Moment of Truth: Stalking Back (1993) Shanna Reed, Paul Rudd
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Anyone looking at this movie in 2024
I am watching it right now I can't tell you how many times I've seen this movie I fully believe that things wouldn't have escalated so far had the girl's father taken precaution or realize that Kurt is actually a dangerous stalker
The actress who plays Larissa looks exactly like Hilary swank
Yes today it's a great movie
Meeeee
@@juanitamorgan5475i thought the same thing had to look it up 😂
There was a man at my church I went to when I was in middle school. He was very overly affectionate. Always caressing my arm, my shoulder, my back. And I would always move away from him. I told my stepmom how uncomfortable he made me feel and she said that he was harmless and that he was in love with her during high school and on and on about her. One day he went up to shake my hand and I refused. He forcibly grabbed my hand and pulled me close and said “good little girls don’t tell men no”. It scared the absolute shit out of me. I told my dad, crying, that I was afraid of him. My dad patted me on the back and said I would be okay. That he would handle it. My father is a very stoic, big man. After that day that man didn’t say another word to me. Didn’t even look at me. My dad and stepmom are now divorced too. So there’s that. 😂
Am proud of your dad! That stepmom was an idiot for acting it was no big deal. You have to stand up to these AHs all the time.
@Cheshire Rose that's really creepy that that went on. How old were you at that time?
@@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate I was 13 at most!
@@RoseCheshire hell, at 13, I'm still thinking about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Super Mario Bros, lol. I don't want to be mixed up in some freaky pedo scenario, what the hell?! I'm very glad that you got through that though, as I'm sure that must have been weird and traumatizing to you. It's nice to meet you and pretty name and pfp you have, too.⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘
Sounds like my Daddy❤ not a bear like man but a Lion King for sure. Always protecting his family. We are blessed💯😍
I miss those days when tv was this good
Me too
Yeah me too ftal ty v now 👋➡️kind of f
Yes, me too.
Yep!
Sadly, stalking was not treated seriously in the past. It took a lot of tragedies for the laws to change and 'crushes' to be taken seriously.
It's still not treated seriously.
@@JW-uy2on I was just going to say that and quite frankly the law is there still not on the side of the victim.It's very elusive they get away with a lot until they get their hands on you and either you're dead raped or whatever else they were looking to do to you they get to do it and get away with it or barely get anytime at all behind bars.
@@Brooklynlife1000 Yup. All thanks to misogynistic police officers.
@@JW-uy2on not all cops will like that and aren't now but unfortunately the ones that were passionate and trying to help women and men being stalked is not just women women could be extremely dangerous as well let's just use the Jody Arias as an example. It's the whole system cops can only do what they are allowed by law to do. But yes people are ignorant it's not just men.
@@Brooklynlife1000 true it's because of this mentality that the perpetrator is the real "victim" it's odd how the guilty party just walks away while the real victim is often left in shambles
1990s lifetime movies were the absolute best!
entertaining in a sorta ironic way but it's horrible as far as art goes.
Agreed. But my mind is on the fact that we been in a recession since the 90s
💯 truth hahahah 💜💜
Yes indeed they are their pretty entertaining,dramatic chaotic but very educational to watch.I always feel terrible for the victims but at least they become strong minded fearless survivors in the end,when their battling evil crazy ass Psychopaths though.
And before 70s 80s early 90s
Rest is all fake sexy girls, terrible acting and even worse plots and scripts....
When special effects took over acting went out the window...
Forget the police, who prefer to wait until someone gets hurt or killed. People have to do what they need to protect their loved ones.
Acta non verba This is correct!
Acta non verba yup... choose to never be a victim... take action... whatever it takes... if creep is crazy ..be crazier!
Law Enforcement is useless unless the perpetrator commits a threatening act.
I have a friend who's going through the same thing. Her, her 13 year old son, and her dog were assaulted. And the police aren't doing anything!!
Happily Married the police just never seem to care these days
He torments the family for years & gets a whole 13 month sentence. Welcome to the joke we know as the American Justice System.
Not just America. The world. The biggest criminals are the ones in power, such as presidents.
Your system is racist and your own police murder black people and get away and you are moaning about some stupid movie
He should of got 5 years for tormenting the family
It’s better than nothing like last time. Besides you heard her, he went back to jail for parole violations. So he probably did get more
Thanks for ruining the plot asshole
My mother was stalked for over a decade by my father. It wasn't until the early 90's when the stalking laws came into effect that she was free of him.
That's something the movie barely mentions. Stalkers are usually ex-partners, and they'll follow you from state to state.
I think a lot of people do not realize that stalking behavior was not illegal nor even recognized as a problem until the 90s.
I’m 50 minutes in, and the fact this girl hasn’t been kidnapped, raped, and murdered is absolutely miraculous.
Why would you think that ?
Ya that guy seemed crazy enough
@@ryderbenson8472 that's the typical lifetime movie formula
@@jackchop1576 they just aren't as good since the mid-noughties
@@jackchop1576 this was a true story
Back when lifetime had GOOD made for TV movies
Yes the old movies make me feel better they don’t trigger my fuckin anxiety like the movies now they do way too much nowadays!!!🤦🏾♀️
EXACTLY
If I could like this comment 1,000 I would!
Yo facts
lol today lifetime movies are mad corny!!!!! like where do they find these horrible cheesy actors????
I wish Lifetime or LMN would show these old movies. How about a Throwback Thursday with nothing but the older Lifetime movies.
Great idea.
Yes that’s a great great idea Sheila 💯💯💯 because I watch every single day popcorn snacks wine it’s on
The 'new' movies SUCK!
They need a lifetime classics channel
Lifetime REALLY needs to play these classics every wkend!!! There is NOTHING EVEN CLOSE to these types of movies anymore!! Also MORE WITH PAUL RUDD!! How awesome was this???❤
I'm really glad that someone posted this because people need to be aware of stalking laws in their state.
World is much more bigger than United States of America.
Why Do they Call it Stalking Back* I get it's a Stalker film about Obsession and Lust but the Title
You ain't lying there's so many crazy stalkers ,and killers even rapist,every where and you don't even know it until it happens.
And this is exactly why do not ever let them take your right to bear arms . criminals will not turn in their guns and I sure will not mine . to dangerous for us women out here and even men this worlds gone crazy as a stalker victim the law could only do so much but my right to bear arms worked
@@manofsteelgoodmanll7925 true
I hate how calm the father is. He is so passive about the fact that a grown ass man is stalking his daughter.
Yeah, his attitude was obnoxious but because the mother was so gung-ho, they always have to have a character opposite that.
I have plenty of common sense to know that your crazy for writing a long ass paragraph about a fucking movie that is old and not even important. IQ, really? You would let a man beat the shit out of you because his intelligence quotient is higher than yours. C'mon be serious. Obviously, the man needed to be in a secluded mental facility.
Hey, simmer down, batts2008. I don't see where Chiterra even said beat him up or bash someone's face in. She simply stated how annoying it is to see a dad be so passive about another adult stalking his underage daughter. And it was obnoxious for me to watch as well. His attitude at home was "don't worry too much about it." Even at the beginning of the movie, he knows that Kurt likes Laurisa and he teases his wife by saying "There's your son in law." Creepy! No, he doesn't HAVE to bash Kurt's head in to show somewhere in the movie that he has frustration/disgust that his daughter is being stalked like any rational, breathing being would. It was an unrealistic portrayal. But I think they just wanted to show two sides, so they had the mom go all the way one way and the father all the way the other. Anyway, be nice! This is YT for crying out loud, not a debate club.
