smallest details are shown.
rooting for the Doc this time around!!
brendahubbard-3361511 June 2018
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By the third movie I am for third poor guy just trying to find that girl to love him that's as crazy in love with him as he is with wanting to be loved!!! feel bad for Sophie but her mom should have gotten her some therapy before she turned gothic dark ass crazy!! this cute little blond and Beck seem perfectly fine together and should pack up there grocery bag and his bank account and head South!!! go Dr. Beck!!!
Everything was better than the first movie
chris-j-chuba4 April 2020
The first in the series was entertaning enough and they managed to take everyhing that was good and made it better, I'd call this a thriller / comedy.
Dr.Beck has these delusional fantasies and it takes a while to figure out whether or not it is actually real in the context of the movie. To be fair, the line between an LFM movie plot and a psycho's fantasy is pretty thin to begin with and the writers play it really well. Not a spoiler, I looked for them and they still pulled it off.
His character works best when he's a mixture of someone you feel sorry for, creeps you out, and then say, 'that's evil, don't do it'. They did a better job of making his character a little more empathetic, especially the way he gets cut down by the first woman he tries to date. He acts hurt instead of exploding like an idiot like he did in one.
Oh and his bad luck, it's worse than the Coyote in the old Roadrunner cartoon. If this guy had to pick a number between 1 and 1,000 where only one of them would make him lose, he would get it on the first try. But yeah, he is a creeper but you already know that, I wish this guy would just shop for a wife in Brazil or Vietnam already.
Dr.Beck has these delusional fantasies and it takes a while to figure out whether or not it is actually real in the context of the movie. To be fair, the line between an LFM movie plot and a psycho's fantasy is pretty thin to begin with and the writers play it really well. Not a spoiler, I looked for them and they still pulled it off.
His character works best when he's a mixture of someone you feel sorry for, creeps you out, and then say, 'that's evil, don't do it'. They did a better job of making his character a little more empathetic, especially the way he gets cut down by the first woman he tries to date. He acts hurt instead of exploding like an idiot like he did in one.
Oh and his bad luck, it's worse than the Coyote in the old Roadrunner cartoon. If this guy had to pick a number between 1 and 1,000 where only one of them would make him lose, he would get it on the first try. But yeah, he is a creeper but you already know that, I wish this guy would just shop for a wife in Brazil or Vietnam already.
Best Movie Ever Made
chloesevignysgf30 December 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I love this movie so much, I don't even know where to start.
First off, this movie is so entertaining, I've seen it about 20 times and it never gets old. I can probably quote the whole thing.
Second, Eric Robert's thrilling performance as Dr. Albert Beck...er...Victor Saluson...is one for the books! He's even more off the rails in this one. He's making pancakes shaped like her name, pulling a Humbert from Lolita (marry the mother to get closer to the daughter), and talking to fake FBI agents on his blank computer screen.
My favorite part is when he says "nobody understands :(", chugs a beer and rants to himself before suddenly looking serious as if he's thinking "i know what i have to do." Most Stalked by My Doctor fans prefer the third entry (which has a musical number and second Beck), but this one always resonated with me more. Albert Beck forever. <3.
First off, this movie is so entertaining, I've seen it about 20 times and it never gets old. I can probably quote the whole thing.
Second, Eric Robert's thrilling performance as Dr. Albert Beck...er...Victor Saluson...is one for the books! He's even more off the rails in this one. He's making pancakes shaped like her name, pulling a Humbert from Lolita (marry the mother to get closer to the daughter), and talking to fake FBI agents on his blank computer screen.
My favorite part is when he says "nobody understands :(", chugs a beer and rants to himself before suddenly looking serious as if he's thinking "i know what i have to do." Most Stalked by My Doctor fans prefer the third entry (which has a musical number and second Beck), but this one always resonated with me more. Albert Beck forever. <3.
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