Cast: Daniel Sauli, Duane Boutte, Heather Simms, Julien Lucas, Kevin Corstange, Patti D'Arbanville, Sherman Howard
Jeffrey has met the man of his dreams – not – in this totally scary gay film from first-time writer/director Sam Zalutsky.
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A stalker is being stalked in this totally scary film.
It's a sophisticated gay horror film in the Hitchcock/Rosemary's Baby vein.
Beautifully written and acted with perfection, this is one scary gay film.
Warning: Do not watch You Belong to Me alone under any circumstances. This writer watched it with only his dogs for company and they were squeezed so tightly they couldn't breathe. Sam Zalutsky's debut feature is a skillfully executed "grab the edge of your chair" thriller you won't soon forget.
Jeffrey (Daniel Sauli) seems pretty mild-mannered when we first meet him. His lover Rene (Julien Lucas) only wants him in bed, in Jeffrey's apartment, and Jeffrey's fine with that. At least that's what he tells his roommate/best friend Nikki (Heather Simms). But when he spots Rene on the street with another man he trails the men to their house. It's there that he spots a sign that there's an apartment for rent. The somewhat crazed landlady Gladys (Patti D'Arbanville) shows Jeffrey the apartment, which he begs to rent. The last tenant's belongings are all still there, and there's a mysterious black stain on the floor. But Jeffrey is so busy stalking his new neighbor he doesn't notice all the weird happenings in his new apartment. When a friend of the last tenant comes to visit there's a skirmish, and he vanishes after going to the landlord's apartment. It all seems peaceful again until a few days later Jeffrey hears a voice crying for help through the rotten floorboards. The secrets peel away one after another and it's not pretty.
With spot on acting, the whole cast takes watchers of this horror-tinged thriller to the brink and back again. Special mention must be made of Patti D'Arbanville (Andy Warhol's Flesh), whose characterization of the slightly mad landlady is brilliant beyond words. The story of a stalker who is actually being stalked to totally creepy and brilliantly executed. Kudos to writer/director Sam Zalutsky, he's a director to watch.
Jeffrey (Daniel Sauli) seems pretty mild-mannered when we first meet him. His lover Rene (Julien Lucas) only wants him in bed, in Jeffrey's apartment, and Jeffrey's fine with that. At least that's what he tells his roommate/best friend Nikki (Heather Simms). But when he spots Rene on the street with another man he trails the men to their house. It's there that he spots a sign that there's an apartment for rent. The somewhat crazed landlady Gladys (Patti D'Arbanville) shows Jeffrey the apartment, which he begs to rent. The last tenant's belongings are all still there, and there's a mysterious black stain on the floor. But Jeffrey is so busy stalking his new neighbor he doesn't notice all the weird happenings in his new apartment. When a friend of the last tenant comes to visit there's a skirmish, and he vanishes after going to the landlord's apartment. It all seems peaceful again until a few days later Jeffrey hears a voice crying for help through the rotten floorboards. The secrets peel away one after another and it's not pretty.
With spot on acting, the whole cast takes watchers of this horror-tinged thriller to the brink and back again. Special mention must be made of Patti D'Arbanville (Andy Warhol's Flesh), whose characterization of the slightly mad landlady is brilliant beyond words. The story of a stalker who is actually being stalked to totally creepy and brilliantly executed. Kudos to writer/director Sam Zalutsky, he's a director to watch.