Krissie Hey! Thank You for having my back.
anytime! :)
My dad would have been sitting outside, in the dark, with a shotgun. Kinda like Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino.
My hubby to if it was our daughter
Touche.My father too.
And I would be, out there, too, in the dark, waiting with either one of my dogs. An American Bandogge mastiff or American Staffordshire terrier. Oh. A rifle, too.
@@annabelgrace1267 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I will bust out a baseball bat
I remember I was in 3rd grade and I was completely enthralled with this movie. It was as if I was learning how to be prepared to help others in case of that happening. Lol idk, I was a weird kid. Love this movie still! Scary as hell but still really good!
To me that aint werid. If anything that was great that you took a film like this seriously as a real guide to observe and report potential stalkers.
Movies like this (if it didn't happen) should truly b shown in schools to help teach students that there are truly awful ppl like this that terrify youngsters/teens.
I really hate when people say someone is "harmless".
Yeah he's a grown man. He can most definitely do some damage
lxlucylu88 BALONY!!!!!
any time somone has to try and say someone else is "harmless" watch out.
usually means they are widely percieved as a danger.
After they hurt someone
Me too. It's almost always denial.
How did a man with a restraining order, a history of stalking and a criminal record get a security job and a gun?
Thats America for you!!
My question exactly, I thought they did background check, apparently not with this guy
Back when thia happened there were no such things as anti stalking laws in florida. And with the assault on the boyfriend, if his guardian doesn't press charges then the police won't/cant do anything. Everything he had been on probation for was misdemeanors and most places only ask about felonies. He could have also pleaded no contest to everything and he is basically admitting guilt but not pleading guilty. The system was and still is messed up.
Yeah I WONDER TOO?
My question exactly.
The actor who played Kurt did an EXCELLENT job! He was really creepy and made me absolutely loathe him.
Is he really a stalker in real life😂🤔
Paul Rudd - AntMan!
Ppppp
I imagine Kurt and Larissa are really good friends in real life.
The actor that portrayed Laurisa's stalker is Tom Kurlander. He was in a few movies years ago. Not sure if he still acts or not but if he does, here's another stalker role he could play should it ever get made into a TV movie...one that is based on Hank Wise, a deranged, delusional man that stalked a Nashville, Tennessee karaoke host, Nikki Goeser and gunned down her husband Ben, also a karaoke host. Nikki is a gun rights activist. From time to time, she is on FOX News.
I had a stalker when I was 16 (he was 19). He was a friend of my older sister who wouldn't take no for answer; asked me out so many times...He would follow my little sister and I home from school everyday, he threw drinks at me and even tried to run me over. He finally quit after my step mom practically jumped over the McD's counter he was working at, purposely made a scene (which got him fired on the spot), and threatened to send my dad after him if he didn't leave me alone (my dad is very old-school Italian; it wouldn't have ended pretty). She also went directly to his family about it & we were eventually granted a restraining order. Took almost a year.......ugh........
I'm glad you made it out of that situation, there are a lot of sick twisted guys out there. peace and prosperity to you.
@@SKR9HaXoN There are female stalkers too, Remember the movie the crush with Alicia Silverstone? She was obsessed with a Tennant that rents from her parents. She tried to rig the garage being used as a make shift dark room for developing pics. its was set up for bees to kill her but it didn't work , then she stole his condom from the night before with his coworker and she did something with the condom and cried Rape . That was a movie but there are some very twisted women too, don't underestimate anyone.
Holycanoli.
So sorry you and your family had to go through that, your parents are ParentGoals standing up to a creep like that, shame on the system for not following through immediately ... the times we live in
@holycannoli9744 I'm so sorry that happened to you. A man should always be respectful to a woman and if he asks her out and she says no, then it should end there. It's sad that there are men out there who can't seem to understand that no means no, it doesn't mean try harder
He would have a hard time stalking my daughter with two broken legs.
ohh that;s the answer is it???
Richard V I agree👏👏👏👏
You would had done a better job than Nelson...
Whatever it takes to protect your children...when THE LAW WON’T. By the way, good luck trying to reason with crazy people.
Richard I like how you think. I am all for being nice to people but there is a limit. And a grown man stalking my 15 year old daughter is that limit.
This mother did everything to protect her, and this guy just keeps pushing! I am glad she took it further to the legislature and passed the stacking law! Sad it took this extreme procedure!
Facts
Speaking of creepy dudes
@Barbara Glover Go screw off. You don't know anything about me to make that stupid statement.
Why are the dads in these old lifetime movies so chill about everything?! I'd be pissed!! If he's on your property and you catch him, beat him until he's paralyzed! These guys get away with murder, and the moms are left grieving with no support from their partner 💔
Right? They’re always completely oblivious to what’s going on, until it’s too late. I’ve been binging these old movies, & 9/10 times, the mother knows something is amiss, while the dad is completely dismissive.
Because they're based on real life.
My dad would have beaten the brows off him.
I take my hat off to parents, I don't have kids, but I can only imagine how terrifying this is.
Its what moms do..We protect our children at ALL costs. Most mothers I mean.
I totally understand that. Too many kids, etc. have been hurt or worse because they weren’t protected!
N morning ichohim wanted I just just le Vaughn
Exactly, most not all because believe it or not they're are alot of mother's that dont give two shits about their kid's.
@Carl's Brother she’s bless to have you
@@AHMAD-2324 uh that's exactly why she said "most moms" 🤦
I hate when people dont take a hint like really if someone is not interested take a hint and move on
there are people who have mental illness. their brain waves are sending all the wrong messages. we all hate them but they can't help it too. it is just frustrating how some of these people get around the law and get away with whatever it is that they are doing. we are lucky we are not living in the year that this movie was made/ based on. our laws nowadays are slowly covering grounds of what could have happened if these types of behavior and actions don't stop.
I have a stalker, a 60 some year old man who believes we're soulmates and going to be king and queen of the world someday and he has magical powers and choke people with them and control the weather and make rain and other crap and still doesn't get the hint I do not like him and am terrified of him and want him to leave me alone!
I have many times after they end I file for another one and the judge would approve it thankfully but he walks right through them
Samantha Forette,I agree with you.As a childless single man,I have 100% control of my sexual desires by waiting for a childless single female to do all the talking to me when there's no act of courtesy, emergency,work,or business involved.I'm not like these men who make assumptions,take the wrong chances and wrong advice about the meeting anti-social females,emulating the tactics that other men use to meet anti-social females,and get their hopes up on and caught up in the wrong things or the wrong way of right things wasting their time,breath, energy,and motion on females who aren't interested in them.If I waited days,weeks, months,and years for a childless single female to tell me what type of pleasure can she have with me that I expect her to have with me and she don't mention about,it then I would leave her alone and forget about her like she wants me to, and if there are men who have it difficult to follow my example,this may sound strange coming from me and sound like it don't relate to this subject matter,but I hope it works for the sake of decreasing the chances of harassment of females and other matters as well.Men who are both childless, single,and sexually addicted should go find out where can they determine their chances of becoming a father before they have sex with a female which means that men should know if they"re sterile and they won't be able to impregnate a female after having sex.Then find out how,where,and why people take the time, energy,and motion to use their hands to make statues, dolls, puppets, mannequins, dummies,action figures,and robots so childless single men can be hopefully influenced use their time to either buy or make robot females with their own hands so that it can help them leave alone and forget the females who aren't interested in these men.Thank you and I hope my suggestion was helpful.
