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Post by buffyrocksmylife on May 13, 2009 12:33:58 GMT -5
I Know What You Did Last Summmer info: After teenager Helen Shivers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) wins the annual Croaker County Beauty Pageant, she and her boyfriend Barry William Cox (Ryan Phillippe) party on the beach with their respective best friends: Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and her boyfriend Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.). As they swerve home along a shoreline road, they accidentally hit a fisherman when a drunk Barry drops his liquor bottle and distracts Ray's driving. They don't turn to the police, fearing their post-high school dreams will be shattered: no college football for Barry; no law school for Julie; no heading to New York for Helen or Ray. Barry convinces his reluctant friends to help him dispose of their victim's body. They take the body to the pier and dump it in the water. Moments before his water burial, he woke up and stole Helen's crown, which Barry promptly jumped in and retrieved. The four swore each other to secrecy. On the anniversary of this summer night, the four friends are terrorized and murdered brutally, by what appears to be the fisherman. Will the rest survive or will they meet the same bloody end as their friends?
Scream 2 Info! (INCLUDES MAJOR SPOILERS) Sidney (Neve Campbell) and Randy (Jamie Kennedy) are attending Windsor College. They see news reports that a couple (Jada Pinkett Smith and Omar Epps) were murdered in a movie theatre at the preview of the Stab movie, which was based on a book by Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) about the Woodsboro murders (in other words, the events of the movie Scream). Phil Stevens is stabbed in the head through the wall of a bathroom cubicle. The killer then enters the cinema and sits next to Maureen Evans, and she assumes the killer is simply her boyfriend wearing a mask. During the Casey Becker kill scene in the film Stab, the crowd goes wild. Taking advantage of this, the killer stabs Maureen multiple times. Since many of the movie-goers are wearing the killer's costume (as publicity material provided by the movie studio) and are all carrying fake knives, nobody takes Maureen's attack seriously. Seriously wounded and dying, she climbs up the stairs in front of the movie screen and lets out one final cry. As the crowd realizes she isn't faking, she falls down dead. Soon, Sidney and Randy realize that the nightmare is starting all over again.
Dewey (David Arquette) also arrives on the campus to try and help protect Sidney. Once again, in the "rules" scene, Randy and Dewey discuss the fact that anyone could be the killer (also known as Ghostface) — including themselves. During the course of the discussion, Randy continues his job of explaining the rules of a horror movie, this time the "rules of a sequel".
The killer attempts to stab Sidney, while setting up a copycat ploy. Casey "Cici" Cooper (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a sorority girl, is the next victim. While alone at her sorority house, Cici is threatened by the killer over the phone before the killer attacks her inside the house. Cici runs upstaires where she throws a plant pot and a bike at the killer. CiCi is chased to the top floor where the killer throws her through balcony doors where the killer then stabs her in the back twice before throwing her over a third story balcony to her death. After the police discover the body, the students at the nearby martini mixer go over to investigate, leaving Sidney and her boyfriend Derek (Jerry O'Connell) at the Delta Lambda Zeta house. The killer attacks Sidney, but Derek appears and helps Sidney escape, before he charges into the house himself. He is slashed on the arm, but the wound is not serious. In the confusion, the killer escapes.
At the police headquarters, Gale and Dewey notice that the names of the new victims loosely match the first three victims from Woodsboro — Maureen Evans matches Maureen Prescott, Casey "Cici" Cooper matches Casey Becker and Phil Stevens matches Steven Orth. The police chief assigns two detectives to protect Sidney from any further attempts on her life. Later, Sidney is in the school theater rehearsing for the play Cassandra when the killer attacks through the mass chaos in one of the scenes, although it is not clear if this is simply a figment of Sidney's imagination or not.
Randy is the next victim. The group is outside on the campus lawn amongst dozen of college students, enjoying the fine weather. The killer telephones and taunts them, claiming that he can see them from where he is. Gale and Dewey search the dozen or so students in the area with cell phones, trying to quickly reveal if any of them is the killer. Randy is also looking around whilst talking to the killer on the phone; he is trying to stall the killer in order to help Gale and Dewey find him. While he is outside the cameraman Joel's van, Randy is unexpectedly pulled into the van and stabbed to death, before his body is discovered soon afterwards by Joel, Gale and Dewey. Officer Andrews and Officer Richards, the detectives who were assigned to protect Sidney, are attacked while their vehicle is stopped at traffic lights. One of the detectives tries to shoot the killer while on the hood of the car, and the killer deliberately crashes the car, killing the detective and knocking the killer unconscious. Gale and Dewey become involved with the killer, resulting in Dewey being stabbed and seriously wounded. Sidney and Hallie (Elise Neal), Sidney's roommate, narrowly escape the wreckage of the crashed car by squeezing past the unconscious killer in the front seat. Once out of the car, Sidney debates whether to remove the killer's mask or not, and decides to, but returns she find that the killer is gone. She then turns around, only to see Hallie being stabbed by the killer.
