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(2021 TV Movie)

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6/10
It should have been called "The Severe Psycho in My Backyard"
mja5818 June 2021
Kind of violent LMN entry into the Thursday night lineup - in some parts it was darn right scary!

After watching this, I learned that:

1. You should not buy a house too soon after the previous owner has died (not because a ghost haunting the place).

2. A man who has a good build will ridiculously rip off his athletic tee when he is angered.

3. Kristos Andrews plays the killer/psycho very well.

4. A frying pan can be used as a deadly weapon.

5. Brittany Underwood can really play a TOUGH lady (remembering "Secrets in the Woods).

6/10.
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5/10
Typical Lifetime fare!
Chartreuse126 June 2021
Not as bad as other reviewers say it was, imho. Eric and Allyson buy a home and rent out their guest house to Eric to make the mortgage payments. But, unfortunately for them, Eric is not who he says he is. He has the hots for Allyson and tries to break up the happy couple but will he succeed? Tune in to find out but it was worth a watch, anyway!.
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6/10
Ending wasnt the best
mrmathiers27 October 2023
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Beautiful pictures, beautiful people. I stayed captivated all the way up to end. Just the way it was wrapped up didnt do justice. I couldnt quite underatnd how he shot someone and explained it away and never got locked up for it. When Allyson & Eric embraced right next to Josh, I thought he was going to wake up and change the script. What mascualar villain gets knocked out by a frying pan smack to the face and doesnt wake up. Other than that I thought colours and pics were vibrant and very good. I cant say more I need 77 more charecters to submit my reviews otherwise it doesnt go through. But I had to weigh in.
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Cartoon villain
CranberriAppl15 August 2021
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I finished it, but his acting made it very difficult. This movie is a good example of why desperation for anything is not good. The set up for movies like this are always hard to accept because why would anyone be so trusting so fast? You should never be so hard up for money that critical thinking goes out of the door when it comes to strangers or people you know. Maybe that's something this movie could have changed. The couple could have wanted a renter so the guesthouse wasn't vacant AND have an added benefit of a contribution to the mortgage. Not they (really she) bought a house they couldn't afford and had no choice but to seek other income. How is that enjoyable or responsible?

This movie had potential, but was ultimately terrible. So the boyfriend gets arrested for attacking the psycho tenant, but the tenant doesn't get arrested for using a gun that wasn't his to shoot someone?! WHAT??? Then he's allowed just not show up at the police station to provide a statement and answer questions? Some things are too ridiculous and it's because Lifetime chooses this path. The concept of a nightmare tenant that's hard to get rid of is a decent set up for a movie because the tension is baked in. It's as if because Lifetime just churns these movies out that they only give the bare minimum to the actual production. These movies don't HAVE to be as bad as they are. Movies like My Husband's Killer Girlfriend, The Perfect Wedding, and House on Fire are a few of this year's examples where they clearly put in some effort.

The villain Josh was a terrible actor and it was as if he was reading his lines. He looked a mashup of John Cena and Jon Bernthal. I'll give him that his character seemed 'roided up' and unstable, but the portrayal still needed to be taken down a couple of notches. I think the movie tried to do a twist, but it was really obvious from the start. Lifetime movies of late (2017-present) rarely deploy true twists.

Brittany Underwood is usually reliable whether she's the protag or the villain, but her character was way too trusting and gullible here.

The climax scene was nothing spectacular. It was what it was. Watch it once and decide.
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2/10
Awful acting
Farfallina784 August 2021
The plot has been done before so I knew I wasn't going to see anything new. But the acting was beyond awful. The guy who plays Josh was downright embarrassing. Try a new gig, dude, acting is not for you. The 2 cops were also laughably bad with the few lines they had, not to mention the scene and dialogue were stupid and unrealistic.

As usual, nice setting Lifetimes gives us. Points only for that.