Exactly what part of I don’t want you.... You don’t understand
I remember watching this when it first came out and it freaked me out! Now watching it- I can’t believe I missed legend PAUL RUDD in it!!!😮
Is it me or does Larissa look a lot like Hilary swank???
That father was weak. Even the younger brother was more aggressive.
He said: "Leave my sister alone you sicko" and threw a baseball bat.
What would it help? They would just lock out dad, that's all.
Yeah true but he had to think about laurisa he didn't want to make things all shitty and chaotic for her then they already were I stand by him at least he was trying not to react before curt was going too far with his bullshit.Don't be too hard on the dad at least laurisa fought back in the end really.
@@industrialcathedral that's the sacrifice a real dad would take duh
@@kimson305 sacrifice? Leaving his daughter and wife all alone and with a social stigma?
@@industrialcathedral I have a daughter and I beg to differ.
Whats sad about this movie is that it is a true story, that poor girl had no life in her younger years. She was right in her line about she was the one on probation and he got away with everything. Laws might be a little stricter now but restraining order is just a piece of paper unless you can get real proof. I still think there should be stricter laws on this subject.
country girl There are laws on the books now because of people like Mrs. Anello who took the fight to the state legislature. Unfortunately it's cases like this that a lot of unfortunate souls had to live through to get these laws passed. People like Curt are dangerous assholes who need to be jailed to keep them from repeating their crimes.
She had no friends to run with or dates cause of that Weirdo.
Sad thing is there are still issues with stalkers not getting the jail time they deserve. Granted this helped make awareness but there are thousands of people killed every year because of a stalker so it hasn't gone away
@@corianne2099 people refuse to deal with gun laws.
This is why never let them take your right to bear arms as a stalker victim the law can only do so much but my right to bear arms worked .
Haven't seen this movie in years. Thank you for the mother continuing to fight for her daughter. The father he really seems like a chump. I hope Laurisa is having a wonderful and healthy life after this horrific deal. Last I heard about her, she was an engineer and was married but that was years ago.
I thought the same about the father when I first saw this film, back in the 1990s. But nowadays, I realize that he was rather limited in what he could do......especially back then. No stalking-laws really existed, for one thing.....as Mrs. Annello fought for. A second: If he had hit or killed Curt, he would have gone to prison for years, maybe forever. Laurisa would be safer but her life would be destroyed without her dad. It was a no-win situation.
@@taracollins5597 Not necessarily because if he had hit Kurt eventually he would have healed up and the Father would have gone to jail or Prison for Assault and Battery 🪫🔋 and there would have been no one around to protect Larisa
When the cop said, “the state doesn’t allow us to go around harassing citizens”. 🤔
But its ok for citizens to harass other citizens, Officer? Geez wheez. Stalking is still not considered a big crime in many states, its tough to prove and the punishments are often light....unless the person encroaches you on your job or inside your house.
A restraining order a piece of paper is not going to protect Larisa from Curt right after signing the restraining order he went up and started talking to her parents
Blame the Democrat law makers that prevent tough legislation against predators on society. Oh, now the liberals also want to give them back the right to vote and limit how many years their criminal records can be pubic information.
this is so accurate.
i been through this and what angered me the most while i was going through this is the people that stood by and watched me be harassed.
😔 that's a shame, I hope everything is OK now! I've been through it too, sadly I was 19 living on my own, it's terrifying. He broke in my apartment and I went full Rambo. Never knew I had it in me, I lost it. Beat him so bad he was hospitalized. Not sorry for it and he never bothered me again.
@@jenniferkeeponfighting7561 i don't blame you for that at all. i was too scared to fight back physically because he was a big guy.
@@FlowerRFabulous are you safe now?
@@jenniferkeeponfighting7561 yes! it took me moving from one city to another to get away from him so he has no clue where i am now. he use to have some sort of tracker on my phone too, but i got rid of that phone so its been 7 years now and im free!
Oh I'm very sorry, and I'm really glad you are ok. Stay safe 💜
The mother had more guts than the father at least she did things to try and keep her daughter safe
It's not that the father didn't care, but he thought that things would just blow over with the warnings that we're given to Curt, not realizing that it just pushed him more to try to get close to Laurisa.
This dude was sick asf. He was not crazy at all cuz he was always aware of what he was doing.
BRUH, THAT'S WHAT CRAZY IS. This dude is out of whack. If he wasn't he wouldn't be doing that.
Psychopath.. That wt he is
Maybe not crazy. But he sure was sick.
The actor has a creepy look about him Tom K
Bastard
I was 15 when someone started stalking me! And the very next day we had a restraining order against him! He still followed me everywhere I went, he was 30 years old and I was 15! This movie just makes me feel bad for the victim! Your dad should really man up and take care of this guy!
The dad was so passive. Her mother cared for her.
Oh the old times where you had to wait for someone to be home to get in contact with them and rush home to call someone. Now cell phones can call you anywhere lol.
It doesn't help when one of her friend teases her about being stalked. Always making comments that she has an older boyfriend, likes older men Etc I mean that is really insensitive. That is not a joke when she knows her friend is scared and frustrated. Some friend she is.
That was so messed up
Why because she's black?
@@sassycat6487 so are you
@@brendagray9296 the only person in this comment section that is messed up is you, you racist piece of garbage.
@@brendagray9296 I pity garbage like you.
The way stalking is not taken seriously from the get go is so dangerous! i have watched real life cases here in the UK where the early signs of stalking were so lightly explained away, only to end so fatally. It must be devastating for victims of this! awful. the father pissed me off to be honest. I hope all of us who watch this take away some good lessons and to all those who have survived this, may peace strength and freedom find you in abundance. xx
Larissa looks so much like Hillary swank!
this movie reminds me of Miya maricano a lovely young woman who was murdered by a crazy ass guy who was obsessed with her then he ended up killing her just cuz she rejected him her story is so sad that I hate to think about it just to know how she died when it could have been prevented had someone done anything she would still be here
@@shanikamorgan8618 is that the name of the movie
this case seems to have been when the issue of stalking was just coming to light.... and to this day, there's "nothing the police can do about it." i wonder why no one in the field has come up with a way to keep victims safe because it almost always ends in tragedy.
We had a stalker during the time my dad passed. It was just my mom and i. The cops wouldnt & said they couldn't do anything because it was a civil matter. That he wasnt breaking any laws. This was right around this time, 1993.
We eventually got rid of him, but ill never get over the stress he caused in our family.
When I was teen my sibling used to stalked. The time spans the weirdos acted matched
...thank god for the mothers perseverance....if it were up to the dad, nothing would be done and the daughter would prob be dead!
Not all mothers are protective some are and some aren't there's dad's that do protect their kids not all of them are like Mr Anello you should watch this movie call FEAR from 1996 where this man was doing everything to protect his daughter from her psychopath Boyfriend!
mustang MaRiE you're right...there are some horrible moms out there and some amazing dads, thankfully! too bad all parents weren't amazing, eh?!
