Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

sol1218 ***SPOILERS*** it in fact was old taxi driver Harry Goodman, Frank Fontaine,who had the creepy and deranged Dr.Mark Lucas, David Hayden-Jnoes, number right from the start. Harry knew that Dr. Lucas was up to no good since his wife whom the Doc treated died mysteriously from a sudden and unexpected heart attack. If only the people in Ridegwood would have listened to Harry all this killing on Dr. Lucas' part would have come to an end much sooner with the kill crazy Doc put away,in the state prison, where he couldn't hurt or kill anybody.It was Kate Ryder,Amy Jo Johnson, who just came back to Ridgewood from the big city with her asthmatic 6 year old son Sam,Nigel Bennett,who came under Dr. Lucas radar when she wen to see him for a job as his Girl Friday or private secretary. Unknown to Kate she was replacing Grace, Nancy Helmes, who was one of Dr.Lucas' victims! In fact it was also Dr.Lucas who was responsible,by giving her the wrong medication,for Kate's mothers suicide whom he felt was,in being old and sickly,no use to society anymore!The worm finally turned for Dr.Lucas after he got a bit careless in killing far more people, including Larry Goodman, who's death, of a sudden a faked heart attack, he couldn't sweep under he rug. It's now up to Kate to expose the mad killer before she as well as her son Sam and sister Jesse, Carol Alt, who runs the town's Dad Diner end up being his latest victims. The big problem for Kate is who in town will believe her since Dr. Lucas is one of it's most outstanding citizens! Who besides offering his services for cut rate prices also on top of all that even makes house calls!***SPOILERS*** In finding that Dr. Lucas was in fact doctoring the records of those who died of his "special treatment" which included rattle snake poison Kate tries to get the Doc's latest victim 75 year old Miss.White's, Mary Morter, body exhumed and autopsied to see if she,like the Doc stated in her death certified, in fact died of natural causes! This sends the by now losing it Dr. Lucas into an absolute fury and also exposes to everyone in town including the mostly clueless Sheriff Cooper, Lorne Brass, to what the Doc is really up to: Mass murder of those he feels aren't worthy to be alive in this world! Adding another victim to his body count Deputy Sheriff Bailey,Charles Bender, and gunning down but not killing Kate's boyfriend Tom Donovan,Paul Popowich, Dr.Lucas takes off with Sam as a hostage into the nearby corn field to chill out after the heat's off. With the Doc now completely out of his mind he spills the beans to what his true motives were all along, kill those he feels are unworthy to be alive, to the gun toting Kate who,in her having just all she can take from the crazed maniac, blew him away!P.S As we soon find out Dr.Lucs' string of murders weren't confined to just the sleepy little town of Ridgewood that he has his practice or killing spree for just two years. He was killing people all across the country for eight years before he even came to town! And how many he killed is anybodies guess!

edwagreen After her husband is killed, a woman returns with her young son to her small town birthplace.She becomes a secretary to the local town doctor, a good looking man who apparently has his own agenda consisting of killing his elderly patients.It's never explained why the woman never came home for own mother's funeral.Despite hearing from an elderly man, whose friend died while he was a patient of Dr. Lucas, our heroine doesn't believe this.In the case of stories dealing with serial killings, the bodies begin to pile up and you don't need to have a Ph.D to figure out what is going on.Our doctor, who uses poisonous snake venom to kill his patients, blurts out in the end that life is an incurable disease. You wonder what this nut job is talking about.I wonder what this doctor thought about Medicare.

Jonas1969 This is an OK way to spend a little time, but the conclusion really didn't work.The lead, Kate, is played by Amy Jo Johnson who is best known (to me at least) for her role as Julie on Felicity. Here she plays a young widower with a son that decides to "move back home" after her husband dies in front of a train.What starts as a drama gradually becomes a murder mystery. The story is very formulaic and predictable but the actors mostly do a decent job. It never really becomes scary because the outcome is so easy to predict, but that would have been OK with me were it not for the conclusion shown after the story is done.The director, Philippe Gagnon, has some potential but still has a long way to go. The flashbacks used don't add to the story and the romance is not done with any flair. Despite all it's flaws I still thought this was an OK way to spend a sleepless night - just don't go in expecting much.

MariMcCabe I caught and taped this telemovie on Lifetime, watched it twice. The second time I understood the plot a lot better. I think the pace of the movie is very fast, so if you're not paying attention to any given scene you will be totally lost.I thought all the actors we're exceptional. The antagonist is quite interesting and well portrayed, Amy Jo Johnson shows some range as she plays Kate quite well. I'm still impressed by her ability to still play teenagers (flashback sequence). She is so very very beautiful in this movie, maybe even more beautiful than 10 years ago! Due to her youthful appearances, its sometimes hard to remember that she is an adult; the film gives us no idea on how old she was supposed to be. Judging by her son who looks about 10, I would presume that she was supposed to be in her late 20s?My one complaint would be for the flashbacks to have been more clear; especially the ones with Kate's former husband, who looks just like her soon to be new boyfriend. It really confused me the first time I watched.Despite a few flaws here and there, highly recommended movie.