THE STALKER'S APPRENTICE is an odd little British thriller made on a very low budget. It's a TV movie to boot, so doesn't contain any explicit material, even though the premise is slightly disturbing. It's about a routine guy who becomes obsessed with a young woman and begins stalking her, committing a series of murders against anyone who stands in his way.
It's difficult to know what to make of this film. Compared to something like the excellent STALKING LAURA it feels woefully bad but it is quite well-paced and for a '90s movie it hasn't dated too badly, apart from the pop songs playing on the background radios. Gideon Turner is a weak lead but James Bolam has a nice little role as a creepy elder and Paula Wilcox looks surprisingly youthful for her part. Peter Davison is here too as a bored detective investigating the crimes but he doesn't bring much to the part.
It's difficult to know what to make of this film. Compared to something like the excellent STALKING LAURA it feels woefully bad but it is quite well-paced and for a '90s movie it hasn't dated too badly, apart from the pop songs playing on the background radios. Gideon Turner is a weak lead but James Bolam has a nice little role as a creepy elder and Paula Wilcox looks surprisingly youthful for her part. Peter Davison is here too as a bored detective investigating the crimes but he doesn't bring much to the part.