Donna Perry Nope we don't get to choose our parents before we are born unfortunately!
There is such a ignorance that is astounding, they are asleep unconcious covering up eachothers evil lusts they need to make it a murder of inocense,mind body and soul lets take molest,rape ,of children sodomy of boys girls and women and men and give them the death sentance, better yet put the men or women in LEVEL 4 PRISON IN THE SEX OFFENDERS UNIT A D ,LET THEM GET THIER GET THERE JUST TORTUROUS REWARD FOR LIFE...JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED GET THAT! BB
That is not true.. But if he had attacked this man he could have gone to jail and then what would've happened to his family.. I
a "man" who can't protect his family is not a man at all. period.
And a man that walks out on his wife a children without any contact, communication or support deserves to die.
Why should It always be up to the man?, Women want equality they can have It when It just suites them.
@@casperblackcat1975 its a woman's nature to protect her babies, you dont think she's doing that already? You sound WEAK man. Seriously.
@@casperblackcat1975 Because there are still anachronistic ppl like u who wouldn't listen to a woman...take it more seriously coming from a man.Men and women have dif' strengths. A caveman, for instance, would be protecting his woman and baby. Are u really afraid women don't have enough on their shoulders? Equality does NOT equal sameness.
@@staceykersting705 What a stupid comment simply stating the truth maybe back then before these laws women were not listened to but things have changed In 30+ years.
Aw the scene with the brother made me tear up. Him being so protective of his sister
What an incredible story. I'm just so thankful that he didn't physically harm Larissa. I mean mentally harming a person is VERY serious. This guy was 20 cards short of a full deck!! I'm so glad that she had a very strong family core. They put up with so much, but continued to stay strong for their daughter. I wish that PSYCHO could have been put away for a very long time. It was obvious he didn't take his punishment seriously.
He may have been 20 cards short of.a.deck but he sure knew what he was doing was wrong so he can't say he was incompetent because very well aware of what he was doing.
@@stevensgirl85 AGREED!
@@stevensgirl85 Problem was he was smart enough to know what he could get away with and what was against the Law . At least till the end
@@robertrodriguez787 I guess nobody should be underestimated, They come across as slow and may have been bullied but he was obsessed with Laryssa caus she was the only one who wasn't mean and he became DANGEROUS!
The last judge Curt saw wasn't f***ing around. He WARNED Curt to stay away from Laurisa and the other Anellos, but noooooo, he had to be a hard-head and keep messing up. He got what he deserved after that last confrontation with Laurisa (the garage scene). I wished Nelson would've gotten a punch on him after he caught Curt sitting in his car near the house "waiting" for Laurisa. Boy, did Nelson have a surprise for him! It was a shame, though, he messed up his hand. And Scott (Laurisa's boyfriend) actually DID land a few punches during that street fight! Laurisa kept begging him not to fight him, but Scott didn't care. He wanted to send a message to Curt to tell _him_ to "stay away from her!" How exciting that was!
Larisa's friend "joking" about her stalker is really pissing me off!!!!
I know just wanted to punch her
Honestly, I think most people just don't get it.
My friends, when I was a kid,would be just as upset as me and would be helping me come up with a plan to get rid of this nut case.
It didn't help that Laurisa's friend kept teasing her about Curt.
Her friend was terrible and the boyfriend's mother was an idiot for not pressing charges. Just stupid.
The line at 1:15:25 breaks my heart. The mom felt so helpless that she thought that was the only thing she could do to protect her daughter. And NO ONE should ever feel like that’s their only solution. 😢
Unfortunately I’ve found myself saying and thinking that exact thing. Unfortunately it’s our lack of justice system that makes that a reality. This behavior is abuse and usually leads to something much worse!!!!!!😢
nothing will compare to 90’s lifetime movies!!!!!! i have been binging them like crazy!
I don't like what her best friend said about Larissa being into older men after knowing that she's being watched stalked followed she should never have said that!
If you find someone is following you unwanted, drive to a police station, best thing to do!
My daughter had a stalker at a very young age, one night (thankfully) she was not home ,and he came by the house and shot her bedroom window out it was so scary to go through ,it was just my younger daughter and I home alone. Cops took over 4 hours to come because we were not priority or an emergency case. She was such a brave girl and went through whole court proceedings to gain restraining orders from him and his father since they were both threatening to kill her and the family. She faced them head on in court and held her stare when they tried to intimidate her she never backed down not once. Of course we were right beside and behind her every single step of the way. We took immediate measures to ensure the safety of our family. Got a guard dog that was well trained and ready to protect, hot guns and made sure the girls were familiar with them and comfortable handling them. Even though we felt a little more safe it was far from over and we put in an excess amount of calls to the police department dealing with harrasment and stalking from them. I certainly forgot what sleeping was as my husband worked nights and I would stay awake to make sure girls were ok. It started to take a toll on us...my daughter was such a great student cheerleading with the high school, coaching, she had a part time job ,she had her future planned out and was thriving towards it,then PTSD hit and shes never been the same. I lost her emotionally, she is not the same person at all. He damaged her. Shes still reaching her goals in life and I'm so proud of everything she has accomplished, a career buying her own car and home etc but I lost the girl we had worked so hard at giving a full happy life. To see her smile is so rare and that's what hurts the most.
He shot at your daughter essentially and that wasn’t a priority?! That is so many kinds of messed up!
Now how about this movie not your movie guess not good because you said nothing about it
Best thing in the world you can do is be armed and train, especially women. The media will never tell you this fact because they have an agenda, but according to CDC numbers 500,000 to 3,000,000 lives are saved each year due to the defensive use of firearms. Criminals do not follow laws, period and the only people gun laws harm are law abiding citizens that are the only people to be disarmed under strict gun laws. The police show up after crimes are committed to document what happened and if there are no good guys with a gun then the bad guys with a gun will win everytime. There should be zero Gun Free Zone signs put up anywhere unless you want to be a sitting target. Things change when criminals have to wonder who they are up against and what kind of weapons they have behind the entry of any place they are deciding to commit a crime against. An armed society is a polite society. All the worst crime rate areas are places that have chosen to tie the hands of law abiding citizens in favor of only the state and criminals being armed.
I can only imagine the heart break of watching a beautiful child lose her sense of security, innocence and perhaps faith.
Have you heard of The Emotion Code? Perhaps worth looking into for your whole family. Blessings💗
@@angelapeggues9219 And to think these are the people we pay with our Taxes to protect us
Thank you for taking the time to put this on here. I love the good 90's lifetime movies. I've wanted to see this for a while. So thank you 😀
I want every young girl out there and woman to be aware of who u date just take of your sefts and fight back b 4 they take your life up 2 u
C Hayes you look so beautiful and strong hearted.
C Hayes did you graduate from high school back in 2006?
C Hayes do you wear a Size 10 Shoe and Flip Flop?
@@TMANN-jo1ps 2004
This is the kind of nightmare that makes you wish you were in the mafia! Those guys would take care of this creep in a very “efficient “ way.
Damn straight!!!!!!
Girl that’s exactly what I said. I said isn’t the last name Italian,too bad they not Mafia tied because they would have beat the brakes off of him, first time he made a comment let along giving flowers.