Not worth the watch.
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1/10
Couldn't find one thing to like
mskerri129 July 2021
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This is probably the worst lifetime movie I've ever seen, and I've seen some pretty bad ones. The title leaves nothing to wonder. Spoiler Alert. The killer is the one who lives in the backyard. There is a stupid subplot regarding cheater that was 100% irrelevant. The acting, script and overall story was awful. Boring, predictable and unbearable to watch and I'm not that hard to entertain or impress...obviously because I watch Lifetime movies as a guilty pleasure and even like most of them, so what does that tell you. If even I couldn't find anything good, you definitely won't either. Pick another title to watch and don't waste your time on this one. Not one part of it intrigued me. The WORST lifetime movie I've seen in a long time. I hate myself for even finishing it.
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1/10
Horrible
hanadi-university22 June 2021
The story doesn't make any sense + the way how they act is silly, background music is horrible!

This is kind of movie that the actors knew there is a camera, They are not comfortable in their performances. In summary, don't waste your time.
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2/10
"You're Not the Only One Who Knows Their Way Around a Kitchen"
Stoshie20 June 2021
The Lifetime Movie Machine churns out another one. Don't the writers get tired of reusing the same formulas all the time? The same plots, over and over again? The same "twists" over and over again? Gaping plot holes you can drive a truck through?

I guess not. How else can they keep producing around two movies a week?

If you've seen any of the previous Lifetime "obsessed tenant" movies, you've already seen this one. Skip it.
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1/10
Honestly the worse movie I've ever seen.
brandonjcoleman25 June 2021
The progression throughout the story line was unrealistic. The acting was horrible, especially from the lead male. His line delivery most of the time had no emotion and fell short. The lead female's sister probably was the best actress out of the entire cast. Some scenes were unnecessary and didnt make sense.
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8/10
I liked the lead actors - Brittany Underwood and Jacob Taylor
gymnckv3 August 2023
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Bad movie. But I liked Brittany Underwood and Jacob Taylor (Allyson & Eric). They were a fun, sweet, believable couple. I liked their performances and chemistry. The script was poorly written & far-fetched - utterly unbelievable - but they made it work.

The villain (Josh, played by Kristie Andrews)?& his story was so dull and one dimensional, I sort of skipped through most of those dumb scenes & wooden performances. All the stupid stuff geared to get Allyson to leave Eric was far fetched, especially the photo of Eric's coworker kissing him without consent. Most employees would be fired for a stupid stunt like that in this day & age.

I gave this a higher rating than it deserved based on Brittany & Hayden's performance. The sister was also played very well.
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1/10
First time in my life I can say I wasted 90min of it
lidijadamjanov29 June 2021
The acting is not so bad as a producing and the screen play ...dont waste ur time...the only good thing they did in the movie was the trailer and the rest is history.
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No comment!
haroot_azarian17 February 2022
Never seen so many dumb clueless characters in a single LMN movie! It must be a record! Not even going to bother analysing this codswallop! So just been told my review is too short and needs to be 150 characters. Let's try one more time!
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1/10
I have never rooted harder for the villain to win
pvtmfqt20 July 2022
The main character was so desperate to get married it was ridiculous. She had not one endearing quality to her name as a person. Even though the ken-doll plastic faced villain was amongst the worst Lifetime has to offer, I still choose him to win over the main character. I didn't even bother learning names.
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3/10
Predictable and mismatched
Stanley3920 June 2021
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This is one of the four or five standard plots that Lifetime movies follow over and over, and the final outcome could be predicted after the first 15 minutes, down to the lady kneeing the crazed armed killer in the junk in the final fight scene. But the biggest problem was the mismatch between the two main characters. She is older than him, and frankly not very attractive. It didn't feel real.
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1/10
not only would the local police get involved in a civil dispute....
david_hardman8 June 2023
....they'd rush round with the sirens blaring.

This was the point at which I couldn't take any more and stopped watching - I was already at the end of my tether for all the reasons listed by other reviewers. From what I'm gathering I made the correct decision.

Apparently I need another 300 odd characters before I can submit, so I may as well continue - the cardboard characters, the unrealistic scenario that the husband would just let the guesthouse out to a stranger on a whim because he seemed OK, without references or even speaking to his wife first, even though it's a jointly owned property - I dread to think how much worse the decision making from the "protagonists" became - it usually ends up with one or both of them going to an isolated place alone to confront the dangerous killer.

Enough characters now. Phew.
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