Eye of the Stalker


Eye of the Stalker is a 1995 American made-for-television thriller film directed by Reza Badiyi. Based on a true story, the film is an original Moment of Truth movie that stars Brooke Langton, Joanna Cassidy and Jere Burns.

Plot

Beth Knowlton is a young art student who is majoring in photography at a college in Phoenix, Arizona. Stephen Primes teaches law at the same university, and becomes infatuated with Beth’s beauty at first sight. Beth is not impressed with Stephen's unwanted actions, and firmly tries to be clear that she is not interested since she is already dating Kyle Kennedy. Despite her refusals, Stephen persists, and begins telling people that he and Beth have become engaged to each other. This gains the attention of Beth's mother Martha, who tries to find a legal manner for Stephen to leave Beth alone.
After a while, Stephen's stalking actions increasingly become awkward and obsessive, when he leaves Beth cut-out notes and one day even attempts to strangle her in a darkroom. Martha encourages Beth to move in with her and they both press charges, but the police are unable to arrest Stephen without a sign of evidence. Immediately after moving in, Martha and Beth find their home burglarized and a message "Obey or die" written on a bathroom mirror. Knowing how far Stephen will go, Martha sends Beth off to a relative in Denver, Colorado under a fake name.
Stephen becomes enraged when he loses sight of Beth and mistakenly becomes preoccupied with another Elizabeth Knowlton ; thinking he has tracked Beth down, Elizabeth receives packages in her mail from Stephen containing threats as well as a video of Beth. When Stephen attempts to break into her home one night, Liz sets out to locate Beth after recognizing her from the video. They both join forces to catch Stephen in the act, using Beth as bait. Liz gives Beth a loaded gun, which the latter eventually uses when she sees Stephen holding Martha and threatening to slit her throat with a knife. Beth fires a warning shot to deter Stephen, and he is finally arrested.

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