A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.
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Derek Loughran
- Det. Lackson
- (as Derek Mark Lochran)
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- TriviaRichard Jefferies based the character of the Vagrant on an actual homeless person who lived in a vacant field located across from a guest house Jefferies was residing at in Studio City, California at the time. Moreover, the script Jefferies wrote took almost ten years to finally be made into a film.
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Performed by Heart Of Mexico
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OK to watch but isn't great
Up and coming Graham Krakowski is a white, middleclass, wannabe yuppie. He buys a fixer upper house near the city center and moves in. However an old tramp also uses the house and Krakowski has to install a fortune of security devices. The tramp continues to get into the house and terrorise Krakowski, even though no one seems to see anything. As people begin to turn up dead, he wonders if it's all in his head and the police suspect him. Is the tramp real and, if so, what is his interest in Krakowski?
I didn't have high hopes for this despite the headline stars they weren't big names then (this was one of Paxton's first lead roles). I also was put off by it's description as a horror/comedy executive produced by Mel Brooks of all people! It started blandly enough but managed to have a few moments that fulfilled it's definition. It doesn't have out and out jokes, but some moments are funny the police reaction to news of urination is the funniest. It also has some exciting moments of tension, but both are rare and scattered.
The story doesn't quite know what it's doing and because of that it's a little weak. However it does well enough to be entertaining, but it feels lost and slightly cheap. Paxton is actually quite good in a changing role, but Ironside doesn't have much to do. Marshall Bell as the vagrant is good despite just jumping out and going boo every 5 minutes he is scary and unsettlingly unpleasant.
Overall this is OK to watch but isn't great. The comedy adds a strange mood to it and the drama/horror works quite well. Shame it feels a little cheap.
I didn't have high hopes for this despite the headline stars they weren't big names then (this was one of Paxton's first lead roles). I also was put off by it's description as a horror/comedy executive produced by Mel Brooks of all people! It started blandly enough but managed to have a few moments that fulfilled it's definition. It doesn't have out and out jokes, but some moments are funny the police reaction to news of urination is the funniest. It also has some exciting moments of tension, but both are rare and scattered.
The story doesn't quite know what it's doing and because of that it's a little weak. However it does well enough to be entertaining, but it feels lost and slightly cheap. Paxton is actually quite good in a changing role, but Ironside doesn't have much to do. Marshall Bell as the vagrant is good despite just jumping out and going boo every 5 minutes he is scary and unsettlingly unpleasant.
Overall this is OK to watch but isn't great. The comedy adds a strange mood to it and the drama/horror works quite well. Shame it feels a little cheap.
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- May 6, 2002
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- Also known as
- Scream 911
- Filming locations
- 40 W Cambridge Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85003, USA(Graham Krakowski's new house)
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Box office
- Budget
- $9,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,900
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,300
- May 17, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $5,900
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