Sidney runs to the school theatre, where she is confronted by the killer once more. The killer reveals himself to be Mickey (Timothy Olyphant), her new boyfriend's best friend. Sidney finds her boyfriend Derek tied to a stage prop, and Mickey then shoots Derek in the chest. Mickey is also revealed to have had a partner, Mrs. Loomis (Laurie Metcalf) (who had previously staged herself to be a journalist named Debbie Salt), the mother of Sidney's previous boyfriend Billy. Mickey reveals that it was his plan all along to be caught for the murders, and to become famous and immortalized by the media. He wanted to blame the violent killings on horror movies; the "effects of cinema violence in society." He met Mrs. Loomis on a "psycho website", and she agreed to fund his college tuition in return for his part in the killings. She also helped Mickey place calls to the victims, except for that day because she "ditched on him." Mrs. Loomis' motive for killing Sidney and her friends was revenge for Sidney having killed her son. However Sidney points out to her that if she had not abandoned Billy prior to this, then Billy and Stu Macher would not have started their killing spree (the events of the first movie). Mrs. Loomis shoots Mickey, removing him as a potential threat, and stating that his intended legal defense was absurd anyway and that no one would have believed it.
As Mickey is shot, he reflexively shoots Gale, causing her to fall off the stage. Sidney is cornered by Mrs. Loomis and tricks her momentarily into believing Mickey is still alive, and when Mrs. Loomis is distracted, Sidney hits her in the face with a prop jar. Sidney then barricades herself backstage and causes the front of the stage to collapse on Mrs. Loomis. Mrs. Loomis survives and gets Sidney in an armlock, however Cotton (Liev Schreiber) — the man Sidney initially blamed for killing her mother — arrives and takes Mickey's gun.
Mrs. Loomis tries to convince Cotton to kill Sidney, but Cotton chooses to shoot Mrs. Loomis instead. Sidney and Cotton discover that Gale is wounded but alive, and they help her. Mickey suddenly jumps up dramatically, and Gale and Sidney shoot him multiple times. Then, Sidney turns around and decides to shoot Mrs. Loomis in the head — "just in case". It is then revealed that despite his ordeal, Dewey survived his stabbing. He is wheeled out on a gurney and taken away in an ambulance. Gale decides to ride with the ambulance to the hospital. It turns out that Dewey's scar tissue from previously being stabbed in the back prevented this latest stabbing from being fatal.
Cruel Intention *SPOILERS* Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar), the image of social perfection, takes the sheltered and naïve Cecile Caldwell (Selma Blair) under her wing, promising to turn Cecile into a model student like herself. Kathryn's real intention, however, is to take revenge on Court Reynolds, her ex-lover, who dumped her for the "innocent little twit" Cecile. She intends to corrupt Cecile by getting her to sleep with as many men as possible, thereby destroying her reputation and teaching Court a lesson.
She asks for the help of her womanizing step-brother, Sebastian Valmont (Ryan Phillippe). Though Kathryn and Sebastian have collaborated in schemes of manipulation before, he initially refuses. He is busy planning another "conquest", the beautiful Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon), a girl who has written a manifesto saying that she plans to keep her virginity intact until she is in love. By coincidence, she is temporarily staying at his aunt's estate. Kathryn does not think Sebastian has a chance with Annette, so they make a wager. If Kathryn wins, she gets Sebastian's vintage Jaguar, a 1956 XK140 Roadster; if Sebastian wins, she offers him a night of passion with her, as Kathryn knows she is the only girl Sebastian cannot bed.
Meanwhile, Kathryn begins corrupting Cecile: First by teaching the latter what "first base" is by making out with her, then encouraging Cecile to try it out with her music teacher, Ronald Clifford (Sean Patrick Thomas), who is also smitten with Cecile. Kathryn makes arrangements for Ronald and Cecile to spend time together, hoping that he will take Cecile's virginity.