Yes, Tony Soprano be having none of that.
@@uniquelyyoley3272 right he needed his ass beat stalking a little girl.
Where is James Gandolfini (AKA Tony Soprano) when you need him? He would make short work of this Curt Harper, and make him disappear as well...for good.
Thank you for the anti stalking laws. There’s this guy 12 years older than me that’s been stalking me for almost 11 years now. I’m so glad to find out there’s things I can do. He’s jumped into my car in the parking lot at a mall or restaurant. Literally had to call police to detain him so I can drive away and he won’t follow me on the fwy. I didn’t know I could take legal action until watching this. Tonight I’m going to sleep so well. His name is Andrew Song. I think he’s trying to re live his youth through me.
Wow, sorry to hear that. How old were you when he started stalking you?
When he started yelling I LOVE YOU LAURISA in front of all her classmates they really shouldve convicted him then.
Yes that was so inappropriate
@@positivevibes5364 He had a crush on her since she was 11.....how can he not see how fucked up and demented that is? And now he's stalking her, showing up to events and proclaiming his love for a girl who's still a child while he's a grown man. Dude is sick.
Prevert brains don't function normally at all.
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uhm, free speech?
I laughed so hard when he was observing the girl and her boyfriend from his car And he said to himself; in a calm tone of voice) don't you touch her..... HEY! What did I just say?!
😂😂😂
the ugliest
He sent flowers to a child with "secret admirer" on the note. Red flag, act fast. The pervert should not be around school children in the first place.
@Brittany Ehlert The father and mother should have stepped up right away and straightened him out. Might not have done any good with this sicko but still...
He shouldn't have been allowed to umpire after that
@Brittany Ehlert What was he again for the record? I 1st thought 28, but then I heard 24?
@@ydcee3123 But they did step up. This guy was determined. Nothing was going to stop him short of jail, which he got in the end.
@@arsonhakobyan I'm only 8 minutes in but the mother just said "most 24 year old men would not be drawn to a 14 year old girl." So yep, he's 24. What a perv!
These were the Great Movie's of TV, compared with what's playing now! The Good Ole Days!!!
That poor family really took one for the team. Thank goodness for anti-stalking laws.
Laws don't matter when they are not enforced so many women are killed by guys they have restraining orders against it's just a piece of paper and often the victim is blamed or the crime is minimized. Sad realities. Considering lots of rapists and abusers don't even get convicted of any crime is relevant too.
Exactly.
I just hate that we have to wait for something bad to happen to innocent people for the police to get involved. it sucks! it's like they ignore all the signs of a harasser or stalker. Those are the warnings that they need to focus on, the signs are clues!
Veronica Pointer Yes, he would honestly have a knife to her throat for the police to get involved. #crazypeople.
Veronica Pointer yes I've been there moved eight years kept finding me breaking in police did nothing.
Veronica Pointer I have a 26 year old now from that.police said hard to prove because you were sexual with him before willingly.evil the guy police were just like him.didnt care me and my son were being abused.Im lucky to be alive how many times I was choked and head knocked against my head board and knocked out and rapped
I agree, why wait until it's too damn late. It sickens me. I felt bad for her.
The police are only enforcers of the law. Its the politicians who are making those laws. Stop voting Democrat! Look at California governor Jerry Brown who is setting record numbers of criminals free just so they can vote? And it's liberal judges who are being soft on these rapists and murderers, enforcing an agenda instead of the written rule of law. To blame the cops for the problems are ignorant. Cops are fathers and mothers too who don't want creeps roaming the streets with their kids either. They harass or intimidate a creep and he starts screaming police harassment/intimidation, excessive force, racism and the cop loses their job then they're blamed for the creeps on the streets. Smdh. Vote for politicians who actually get behind stalker laws, rape laws, anti-bullying laws. The cops isn't where the problem lies.
Back when Lifetime movies had good writers, good plots, and good acting. Lifetime hasn’t made a good movie since the 90s
I agree. All of the Lifetime movies now are so cheesy. I’ve never heard of most of the people who play in them. I miss these old movies.
Trust Paul Rudd to be the only person to physically take action I legit cheered!
The way he whispered to Larisa
"I'm your secret admirer."
So damn creepy!
That child was terrified of him!
Moral Order Especially at 1:25:10, when Curt really flips his lid and turns violent!
See that spooky look on Curt's face at 1:27:26? Scary!!!
He is a monster! That scene was scary AF.
And it was so creepy when Laurisa is crying on court, reading his sick letters...and he's smiling and gazing at her like nothing is happening! He doesn't care a bit how upset she is.
Not enough she still wanted to go everywhere alone
The father is really unsettling, how can you just stand by and let this maniac run and ruin your family's life.
***** I know I don't mean to sound shallow but I would not marry a man who can't protect his family.
***** it is ashame, his daughter's outlook on life won't be the same and he is partially to blame for not pulling his weight.
+delirous8 My ex husband was the same way as Laurisa's father in this movie. One of the reasons he's my ex husband.
delirous8 That's how my dad was. He would do whatever he could to make sure we were safe and protected no matter what. If someone crossed him or threatened our family, he'd have no problem with regulating them.
Beverly B that is a great father.
Thankful to know her daughter survived. Thank the LORD GOD for this mother's fight. Although, still not everyone survive's these tactics because of her resilience for justice and to protect her daughter, there are laws in place to protect against stalkers.
After seeing two batches of flowers that would have been it for me especially as a mother !!! Red flags right there 😩😓
You look so beautiful.
Did you graduate from high school back in 2006?
Do you wear a Size 10 Shoe and Flip Flop?
@@TMANN-jo1ps I wear a size 8 or 8 & a half
A DECENT MOVIE WATCHABLE!!! ENJOYABLE!!!
Everyone was so passive with him even after him sending the letters and all. They waited way too long to do something about this and now look what happened... This is why, even at work I don't even make small talk with the men customers. Most men do not know what 'no' truly means, and you also have to be firm when telling them to really back off or you're not interested. It's crazy how men can pursue a woman who doesn't want them, and then it turns into obsession and also stalking and/or killing. No means no if a woman isn't interested in you, LEAVE HER ALONE. Damn
there are female stalkers too
Bree Kornegay I second that!
Your so right
Unfortunately the laws at the time allowed this sonofabitch to commit his crimes even though the law did not view it as a crime yet. Stalking wasn't recognized for what it is.
Jupiter Rising Absolutely. And some of them are called “mom.” The shit that label allows them to get away with is even more horrifying in terms of chronicity and severity than this.
One thing that people should know is that this was Paul Rudd's movie debut (23 year's old). Now 26 years later he starring in one of the Biggest Action Films of all time (Avengers Endgame) !!!
Paul Rudd never ages
I was stalked 25 years ago... it was a True Nightmare.... but eventually I moved far away and believe it or not a Woman Cop put him RT INTO HIS PLACE!!! He was locked up... I went before a Grand Jury etc etc etc...and Thank God I am still ALIVE AND WELL!🕊✨✨❤️
Stephanie Alexander it's 2020 today.
