Good start, but then it gets ruined

Best movie ever!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

(There are Spoilers) On her way home to Albequerque NM architect Samantha "Sam" Kimball, Faye Dunaway, is side swiped by a tractor-trailer and has her front windshield smashed. Stopping off at the nearest town, Hazleton Texas, to get the car windshield fixed Sam is told by the car mechanic Gene, Ritch Brinkley, that it would take at least a day to get the part and decides to stay at the local hotel overnight. It's then when Sam's real troubles start and they have nothing to do with her damaged car.Looking out the window at night Sam sees and hears a fight across the street in the building next to her hotel room. The woman involved in the altercation Marianna Herrera, Talisa Soto,a barmaid at the saloon that Sam had a few drinks at earlier that evening is knocked down to the floor and savagely stabbed to death. the killer a man only seen in shadow looks outside and sees Sam looking straight at him.The movie "Sihouette" has Sam stalked by the killer even though at first the towns sheriff Kayle Lauder, David Rasche, and his deputy Pete Shroeder, Jon Terry, think that both the dead Marianna and her killer are just a figment of Sam's imagination. It's not until Marianna's body is discovered by Gene and his assistant Ben Styles, Ron Campball, murdered and stuffed in a 50 gallon drum that Sam is taken seriously. You always see the killer in shadows and he seems to be oblivious to him being caught or discovered. This makes you feel that he's either well-connected or insane or both. The killer stalks and at one point almost kills Sam but also goes as far as inciting the murdered Marianna's hot-headed but not too logical older brother Eddie, Carlos Gomez, and his friends on the poor and innocent Sam. He does this by calling Eddie on the phone telling him that his sisters killer was caught and is now in the local jail-house; Sam was put in the jail by Sheriff Lauder for her own protection not because she was a suspect in Marianna's murder as Eddie was made to believe.Sam getting in touch with her daughter Sandra, Kiersten Warren, in Albuquerque to come to Hazelton and take her home later has the killer get to Sandra before she can get to her mother. After kidnapping her he sends Sam a message, with a lock of Sandra's hair, to come to this place in Whitewater, Ben Styles house, if she ever want's to see her daughter Sadra alive again.The ending has Sam tricked by who she thinks is Ben, who's about the creepiest and most guilty looking person in the movie, but is obviously someone else to come and get Sandra. Which turns out to be a trap to get her and shut her up for good by Marianna's real killer feeling that she's the only person who can identify him. Double-surprise ending has the killer reveal himself only to get it from behind and then like a zombie, coming back from the dead, come back for more. The second time around he isn't so lucky with the meek non-violent and gun fearing Sam getting enough courage to pull the trigger, on her 12 gage shotgun, blasting him away and straight out of existence.

This 1990 made for TV thriller was far above the usual TV presentations. Notably because of the presence of Faye Dunaway in the leading role. She also was co-producer as well. Directed very well by Carl Schenkel, it brings suspense and surprises all through the film. Most of the cast are unknown to me save David Rasche who plays the Sheriff of a small town where a murder is committed. Miss Dunaway sees the silhouette of the murderer. From then on it's a chase as to see who the real murderer is and if Miss Dunaway survives.Faye Dunaway has always produced interesting performances, some mediocre and some excellent. Who can forget her Joan Crawford role in MOMMIE DEAREST, or BONNIE AND CLYDE, CHINATOWN, NETWORK and my favorite EYES OF LAURA MARS. All excellent performances in an already terrific body of work. And this lady is still going. What a career.David Rasche too brings a very good performance to focus in this film. I liked the young deputy but he's not given credit as to his character he's playing in IMDb. Anyway wanted to mention his gallant performance and good looks. Maybe someone can tell me his name. Some of this is quite violent so be warned.

I absolutely loved SILHOUETTE. it was above and beyond for television films. Although not one of your scariest films of the time, I thought it did an awesome job at taking my breath away. The write of this film (Jay Wolf) happens to be my father, and although i believe this is a great film, he has written many other films that are better than this. To those who have not seen it, i highly suggest that you at least see it once-not just because he is my father, but because the quality of the writing is something you don't see in every film. I think that my father and uncle did a fabulous job at creating a thriller that gets you just enough to make you want to see it again. <3

I wasn't actually paying much attention to this film as the beginning, when she witnesses the murder, bored me a bit. The only part I had been waiting for was Glenn Quinn's role as Darren, the sheriff's son, and his scene was very short. I thought this film was actually quite boring and I got easily confused with it, but because of my love for Glenn Quinn I am ashamed to say I would tape it, or maybe even buy it! But if you're not as obsessive as me :) well then I don't think it's worth sitting all the way through. Basically a woman witnesses a murder from her hotel room, then thinks *everyone* (not literally) did it. And the murderer took sometime to actually die, it got boring, it was like 'BANG, BANG' you think he's dead then he's come back. It's very predictable. But that's my thoughts.