Sebastian, meanwhile, has a hard time seducing Annette. Though they have chemistry, she sees right through him and rejects his advances. Sebastian learns that Annette has been forewarned of his libertine ways by none other than Cecile's mother, Mrs. Caldwell. Wanting revenge, he joins Kathryn in her plans to corrupt Cecile.
Kathryn engineers Ronald's break-up with Cecile by informing Mrs. Caldwell of their flirtations; Mrs. Caldwell, a notable racist, quickly ends their affair. Sebastian, in turn, calls Cecile to his house, ostensibly to give her a letter from Ronald. Once at his house, Sebastian blackmails Cecile and performs oral sex on her. The next day, Cecile confides in Kathryn, who advises her to learn the art of sex from Sebastian so that she can make Ronald happy in bed.
Meanwhile, Sebastian genuinely begins to fall in love with Annette, who returns his feelings but still keeps her defenses up. He accuses her of being a hypocrite – she preaches to wait for love, and yet refuses to sleep with the guy she loves. Confused and beaten by Sebastian's logic, Annette relents - but Sebastian, now feeling guilty, refuses her. Heartbroken and embarrassed, Annette flees his aunt's estate. Sebastain tracks her down and professes his love, and they consummate their relationship.
The next day, Kathryn offers herself to Sebastian as part of the bet, but he refuses. She taunts him for having gone soft, then convinces him that his love for Annette is nothing more than a passing infatuation. Finally swayed by Kathryn's threat to ruin Annette's reputation, Sebastian coldly breaks up with Annette and returns to Kathryn. Kathryn, however, now refuses to sleep with him. After Sebastian tells Kathryn that he has arranged for Cecile and Ronald to be together, Kathryn reveals that she has known all along that he was truly in love with Annette, yet she manipulated him to give it up. While Sebastian may have initially won the bet, she made him lose his first true love, and she, Kathryn, does not sleep with "losers."
Sebastian realizes his mistake. After trying unsuccessfully to talk to her, he sends Annette his journal, in which he has detailed all his previous "conquests", but written his true feelings for Annette, hoping she would learn the truth for herself and forgive him.
Kathryn, meanwhile, informs Ronald of Sebastian's affair with Cecile while lying that Sebastian had hit her (Although in a deleted scene Sebastian does hit Kathryn). A furious Ronald confronts Sebastian in the middle of the street and a fight ensues. Annette, in search of Sebastian, comes upon the fight and tries to stop it. She is thrown into the way of an oncoming cab. Sebastian pushes her to safety and is hit by the speeding cab himself. Annette rushes to his side. Before he dies, he professes his love for her, and she reciprocates.
The new school year is inaugurated with Sebastian's funeral. During the service, Kathryn gives a speech to the school about how she had tried to get Sebastian to mend his ways and become a model student like herself. Halfway through her speech, students start walking out. Flustered, Kathryn rushes outside the chapel, where Cecile and Annette are distributing copies of Sebastian's journal to all the students. The journal shows all of Sebastian's inner thoughts: his conquests, his description of the bet, and a page on Kathryn, which finally exposes her manipulative and deceitful ways, including the fact that she hides a vial of cocaine in a crucifix she wears around her neck. The headmaster takes Kathryn's crucifix and opens it, spilling the cocaine. Kathryn's spotless reputation is destroyed, and people finally see her for the troubled, callous mastermind that she is.
In the final shot, Annette drives away in Sebastian's Jaguar, putting his sunglasses on, with his journal by her side.
Scooby Doo *SPOILERS* After solving the case of the Luna Ghost, an unco-operative Mystery Inc., consisting of Fred, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, splits apart. After 2 years, Velma has been an advisor at NASA, Fred has become a popular celebrity, Daphne has become a skilled martial artist, and Shaggy and Scooby have stopped investigating mysteries. The gang is surprisingly reunited when they are all summoned to Spooky Island, a monster-based theme park on a remote island. While Shaggy and Scooby wish to work together as team, the others are not as enthusiastic. On the plane ride there, Shaggy falls in love with a girl named Mary Jane, who likes Scooby Snacks and is allergic to dogs. On Spooky Island, the gang meet Emile Mondavarious, the eccentric owner of the island. He explains that visitors to the island come but leave as emotionless and almost inhuman (as demonstrated when a girl picks up an older man and throws him away with one arm).