Stephanie Alexander glad you’re ok. Lots of sickos out there
I'm surprised after that nightmare you would post your picture on a TH-cam comment board. I'm surprised it hasn't taught you the value of anonymity on the internet. SMH
Love love love Lifetime’s Moment of Truth movies🙌🏻💖 Never delete this movie🙌🏻
Thank God that these laws were finally passed
I'm almost 60, so I worked in the late 70s, 80s, and 90s. I was harassed on my jobs, several times. Especially, in '94, I was an Executive Assistant for an EVP of a construction company in Manhattan. Short skirt suits were stylish, but I always wore with black opaque stockings. I remember a certain vendor would check in with our Reception on first floor, I was on 2nd. They would actually have the audacity to ask Reception; what I was wearing today. It got out of hand. Finally, I told my boss that if this didn't stop, I was suing for harassment. Oh, they stopped.
This is one of the most terrifying movies I have ever seen. Can you imagine a time when "laws were not fit for purpse?" Back then, stalking was not as recognised as it is now? The movie is so sad because the survivor/ victim was a child. You would think that laws would exist to protect her.
Alex Kennedy the law wasn’t as..enlightened as it is now
Great Movie...I like the part when the MOM tells her friends to take her back home form going to the movies to check on her daughter. Then tells her husband that her priority are her children and their welfare and she'll do whatever it takes to protect them.
I thought the Dad was a bit of a wuss!💜✌️
The most natural duty of a mother...most species of female wild animals are similar and we as woman can learn from them of this.
They should've SERIOUSLY intervened when they FIRST found out about Curt's crush on the Laurisa... That crap is SUPER inappropriate...😒😒😒
It was a different time. People didn't realize how dangerous stalkers could be. It was just looked at as 'he's got a crush on you. cute." There were no anti-stalking laws. Today, his behavior would have him locked up. Not so 25 years ago.
Yea...pretty much
i think it's called commitment in coach jargon. really hard to draw that line. everybody wants their child to be the specially gifted one who stands out as worthy of special attention and grooming . . . you don't assume the grooming is for unprofessional reasons. i mean the world would not go on if we didn't assume the best until we can't otherwise. treacherous as hell. but you can't keep that out on the table either, otherwise your children see you as paranoid and super un-socialised. my mom had me believing that having sexuality is basically like crossing a busy street through traffic and as a result i've been hiding mine my whole life, it scares the hell out of me. and all those precautions didn't help me from being abused as an object. just made me feel like it was my fault.
25 years ago, it was still pedophilia for a man of 24 to be expressing romantic interest in a 14 year old child. No parent I knew would've let that stand. Healthy parents would've been disgusted immediately, and nipped it in the bud. People who are intellectually or socially stunted do not get a pass. They might be slow, but they have the full spectrum of emotions and character traits that every human does, that includes the entire negative and immoral side. One's child needs just as much protection from them as from anyone else, if not more - not because they are necessarily any more dangerous than any other group, but because too many people _will_ give them a pass out of a misguided sense of guilt. Thus, those who are predators, are granted easy access to their victims. And this, this needs to change, as does any adult man or woman having access to a minor.
@@helenlauer9545 TMI, and not particularly relevant here.
The acting in this film is #1!! This is exactly what 70s movies were like- great acting, emotional journey and a happy ending. Enjoy!
We live in a society where we're afraid to hurt people's feelings! If she was my sister I'd have a 'serious' talk with this guy! Many years ago, my mom was being harassed by a male coworker. The company didn't take her seriously, so I took things into my own hands . I grabbed the jerk by the throat, slammed him up against the wall, and punched him. Needless to say, my mom never had any trouble with him ever again!
On behalf of all women I say thank you! I would be proud to have you as a son and I'm sure your mom is too. 🕊️
Did you get arrested?
@@goodmorningsundaymorning4533 Not on my behalf. I don't need men to "protect" me, nor do I condone violence.
flowers to a 14 yr old from 24yrold.
that would be that.
hes got a problem.
+Jayne Eyrei was thinking the same thing he seems know how to get around the law
@Jayne Eyre no way...no excuses for these psychos
I agree. The family likely incorrectly 'assessed' Curt,....they thought he was likely mentally slow or something harmless like that. This was also many years before a lot of stalking cases hit the media. They likely thought he would go away on his own. But nowadays, people are more wary....as they should be.
yeh but wait -- don't you remember being that naive and taking kind gestures and extensions of friendship at face value?
@Julie W. Like what, exactly?
at some point I thought they never get this guy but eventually they did thank God
And now, in 2024, he lives 2 houses down from me. The same St Pete address. Hasn't moved yet.
Also, this movie is based on the true story of Bruce Raines of St Pete FL. Google it. Guys creepy. His house has the windows boarded up and he is always outside with his shirt off staring.
Paul Rudd’s hair is everything.
I only watched this to see young Paul Rudd... (adorable)... and this ended up being a good true movie
I was stalked by a guy I went out with just a few times before I cottoned on to him having a violent temper. When I decided not to see him again, he made my life a misery for around 4 months. The police did absolutely nothing as he had not harmed me. One day he followed me to the town centre and when a friend shouted out he coming towards me I tried to make a run for it but he got hold of me and threw me so hard that I stumbled back and went through a shop window. He finally went to prison and I moved away. I was one of the lucky ones as so many women out there end up being murdered after enduring months of torture.
Can you please tell me, if you are still around, what injuries your being thrown through a glass window left you with and where your legs rested or what position you were in when that happened? For the protection of other people, could you mention the full name of the offender and where this occurred (and what year)?
@@aFoxyFox. I was thrown up against the shop window, I never went through it as I doubt I would have survived. I had a bruised face and body, no broken bones, and a split lip with a huge bruise above my lip. What was worse is not the battering I took but what it did to my confidence, I felt scared to go out for a long time. This happened when I was 22 and I am now 65, so it is a long time ago. ( i read through my previous post and see now why you ask me about the window, I have typed put me through when I meant to type he pushed me back hard and I went back against the shop window)
sorry about that.)
@@skygazer6898 Thank you so much for your reply. So, just out of curiosity, how long did it take before you regained confidence and felt less fear? What were the stages you went through? People seem to be getting rowdier these days, especially after the virus and lockdowns, and someone in a car drove up to the side of the road as I was walking with my spouse peacefully by the waterside here in Charlottetown P.E.I. and started calling out aggressively to start a fight or something, and even that, being as minimal as it was, left us feeling like we were uncomfortable going out because of random lunatics or tourists or whatever that all was, it was so out of the blue and had no rhyme or reason. It took months to feel better or normal again, and really the recovery was just imagining killing the person violently if they ever showed up or attacked, or if anyone did, even if it was a fantasy, by imagining that, sort of re-living it over and over and over and then simulating new instances or events where we might unrealistically terrorize or mutilate the scumbag, we were able to feel a little safer going out again, on the off chance that some totally random stranger attacks. I'm curious as to what stages you experienced after the incident and what happened next regarding the incident too, did anyone approach or help or say anything?
I don't recall if you mentioned this, but where did this occur and was it in the U.S.A. and what cultural, linguistic, ethnic, or religious background were all the characters or individuals mentioned if you know? Did you tell your parents? What were the statements or responses you received from various people if you remember? Which were the most appreciated, which were the least appreciated and why?
As an aside, who is in your display picture there? Did certain media become difficult to listen to or watch, was any sort of media seemingly cathartic or otherwise healing?
