Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.
Acting
Depp's unhinged descent from smug writer to broken man.
Writing
Koepp adapting Stephen King with nasty economy.
Director
David Koepp
Johnny Depp
Mort Rainey
John Turturro
John Shooter
Maria Bello
Amy Rainey
Timothy Hutton
Ted Milner
Charles S. Dutton
Ken Karsch
Len Cariou
Sheriff Dave Newsome
Joan Heney
Mrs. Garvey
John Dunn-Hill
Tom Greenleaf
Vlasta Vrana
Fire Chief Wickersham
Matt Holland
Detective Bradley
Gillian Ferrabee
Fran Evans
Bronwen Mantel
Greta Bowie
Elizabeth Marleau
Juliet Stoker
Kyle Allatt
Busboy
Richard Jutras
Motel Manager
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