Disturbia

Oh my god, you've made the tower of Twinkie! Is that in a stalker's handbook somewhere?

As the all mighty great and powerful Hollywood continued to mine "Hitchcock's" works for inspiration, they landed upon the idea of re-imaging "Rear Window" for a modern audience. Directed by D.J. Caruso, Disturbia actually turns out to be a solid suspense thriller. The first half of the pic is all jocular with hormonal character introductions that come with giggly slices of humour, and then there's the big shift to the thriller that most viewers were expecting, as the makers manage to pull it off with a great final act that is edge of the seat viewing.

There's nothing new on offer here, the formula has been (and will for ever more be) done a zilli...

Shia LaBeouf in a Rear Window-like thriller

Five months shy of 18 years-old, a teen in suburbia (LaBeouf) finds himself under house arrest but, thankfully, an attractive new girl moves in next door (Sarah Roemer) to stir his interest. He starts to suspect that a neighbor might be a notorious serial killer (David Morse). Carrie-Anne Moss is on hand as his mother.

"Disturbia" (2007) has a set-up similar to Hitchcocks Rear Window and later imitations, such as Fright Night and Abominable. LaBeoufs star was rising at the time and hes fine as the everyman teen protagonist. Roemers star was also rising, but her career never panned out into anything significant.

Its perfectly fine as a psychological thriller with a one-dimensional ...