The Resident (2010)

- written April 29th, 2011

Summary: Juliet (Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby), a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a spectacular view, and a handy, handsome landlord. But there are secrets behind every wall and terror in every room as Juliet gets the unnerving feeling that she is not alone. She is being watched. She is being stalked. And no one is safe when she discovers the relentless horror on her doorstep. But how do you stop an evil that you can't see...until it's too late? Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Grey's Anatomy) and screen legend Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings) costar in this pulse-pounding shocker from famed horror studio Hammer Films (Let Me In).           Overall: Well I will admit although the film starts off quite predictably, they give away the “secret” really early on, which I wasn’t expecting. But once it gives it away, it really slows down to a crawl as we watch very disturbing scenes of our antagonist staring and manipulating a drugged-up heroine and doing nasty things to her. The ending is really predictable however as get to our climax between the 2. I felt Christopher Lee got lost in a very useless and inconsequential part. Not sure you even needed the character in the first place. Really nice acting but I just didn’t think there was much new here.           Comparison: Sliver meets People under the Stairs

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