Erika (Hack) is a blind switchboard operator at a remote lodge in Maine which has been sold and is being boarded up in advance of future renovations. The
staff is laid off, including Hack and the elderly caretaker (Langedijk), who are the last occupants as night falls. Nearby, an armoured car robbery has occurred
and the three criminals, led by the violent, psychopathic Ed (Coates) travel to the lodge (which they assume is vacant) to rendezvous with their contact. The caretaker is quickly taken hostage and killed, but Hack's presence goes
undetected as she hides upstairs. When the criminals realise that someone is
still in the building, things escalate as they tracks her through the darkened rooms. Has it's moments of suspense and Coates makes a fine protagonist, but
the film is still B-grade with some marginal acting and dialogue to suit. The plot includes the prerequisite twist at the end. OK if you are a Shelley Hack fan with time to spare.
staff is laid off, including Hack and the elderly caretaker (Langedijk), who are the last occupants as night falls. Nearby, an armoured car robbery has occurred
and the three criminals, led by the violent, psychopathic Ed (Coates) travel to the lodge (which they assume is vacant) to rendezvous with their contact. The caretaker is quickly taken hostage and killed, but Hack's presence goes
undetected as she hides upstairs. When the criminals realise that someone is
still in the building, things escalate as they tracks her through the darkened rooms. Has it's moments of suspense and Coates makes a fine protagonist, but
the film is still B-grade with some marginal acting and dialogue to suit. The plot includes the prerequisite twist at the end. OK if you are a Shelley Hack fan with time to spare.