Since they are still upset with each other, none of the former Mystery Inc. members want the others to solve the mystery first, so they all split up to search for clues. Velma witnesses a creepy dance in which a man named N'Goo Tauna and his servant, Zarkos (A.K.A. The Masked Luchador wrestler) explain that demons once ruled the island until Mondavarious built the theme park on it, enraging the demons. Velma is unafraid of N'Goo's threats of vengeance. Daphne meets Voodoo Maestro who quite clearly warns her not to go the Spooky Island Castle attraction, but she believes he is setting a trap for her there and goes to spring the trap. The gang meet up at the castle and split up to search for clues as group. Fred and Velma discover a strange classroom with a training program describing how to act like a human. Daphne finds a strange triangular artifact called the Daemonritus. Then after Scooby belches quite loudly, he and Shaggy then get into an exaggerated belching contest that then turns into a farting contest where both do both quite loudly and with exaggerated mannerisms (and Scooby reacts to the smell). Moments later, Shaggy farts again and it echoes in the suit of armor he's wearing, while the gas briefly ignites over an open flame.
The group escape the castle when an alarm is triggered by a hidden minion of N'Goo. The island demons attack the hotel, capturing Fred, Velma, Mondavarious and many other guests. Shaggy, Scooby, Daphne and Mary Jane are the only ones to escape. The next day, everything seems normal and the hotel is clean and tidy. Shaggy and Scooby locate Fred but discover he and all the other guests are being controlled by the demons. Daphne is captured by Zarkos and loses the Daemonritus. Shaggy and Scooby find Mary Jane and they escape from the demons on quadbikes, Scooby discovering Mary Jane is also controlled. Scooby falls down a hole, Shaggy following, but he discovers a pool of ectoplasmic heads. He releases Velma, Daphne and Fred, who return to their bodies, exposing the demons to sunlight and destroying them. However, Fred and Daphne get caught in each other's bodies. When Fred is in Daphne's body he first looks down her shirt and looks at her breasts, possibly confirming the relationship between the two. Eventually though, they get to their original bodies when Shaggy brings the Daemonritus to the group, the unstable ectoplasm reacting to the presence of the artefact and causing all four members of Mystery Inc. to switch bodies randomly until they are back in 'alignment'.
The four find Voodoo Maestro trying to perform a protective ritual, where he explains that if the demons sacrifice a purely good soul to the Daemonritus- using the ectoplasm as an energy source for the ritual-, they could rule the Earth for 10,000 years. The purely good soul belongs to Scooby-Doo, which causes the group to realise that the mastermind behind this plot must be Mondavarious as he is the whole reason Scooby is even present (Although the mystery of why he invited the rest of the group remains). Although the others doubt their ability to pull off a victory over actual demons- as opposed to their usual area of expertise consisting of 'nutjobs in Halloween costumes'-, Shaggy rallies them all by stating that he will never abandon his friend and reminding them of their old status as heroes, encouraging the rest of the group to help him.
The gang form a trap to destroy the monsters, planning to open the island's main ventilation system to spray sunlight over the demons- aided by a 'glitter skull' to spread out the sunlight-, after tipping over the ectoplasmic vat to force the demons out of their bodies. However, Mondovarious and N'Goo enter with all the possessed guests, beginning the ritual to sacrifice Scooby. Fred and Velma are captured as the ritual begins, but Daphne and Shaggy manage to escape, Daphne retreating to the area above the cavern while Shaggy disguises himself to try and rescue Scooby. As the ritual begins, Mondovarious absorbs the ectoplasm via the Daemonritus, but Shaggy, Fred and Velma are able to interrupt the ritual before he can absorb Scooby, Shaggy injuring Mondovarious in the process. As Daphne fights Zarkos on top of the island, Fred and Velma discover that Mondovarious is a robot, controlled by none other than Scrappy-Doo, who seeks revenge after being thrown out of the gang, having invited the rest of the group to witness his triumph. Later, Shaggy finds the real Mondavarious who explains that he was trapped in a hole by Scrappy after. Due to Scrappy's large absorption of energy, he transforms into a monstrous demonic dog and tries to kill Scooby. Daphne manages to kick Zarkos through the ventilation system, destroying the demons with sunlight, saving all the guests including Mary Jane. Shaggy manages to remove the Daemonritus from Scrappy, transforming Scrappy back to his normal self. Scrappy still tries to fight, but an exasperated Scooby just knocks him into a wall with a flick of his paw.
