After the unexpected death of her aunt, Jane (Lewis) finds out that she was included on the lease of a rent-controlled apartment. Over the objections of her weatherman boyfriend, Greg (Hurt) who wants her to move in with him, she decides to move in to her first "own" place. One by one, she's introduced to the building's eccentric residents - landlady Martha Stewart (Duvall), resident Albert Collins (Pendleton), building maintenance man Jerry (Lange), and local locksmith/artist played by Tobin Bell. One resident they all warn her about is the 80-year old living on the 4th floor, the floor below Jane's apartment.

All seems to go well until Jane moves in her furniture breaking some kind of new-resident etiquette rules, stoking the ire of the 4th floor resident. Someone is leaving notes laying out rules and threats if these rules are not followed. These threats are followed up with maggot crawling up through her drain and mice invading through a hole drilled in her floor. Fighting back, Jane wants to find out exactly what is wrong with this "old" lady and why is she doing this. What she finds even deepens the mystery and makes her think that there is more to this non-existent resident than meets the eye. This snooping around culminates in her attack and near death.

The problem I found is that first-time writer/director Josh Klausner sets up the Hitchcock-style premise but allows it to fall flat in its delivery and abruptly ends with an obscure finale. Intrigue and mystery abound and everyone seems like the culprit, but with many questions being left unanswered in the plot (think Styrofoam, for example), I was left trying to figure out what exactly was everyone's role. Despite the unbelievability of Jane and Greg being a couple, the supporting actors were well presented and what little time Bell had in the movie, he was by far the most down-to-earth character of them all. Duvall was awkward and a little Freakish (in reference to the movie, Freaks). The scares were cheap - sneak around a dark room and anything will scare you - and anyone looking for any gore or FX will be greatly disappointed.

I felt this movie was more for a made-for-TV audience as the production values were low. Overall, this was a good mystery but not much more than that. I wasn't even sure that I should have even reviewed this movie but it was in the Horror section of my local Hollywood Video and the gialli are chock full of mysteries. If it's on TV watch it and enjoy it for it's 90's feel.