Jill Cowper (Judy Morris) has a plumber (Ivar Kants) come to her house one day. She didn't call for one but he said it's just a routine checkup. He discovers all these problems and comes back the next day to "fix" things and begins playing mind games with her and verbally terrorizing her.
PLOT SPOILERS! Why some many people love this is beyond me. Director Peter Weir himself said he did it just for the money...and it shows. The story is slow, uninvolving and completely pointless. Also the main character acts like an idiot. More than once I was wondering why Jill let the plumber back in considering how strange he acts from the beginning. Then he breaks in through the ceiling and she doesn't call the police???? I started to hate this woman a lot. She was allowing herself to be terrorized! To make matters worse the ending was weak and we never do find out why the plumber was doing all this. It's a big buildup to nothing. This gets two stars because it was somewhat creepy (until you realize it's going nowhere), there was some eerie music and sound effects and the acting was good. But, all in all, it was slow, murky and pointless. If Peter Weir hadn't directed this it would have disappeared long ago. A 2 at best.
PLOT SPOILERS! Why some many people love this is beyond me. Director Peter Weir himself said he did it just for the money...and it shows. The story is slow, uninvolving and completely pointless. Also the main character acts like an idiot. More than once I was wondering why Jill let the plumber back in considering how strange he acts from the beginning. Then he breaks in through the ceiling and she doesn't call the police???? I started to hate this woman a lot. She was allowing herself to be terrorized! To make matters worse the ending was weak and we never do find out why the plumber was doing all this. It's a big buildup to nothing. This gets two stars because it was somewhat creepy (until you realize it's going nowhere), there was some eerie music and sound effects and the acting was good. But, all in all, it was slow, murky and pointless. If Peter Weir hadn't directed this it would have disappeared long ago. A 2 at best.