Nowadays, it’s pretty common to let anybody see part of your life.
Your social media accounts are the windows to your private life. Anyone with the intention of getting a closer look into who you are can do that by checking out your profile. You’ve grown so used to accepting anyone to peep into your life that you’ve ignored how much peril you’re putting yourself into by doing so. Doesn’t it disturb you how easy it is for someone to have access to your most personal information? Just to make you reflect whether you should change those privacy settings on your social media profile, we fixed up a list that proves stalkers are always lurking just around the corner. Turn around. They might b watching right now.
Disturbia (2007), D.J. Caruso
There’s nothing worse than teenage boredom. What would a kid do if he were trapped in his own home for three months of house arrest? In the case of Kale (Shia Labeouf), it would be spying on his neighbors with binoculars, although he doesn’t know how much will that put him in danger. Stalking the block, he discovers that one of his neighbors is a serial killer, yet nobody believes him. He won’t be able to stop his relentless stalking until he proves the man across the street is a murderer.
Ratter (2015), Branden Kramer
There’s nothing more disturbing than internet insecurity. It’s something that we should all take into account. At least, that’s what Emma Taylor (Ashley Benson), a graduate student in New York, should have done. Without her knowledge, all of the cameras in her electronic devices are hacked by a stalker. Unaware of the danger she’s in, she continues with her daily routine despite the constant tormenting of the psychopath who watches her every move. After watching this film, you’re sure to put black tape over your laptop’s webcam.
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992), Curtis Hanson
How far would someone go to exact revenge on the person who hurt them? A classic thriller from the nineties, the film tells the story of a widower, Mrs. Mott (Rebecca de Mornay), who pretends to be a nanny in order to have access to the private lives of the people she believes are responsible for her husband’s death. A chilling movie that will make you think twice about who you’re allowing to come closer into your life.
Perfect Blue (1997), Satoshi Kon
One of the greatest anime cult films of all time, it tells the story of a former Japanese pop star who discovers an internet blog written on her behalf, where all the entries are truthful accounts of her day to day. Trying to discover the identity of her stalker while also aiming to maintain her career, she will slowly descend to a dark state of mind where she won’t be able to tell the difference between what’s real and what’s not.
The King of Comedy (1982), Martin Scorsese
Everyone’s obsessed with their idols, right? But what’s the difference between being somebody’s admirer and their stalker? Probably, when you force yourself into their lives. One of Scorsese’s most bizarre films, it tells the story of a comedian, played by a hilarious De Niro, who in his obsession with tv show host applies desperate measures to boost his career.
Rear Window (1954), Alfred Hitchcock
Sometimes, stalkers are not always the menace, but actually the victims of what they see with their eyes. In these brilliant thriller by Hitchcock, a bedridden photojournalist played by James Stewart looks at the building in front of his apartment, obsessed with the day to day lives of his neighbors. Nonetheless, watching too much will only lead him to witness things that he didn’t really want to see, involving him in a crime that ends up making him the victim of his own stalking.
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