Fred and Daphne kiss as a victory. Scrappy, N'Goo, Zarkos and the other minions are arrested, and Mystery Inc., now completely back together again as a more equal team- particularly reflected when the formerly arrogant Fred allows Velma to explain their line of reasoning for the news teams-, head off for their next case. In the final scene, Spooky Island seems to be back to business with Scooby and Shaggy enjoying the "all you can eat" that was promised to them when they were invited to the island.
Scooby Doo 2 *SPOILERS* Mystery, Inc. - Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo - are attending the grand opening of the Coolsonian Criminology Museum in Coolsville, the evening's premiere exhibition is the costumes of the many monsters Mystery Inc. has faced over the years. Velma has a crush on the museum's curator Patrick Wisely (played by Seth Green), while news reporter Heather Jasper-Howe (played by Alicia Silverstone) seems to berate Fred and Daphne's relationship. However, the night turns into a crime scene when an Evil Masked Figure (played by Scott McNeil) attacks the museum with the Pterodactyl Ghost (a costume that became alive) and steals the Black Knight Ghost and 10,000 Volt Ghost costumes. Heather insults Mystery Inc's methods through edited video footage on the news, that features Fred saying, "Coolsville can handle this without us"; as revealed later, this is only the beginning of a smear campaign against them. Shaggy and Scooby feel responsible for the problems in the gang and try to be better detectives by dressing in appropriate attire styles and acting smarter, with little results. The gang believe that an old foe is behind the theft, like Jonathan Jacobo (played by Tim Blake Nelson) and Old Man Wickles (played by Peter Boyle). Wickles becomes the primary suspect, since Jacobo apparently died during a prison escape. The gang go to Wickles' mansion, where they fall into a trap at the front door and end up in a cage; however, thanks to Daphne's ingenuity and makeup kit, they manage to bypass the biometric lock. They find an old Celtic book describing how to create carbon-based organic composite predators, or as Velma puts, an instruction manual on how to create monsters. Shaggy and Scooby look for clues, discovering a sticky note inviting Wickles to the Faux Ghost, a nightclub and popular hangout for many of Mystery Inc.'s most dangerous enemies.
The Black Knight Ghost, Wickles' alter ego, shows up and fights Daphne. The gang escapes back to their home. Shaggy and Scooby sneak off to the Faux Ghost where they get caught in the antics of all the criminals who impersonated the monsters, and are shocked to discover dartboards and Whack-a-Mole-style games modeled after them. Fred, Daphne and Velma discover that the main ingredient to produce monsters is a substance called Randomonium, which emits a glowing green color when used. Patrick shows up at the house, and Velma dresses up in a tight orange catsuit to try and impress him because she thinks she isn't "hot". The gang go to the museum where they learn that all the other costumes have been stolen. Shaggy and Scooby discover Patrick threatening a criminal about his museum, after spotting him, they stalk Wickles to the old mining town where they find a secret laboratory. In the lab, Scooby finds a refrigerator and drinks what he mistakes for lemonade. Actually, it is a formula that turns him into a cephalopod-like monster. Shaggy selects another formula from the fridge and gives it to Scooby. He gets some on his hand and licks it. The formula has a different effect on the two, Shaggy sprouts breasts and develops a feminine body and Scooby turns into the Tasmanian Devil. Shaggy takes another formula; this time, it causes him to sprout enormous muscles and it turns Scooby into a canine Albert Einstein. Whilst Shaggy is relishing his new found muscles, Scooby mixes up a formula that will reverse the effects of the previous two. Shaggy protests and causes an explosion that attracts the rest of the gang. Scooby force feeds Shaggy the formula and then drinks some himself. He turns back into a great dane and Shaggy turns back into a skinny teenager, while Fred and Daphne berate them for lying to them. Velma finds a large dark room called the Monster Hive, where an advanced machine that creates monsters from the costumes. However, Shaggy and Scooby press a control panel (That they think is a device for making musical beats, which makes them rap and continue pressing buttons) which makes the machine bring more monsters to life: Miner 49er (C. Ernst Harth), Captain Cutler's Ghost, the Zombie and the Tar Monster. The 10,000 Volt Ghost also appears, previously transformed.
Mystery Inc. flees with the control panel while the monsters invade Coolsville. The gang flee to their old high school clubhouse in a swamp where they realize they can reverse the panel's programming to destroy the monsters. Shaggy and Scooby lament their stupidity outside wishing they could be heroes. Captain Cutler appears out of the swamp but is sent flying back in when Fred reverses the Mystery Machine into him. The gang evades the monsters on the way to the Monster Hive, Scooby driving the Mystery Machine. Arriving at the Monster Hive, Fred gets into a jousting match against the Black Knight Ghost using a motorcycle, while Daphne tries to fight the 10,000 Volt Ghost but is electrified back towards Fred on the bottom floor. The two team up, defeating both ghosts by absorbing the 10,000 Volt Ghost's electricity into the Black Knight Ghost's crotch like a conductor.
