Fred Madison is a saxophone player who gets a message over his intercom system saying ''Dick Laurent is dead'', he quickly looks outside and sees that nobody is there. Suddenly videotapes start arriving with footage of the outside of the apartment then scenes inside and Fred asleep in bed with his wife Renee (Patricia Arquette). A final tape arrives showing that Fred has just murdered his wife for which he is promptly arrested. Everything seems quite normal so far before things start to become complicated (realistically the whole film is complicated!) The film in parts is deeply unsettling, the soundtrack as well as the shady way the videotapes are shown all seem very sinister. It's all quite disturbing as you try to decipher what is real and whether Fred actually did murder his wife? Who is this mystery man and how can he answer the phone in Fred's apartment whilst standing in front of him at a party? The images and memorable soundtrack continue to unnerve you throughout. Bill Pulman puts in a good performance as the bewildered Fred Madison and Robert Blake (who hasn't been in a film since) is superb as the creepy Mystery Man.
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