Bad Influence (1990)
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Wimpy young executive Michael is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then disappears. Later that night, Michael runs into a stranger on a pier, who wheedles his way into Michael's life and turns it upside down.
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The Golden Age of Stylish Movies About Stalkers commenced with “Fatal Attraction” in 1987 and ran through the mid-1990s, with films such as “Pacific Heights,” “Single White Female,” “Sleeping With the Enemy,” “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,” “Bad Influence,” “Disclosure,” “Fear,” “Unlawful Entry” and wow there were a LOT of movies back then with posters featuring good-looking humans and their good-looking tormenters.
He takes half-witted thrillers like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Bad Influence and turns them into something thrilling.
He started off good with Apartment Zero and Bad Influence and then went on to write Carlito�s Way, Mission: Impossible, and the first two Jurassic Parks.