Meanwhile, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby encounter the Skeleton Men, and Velma devises a plan to distract them while Shaggy and Scooby get to the Monster Hive and destroy the Monsters. Upon discovering that Shaggy and Scooby had tried to be heroes like the others and believe that they are just screwups, Velma reveals that she has always wanted to be free like them, which gives them the confidence to be heroes. Then a ghost breathes flames at Scooby who fends off the fire with a great deal of farting (as Shaggy holds up his tail). Before Velma finds Patrick who has a shrine to Jonathan Jacobo. He saves her from the pterodactyl but is flown away by it, thus proving that Patrick is innocent. Shaggy and Scooby meet the Cotton Candy Glob but instead of running, they eat him, hoping there is a Soda Glob monster. The gang reunite and proceed into the Monster Hive itself only to walk right into a trap, each captured by the Tar Monster.
Scooby grabs a fire extinguisher and freezes the Tar Monster, beating his way through the monsters to the machine where he places the control panel and pushes the button, transforming the remaining monsters back to their costume forms. The Evil Masked Figure is arrested and unmasked before public and press as Heather Jasper-Howe, who is actually Jonathan Jacobo in disguise. The gang reveal Jacobo survived the prison escape, used the Howe persona to turn the city against them, and framed Wickles as the culprit, all as an act of vengeance. Ned, Heather's cameraman is also arrested for briefly impersonating the Evil Masked Figure. Fred even tries to see if Ned is wearing a mask and pulls his skin. Velma and Patrick become a couple, while some of the old enemies of the gang become their friends including Wickles. The gang dance in the Faux Ghost along with Ruben Studdard to Shining Star, including Jacobo, who is once again attempting to escape with new wings, and the real Heather Jasper-Howe and her cameraman, Ned were dancing at the end credits.
The Return *Spoilers, and explains about the visions etc.) he Return is focused on a 25 year-old woman named Joanna Mills (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a travelling rep for a trucking company, dedicated to her successful career but something of a loner. Since the age of 11 she has been a troubled person, with episodes of self-mutilation and menacing visions. Normally she avoids returning to her native Texas, but agrees to a trip there to secure an important client. During the trip her visions, which take the form of memories of events not from her life, increase in intensity. She sees a strange face staring back at her in the mirror. Her truck radio develops a will of its own and insists on playing Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams" no matter what station she selects. She stops at the scene of an accident that, on the following day, seems not to have happened. Joanna cuts herself in a bar restroom and is narrowly rescued by a friend. She visits her father, who observes that from age 11 she was "a different girl". The visions continue, becoming both more specific and more threatening, centering upon a menacing man she does not recognize and a bar she has never seen, but a picture of which is in one of her catalogs.
Drawn by the catalog image to the Texas town where the bar is located, a place she has not been since childhood, Joanna meets a man named Terry Stahl, whose wife, Annie, was stalked, brutally assaulted, and left to die fifteen years before, a crime of which Terry was suspected but not convicted. Joanna continues to have visions of this crime and the events that led up to it, and to discover other links between Annie's life and hers. She meets the real killer and is led by what she has seen in her visions to recover the knife he used from its hiding place. She is then herself stalked by the now suspicious stalker. Inevitably, she finds herself drawn into a repetition of the crime, but this time she stabs her assailant with the recovered knife, using the original weapon to avenge the original crime.
The story ends with the revelation that Annie, clinging to life as Terry drove her to the hospital after the original assault, died when his car crashed into one driven by Joanna's father, in which the eleven-year-old Joanna was a passenger. After momentary unconsciousness, the young Joanna seems to have survived the crash. But is she still Joanna, or has she died and her soul been replaced by that of the dying Annie? Perhaps Annie now lives in Joanna's body, or perhaps Joanna is still Joanna, and has received from Annie only a set of vicarious memories, together with a subconscious need to replay, and avenge, the crime. In the final scene, a silent Joanna is seen reflecting on who she is, and what has happened to her. She seems to reach an inner resolution of these questions, but what that is we are not told.
An alternative ending included on the DVD release more straightforwardly supports the interpretation that Annie's soul has been placed in Joanna's body.
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