Disturbia
Kale is bored and needs to pass time as he is under house arrest for hitting his Spanish teacher. He picks up the hobby to look at his neighbour Ashley through a binocular, when she catches him spying, he lies that their neighbour Robert is a serial killer on the loose from Texas. Together they decide to snoop through his belongings at his house.
10 November 1956, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
21 August 1967, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
12 May 1979, New Jersey, USA
3 October 1981, Rigaud, Quebec, Canada
28 August 1984, San Diego, California, USA
30 March 1979, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA
December 09, 2015
When it comes to recalling the best of Hitchcock's important film lessons, here is a decent movie that at least remembers the buildup is just as important as the jolt.July 07, 2010
A feature-length alt-rock-soundtrack shill that merges with violin strains that would make even Bernard Herrmann blanch.April 14, 2007
It eventually evolves into a credible thriller, one pointedly rather than coincidentally embedded in the trivia of its time.February 02, 2009
Disturbia is a well-made, very entertaining thriller.April 13, 2007
While Disturbia does nothing to advance or honour Hitchcock, the movie succeeds on its modest terms.April 16, 2007
This is a cool little thriller with some big scares and fine performances.April 13, 2007
For the most part a taut, careful thriller that emphasizes suspense over blood and gore.April 13, 2007
Offsetting the chilly voyeurism is a viable teen romance and an appealing sense of humor. Though there are occasional lapses in logic, Disturbia is consistently suspenseful and entertainingly disturbing.November 03, 2012
Unfortunately, what starts out as a rounded and intelligent thriller soon turns up the silly for an OTT finale that betrays the tense and well-plotted build-up.August 23, 2008
In addition to borrowing the idea behind Rear Window, Disturbia pays homage to Hitchcock in its sense of pacing, as well, in its use of the Hitchcock's signature slow build.June 23, 2007
You'll jump as if you've had electrodes attached to your sensitive parts; but when your nerve endings stop tingling, your brain won't remember a thing.April 14, 2009
...an unabashedly high-concept premise that's primarily employed to surprisingly positive effect...