Were you more frightened or alert or angered by certain people or appearances or groups / types? What were the cues or signs you found most threatening and disturbing? What were some signs this perpetrator showed which you noted then or found yourself wary of with any other people?
Sorry for all the question!
A lot of young and inexperienced people online seem to have some strange disease these days where they go around online writing stories they just thought up, so hearing about real events and authentic experiences from people who went through everything (except the window) can be really helpful, and it can really help people who may have experienced traumatic events or assaults or to warn people or give them hope by knowing the whole process and the time it takes to get past the ordeal or comfort even in what aspects might not fade as compared to which do and did in your case.
Thank you so much for replying, even after writing your original comment some time ago, I appreciate it a lot. Also, have you developed any sense of humor, or even a sense of dark humor about traumatic experiences from the past? Was this the only one and did this one seemingly pale any others? Where there other things that happened to you which made this experience seem less impactful or influential upon your life or feelings or did this event act as so transformative to your worldview, life, and activities that it remained the primary catalyst for total change? What, if any, were things you didn't do anymore, attributed to experiencing this event? Did he go to prison for this incident in particular? What was the whole experience of talking to the police? Was anyone with you to help or support you? Was there a court case or any things you had to attend next? How long was that whole process and was it all smooth and also without personal cost or expenditure? It would be so informative to understand the procedure from that time , wherever you were, and everything involved with it and all the real steps to compare with how things may differ now or may largely be the same.
Thank you again!
@@aFoxyFox. I think there are a lot of crazy, obnoxious people around today and I tend to keep my distance. I have a very small circle of friends now, as sadly a few close friends have passed away. going back to the incident, to be honest, I can't remember how long it took to gain my confidence as I was always a shy, nervous girl and yet today, at the age of 65, I am comfortable in myself and a strong and confident woman. I don't think I dated for a few years, preferred being on my own. I had an experience when I was 17, that I don't talk about as I was an irresponsible, stupid girl. I went to a pub with a friend and got so drunk I could hardly stand up. When I got outside the air made me feel even worse. Apparently, a man said to my friend he gives us a life home, I was dumped in the back seat. My friend said she made a stupid mistake by agreeing to be let out of the car first so that he would be alone with me. He had promised he would get me home safely. I think you can work out the rest. I am in the UK.
@@skygazer6898 So did any of these issues you experienced come up as psychological issues to work through later in life, like at the time you may have been in a serious relationship leading to marriage and things like that or afterwards? I've been in a relationship with my spouse since we were in our early twenties, like 22 and 23 and stuff like that, until marriage more officially at the age of 27 and 28 or something like that. Were people at around that time marrying earlier or at around the same ages I've mentioned here? I think I'm hearing about people marrying later these days but still roughly around the late twenties or early to mid thirties for the most part at the latest, except for the more rare first marriages approaching or passing 40. Divorce rates seem to be higher and much more common and viewed as more normalized and less stigmatized as compared to the past, and now the statistics that I've read suggest that people who marry very early have a higher chance of divorce, and also statistics showing that many young people have become averse to relationships and sexual encounters or romances as compared to earlier generations after birth control measures and sex outside of marriage became more common. I was hearing about really young people in the 80s and particularly the 90s and early 2000s having sexual experiences, but that seems to have reduced, with many people reporting difficulties in even having relationships at all despite the ease with which people can communicate now around the world.
These people have generally not had bad experiences except maybe seeing things online or getting harassed online at an early age, many of them have basically grown up online almost entirely but are now in their twenties, so there must be a lot of really different sort of thinking going on that I'm not even used to or familiar with.
I also wonder if men in the past were more violent, dangerous, indecent, and predatory in general or if that has become actually less common in some places. I was watching a video the other day talking about South Korea and the stage they are at in their society where it seemed a bit backwards with the men being much more openly predatory and chauvinistic.
In the vast majority of your experiences though, have you found that most human beings, and most males are generally decent enough seeming and trustworthy and restrained or are most in your opinion truly ruled by hormones or whatever and predatory and dangerous into their old age?
Even after what you experienced, were you able to live a comparatively normal life like your peers and other people around you?
I think the norm used to be that people generally went through school, usually up to Highschool, then later a lot more people went to college as well, marrying sometime after Highschool or College (University) age in the early or mid to late 20s, then a lot of people also used to typically have children while married, and then their children would perhaps follow the same course, sometimes being the first to go to college or to be working. People were able to afford more seemingly, so usually at some point a home was purchased which would become the family home, and usually kept, and in some cases left for better housing conditions when able as an upgrade.
There was a time also where a lot of places and areas were being improved and renovated so that older parts of the cities were cleaned up and modernized with shopping malls and things like that emerging and a lot of newer housing developments and buildings.
You also must have witnessed some very interesting changes in the U.K. during some very active periods, such as changing demographics and the poorer classes or people moving up slightly to the middle class somewhat, or at least there was as far as I am aware an upward motion for a lot of people who had been living in relatively poorer conditions just prior, and an increase or growth in the U.K. population of minorities or immigrants.
You also witnessed different things like the Disco and Dance Music era, the 80's and the emergence of Punk and Gothic youth culture, did you witness any of that first hand or was that exaggerated mainly in the media?
Was there a certain age or certain conditions where you felt you were out of it all and in the clear and basically didn't fear much harassment anymore?
I am just theorizing, but I suspect that younger people might deal with more violence in general than older people, and that older people might end up fearing such interactions less, as they become more unlikely overall as they are interacting with different population and age groups.
Did you also form certain opinions about alcohol (and maybe also drug) consumption and intoxication based on your experiences? I'm asking also because personally I've always been wary of intoxication and the vulnerability it may cause or lead to by consuming any kind of intoxicants.
I think that violence towards women, in some way at least, is quite common, but I'm wondering if it has been reducing or increasing? One thing I'm certain of is that the reporting of such incidents is likely increasing, so that in the past many cases or wrongs went un-reported and just basically taken as a sad fact of life and the way things are, whereas now many more people are speaking up, and in some unfortunate cases also apparently using accusations for reasons of revenge.
Did you watch the American "Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard" trial that released aired as televised and streamed online? Do you have any opinions on that if you saw anything about it?
Thank you again for your replies! I appreciate it a lot. I think everyone who has gone through practically anything at all in life, and for years, has a wealth of very useful insight and information about so many things, that many people might never end up asking about or hearing about, and then all that information might just sort of disappear, but then no one can really benefit from it or gain anything from all that experience, not only the bad things, but also the very many enjoyable and good aspects of things that have occurred in one's life.
Did you notice any sort of shift in what you ended up feeling enjoyment with or through after your experiences, or did you basically always like the same things before and after and these negative experiences or memories didn't really end up seemingly changing anything about your interests or enjoyments?
Over the years, and this is something that worries me, I've felt like looking at the state of things in the world (when I hear about what has been going on), and more stresses and responsibilities in life and day to day, has really disturbed me and my personality, and from being a very happy and jovial sort of person in my youth, I have, year by year, become a little more bitter and jaded and feel angry and bad about people as well, avoiding them more also, and I kind of also don't like that but at the same time find it difficult to approve of much of what I see going on or how people are behaving and dealing with each other over the media or even in person in many ways.
