The Inhabitant

I DIDN'T THINK THAT THIS FILM WAS QUITE AS GREAT AS MR B & MR SCOTT THOUGHT BECAUSE THE REVELATIONS CAME THROUGH TWISTS IN THE PLOT RATHER THAN THROUGH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CHARACTERS. BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE PLOT TWISTS IN KEVIN BACHAR'S SCRIPT WERE INCREDIBLY CLEVER. ALSO, THE WAY THAT DIRECTOR JERRIN LAUDER ALTERNATED USING SANFORD PARKER'S OMINOUS SCORE AND USING MOMENTS OF SILENCE AND SEEMINGLY ORDINARY EVERYDAY SOUNDS ALSO EMPHASIZED HOW THE MOST MUNDANE THINGS CAN ALSO CREATE A FEELING OF DREAD. I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE HAS EVER MADE THE INNOCUOUS SOUND OF SOMEONE KNOCKING ON A BEDROOM AS EFFECTIVELY CHILLING AS MR. LAUDER DID. I ALSO THOUGHT THAT ODESSA A ZION TRULY CONVEY ED HOW DARK AND SINISTER A SURLY TEENAGER CAN BE, AND LESLIE BIBB'S PORTRAYAL OF TARA'S MOTHER, EMILY, RANGED FROM PLAYING THE WARMTH OF A MARY TYLER MOORE CHARACTER LIKE MARY RICHARDS TO THE UNLEASHED HOSTILITY OF A MARY TYLER MOORE CHARACTER LIKE BETH IN "ORDINARY PEOPLE." I ALSO REALLY LIKED SEEING HOW DERMOT MULRONEY HAS EVOLVED AS AN ACTOR. I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW BENJAMIN BRATT AND HE WERE SO TOUCHING AS THE TWO BEST FRIENDS IN "BRIGHT ANGEL, " AND HE HAS SINCE BECOME A STRONG CHARACTER ACTOR- AS MR. BRATT DID IN "DEAD FOR A DOLLAR." I JUST HOPE THAT MR. MULRONEY NEVER GAIN DOES SOMETHING AS AWFUL AS THE ADOLESCENT "DIRTY GRANDPA" AND HOPE THAT MR. BRATT NEVER AGAIN DOES ANYTHING AS AWFUL AS THE NOTORIOUSLY ANTI-WHITE "FOLLOW ME HOME."

wow, Wow WOW! Absolute must see