I am so pleased to hear that you feel a lot better now, so that there is maybe hope that somehow I'll be able to not really head down this course of being really angry and afraid even, of disliking people so much and finding them so irritating and ultimately even pretty vile to my senses. My ideal vision for the world is really not being met by the images and experiences I am seeing out there right now and increasingly as the years go on, so I've been just keeping to myself mostly, and especially after around 2 years of lockdowns also. Another issue that bothers me is that I see very little in the way of improvements or solutions when it comes to violence, for example, in this usually sleepy sort of vacation town, a bunch of thuggish people arrived a few months ago as tourists and were wearing black baseball caps at night in the dark and smashing bottles and making barking sounds and harassing strangers, and I hate that sort of thing, with a passion, that there are these young people making trouble for innocent people, hooligans basically, traveling in large roaming bands of like 20 people and stuff, ugh. Even thinking about it bothers me, and I really don't want an incident, and then to find out how slow or helpless law enforcement may be or that evildoers might even get away with things mainly or that I might get in trouble myself if I do anything, it is all so stressful.
Anyway, for the most part, I try to just focus on the thing that I enjoy and amuse me, and to go about my business and keep my mind clear, but when I encounter these things during walks or even just looking outside my window, it brings back a lot of bad sorts of feelings, and that is basically without anything much at alll ever even happening to me. Even the prospect of bad things that loom around and threaten are enough to get me feeling agitated though.
In my experience though, the actual reality, seems to me still to be that most people are decent and self-controlled, and sane, and that the minority of dangerous and crazed people are overall unlikely to be encountered or dealt with, which is a relief!
Thank you again for taking the time to write back with all that you have, I appreciate it sincerely!
The most inspiring part of this inspirational movie? Paul Rudd's hair!
MIvarsson99 I hope you're just a kid, if not you're just as sick as the perv in this movie
yess😍
About 20 minutes in and the mother was so right when she told the police what she told them it's so sad but citizens are pushed to do something their selfs and I agree
I love these old Lifetime movies
Me too they better than the new movies these days
If I were Curt, I would have taken "no more flowers, knock it off" as a warning, and knocked it off and went home.
By "knocked it off" I meant stopped all contact. ALL CONTACT. And left that girl alone!
shaker 888 It's "you're", not "your".
Sick assholes like Curt do not listen to reason. The only thing that matters is their warped obsession.
But that's the problem with these guys. They think "no" means "keep trying". My high school boyfriend stalked me for a year after I broke up with him because he couldn't/wouldn't accept it. I'd scream at him to leave me alone and he'd be like, "But I wanted to take you shopping for an engagement ring!"
Monsters don't have a IQ.
I think there should be a legal, clear definition of stalking on the books, and anyone who is documented as a violator of the outlines can be legally shot if they're on your property - including all property owned by you. I.e. car, business, etc. No one should have their basic human rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness violated for three years. How ridiculous.
If I was that father, Curt would have been murdered and buried somewhere he’d never be found. 😡
You look so beautiful.
Did you graduate from high school back in 2006?
Laurisa looks like a young Hilary Swank, she has the same mannerisms too.
Alaurah Willow totally I had to look it up cause I could swear it was her
It's funny you should say that because I thought the exact same thing she really does look like Hilary Swank even sounds like her
The hot dog that the spectators were passing around was from Curt he was there watching Larissa man he's obsessed with her and it's not a healthy obsession
Does the actress from the movie The Coven with the witches
It was really mean of Clarissa's friend to say that she likes older men she is not into older men it's the other way around the guy wants her it's not her wanting him some friend she is I would have kicked your ass out of my house for saying such a thing
This when lifetime had the fresh real actors and good plots great movie still happening to this day
This story happened way before we had strict stalking laws folks. Stalking was not understood the way it is today. This is a very old lifetime movie. They were doing the best they could, at the time.
Thank you. I can't get over how many people don't understand this.
True enough. Sad and tragic.... but true.
@@lynnmahan154 It didn't end tragic. He was imprisoned for this for 13mo before committing any violent crime or kidnapping. It was sad what he kept being allowed to get away w/, w/ only a slap on the wrist. Getting barred from doing something I love like umpiring softball, would've been enough for me to just get out of dodge, find a new municipality to umpire in, even if in the same State of Florida; not that I would've even thought about sending the flowers or passing notes to a player I was officiating in a game; if it was an adult. It's a conflict of interests, as I actually officiate soccer, basketball, softball, and track & field, where they specifically have you fill out a form at the beginning of the season to the commissioner, that says that you do not have a friend, relative or former school/club that you attended in the conference, and if you do, to write it down, or be terminated if you get found out to referee a game w/ such school/club involved.
Now I'll admit that there were always certain players, coaches and towns I secretly liked more than others, but I didn't know the parties involved before the game started. Under no circumstance are you allowed to befriend so much as someone's parent of a child that's involved in the game you are officiating, or give any coaching advice like Curt Harper did before like before the 2nd game he was shown umpiring in this, or it shows a clear bias. The latter was a violation right there, whether it was the MLB or Tee Ball. Out of season, I can go out w/ someone's mom for a glass of wine & ravioli, who saw me during a game, but not in season. But if the dinner turns into anything more than a casual acquaintanceship or light friendship, I have to exclude myself from that school or club for the next season.
@@arsonhakobyan , He only got 13 months? That is no time.
@@laurasmith7976 You try doing 13 days in jail (not that you would stock somebody), and then turn around and tell me that 13 months is no time.
Where's Chris Hansen when you need him?
Cee Cee yes 😂😂👏👏👏👏
Baja hahah hahaha! 😂😆😂😆
😃😋😋😋
Dodging bill collectors & writing bad checks now 😂👀
Exactly
God! I miss the old Lifetime. Their movies used to be sooooo good.
Shanna Reed also played in The Night Caller in which she was the one being stalked. Stalking is really bad when u r the target, doesn't feel very safe. And it's difficult to know what to do.
i wasn't even going to watch this movie at first, but i gave it a chance. wow!! i'm glad i did. great movie. it's sad how some people just don't know what LEAVE ME ALONE mean!! overall, thanks for the upload!!
Allison Wonderland Oh they know. As George Simon Ph.D observed, “It’s not that they don’t see, they just don’t agree” the rules, laws etc. apply to them.
I would be in jail or prison cause I wouldn't let that bastard stalk and ruin my daughters life.
gingey2008 Ok his ass would be grass
That is true!
@@jessicajackson2438 Did you mean " under the grass "?.
no I meant grass lol
The police is stupid not to arrests kurt Harper for harrasing lurisa her friends were bitchy to not hang with her I would be her friend hh
In order for anything to be taken seriously, something tragic has to happen, SMH!!
The dad stating:
" He s kind of like that Shark in Jaws... you may not be able to see him but you know he s out there and you know he s gonna be back"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌 love the comparison!
Wow the Dad finally did something!!! If someone were after my daughter, there would be no more of that freakin pervert!
Right?!!! My dad would have fucked that lunatic up. That's how my family does it💪
The little brother was the only one with sense
He wasn't having it good for him !
My brother couldn't careless if someone stalked me
I agree 100%
I loved it! He didn't have to do much, except scream and yell at Curt to make him go away.
And a little child shall lead them...
A MOVIE CALLED STALKING BACK I HAVE SEEN IT THREE TIMES YES AND NOW IS FEBRUARY 2020
The actor playing kurt does an amazing job in this movie!!