283:
with the maniac, he and Mary Ann separate, with Mary Ann going into hiding in the parking garage. When the killer finds her, he and Mary Ann engage in a vehicular chase, during which the murderer's car begins leaking fuel. John, who had been drawn to the garage by the noise, sets the spilled gas on fire, which blows the killer's car up after he crashes it into Mary Ann's.
270:
While searching for aid, the pair spot an intruder, and rush to the security room, which they find abandoned, with signs of a violent struggle evident. The two are then attacked by the dead boy's father; Renni is killed, but Mary Ann escapes by falling into an elevator, which brings her up to one of
275:. There, she meets John Doe, a corporate spy who has been secretly living in the building in order to steal industrial secrets from NTX. While John goes to investigate Mary Ann's claims of there being a killer on the loose, Mary Ann, after another close encounter with the murderer, heads up to the
282:
Mary Ann reunites with John, who had stumbled onto the bodies of a pair of murdered guards, and together the two go looking for the building's remaining watchman, finding him just as he is fatally bludgeoned by the killer, who they narrowly evade. After John's arm is broken in a subsequent run-in
266:
spilled by a company called NTX, the child's father bids goodbye to his wife's corpse, and heads for the Kupper-Dietz
Building, a luxurious tower containing offices and laboratories owned by NTX. As the working day concludes, businesswomen Mary Ann Marshall and Renni are the last two daytime
31:
350:
John Stark criticized it heavily, writing, "it has stilted dialogue, is badly acted and moves as quickly as a bloated buffalo. The title gives fair warning about what the movie is like to sit through." John
Stanley, author of
735:
286:
When the building comes out of automatic lockdown at 6:00am, John slips away. Mary Ann is treated by paramedics and questioned by the police. She returns home where she is greeted by John.
765:
720:
790:
745:
725:
715:
700:
775:
695:
267:
employees to leave the skyscraper, but on their way out, they discover that all of the exits are sealed, and that all of the telephones are dead.
279:
to seek aid from Harold Manley, the head of NTX; Mary Ann instead finds Manley dead, with newspaper articles about NTX stabbed into his chest.
710:
705:
545:
36:
685:
740:
730:
760:
575:
486:
770:
472:
376:
690:
591:
680:
607:
785:
780:
755:
750:
675:
188:
631:
152:
538:
623:
567:
555:
239:
59:
647:
438:
406:
583:
531:
670:
276:
599:
518:
482:
450:
415:
345:
339:
295:
243:
77:
232:
384:
664:
639:
478:
235:
47:
316:
301:
247:
97:
81:
262:
After a montage of photographs reveal that a young boy has died from exposure to
523:
272:
263:
203:
30:
307:
251:
85:
512:
474:
Creature
Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide
353:
Creature
Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide
148:
527:
343:
praised the film as "a tightly wrought thriller" while
736:
Fictional portrayals of the Dallas Police
Department
209:
199:
194:
182:
174:
166:
158:
144:
132:
124:
119:
111:
103:
93:
73:
65:
53:
43:
21:
359:as a "Clichéd TV-movie, lacking in originality."
539:
8:
766:Experimental medical treatments in fiction
546:
532:
524:
242:, and co-written by Steve Feke. It stars
29:
18:
721:Films directed by Fred Walton (director)
368:
791:English-language horror thriller films
746:Films about security and surveillance
7:
16:1989 television film by Fred Walton
726:American thriller television films
411:: High-Rise Terror on USA Network"
14:
716:American horror television films
701:Fiction about corporate warfare
322:Miles Mutchler as Mr. Kappleman
776:Office work in popular culture
696:American horror thriller films
1:
328:Bill Whitehead as Mr. Danuser
711:American films about revenge
706:1980s English-language films
437:Stark, John (14 June 1989).
189:MCA Television Entertainment
686:1980s horror thriller films
405:Loynd, Ray (14 June 1989).
807:
741:Films about businesspeople
731:USA Network original films
632:When a Stranger Calls Back
325:Wirt Cain as Harold Manley
761:Films shot in Los Angeles
562:
28:
439:"Picks and Pans Review:
355:, similarly referred to
238:written and directed by
37:MCA/Universal Home Video
771:Films about mass murder
271:the tower's unfinished
213:June 14, 1989
691:American slasher films
681:1989 television films
648:The Stepford Husbands
576:When a Stranger Calls
471:John Stanley (2000).
313:Ben Loggins as Killer
786:1980s American films
781:Films set in offices
756:Films shot in Dallas
387:on December 30, 2018
298:as Mary Ann Marshall
183:Production companies
145:Production locations
751:Films set in Dallas
676:1980s slasher films
277:penthouse apartment
250:in the main roles.
233:made-for-television
231:is a 1989 American
608:I Saw What You Did
600:The Rosary Murders
584:Hadley's Rebellion
554:Films directed by
125:Executive producer
658:
657:
416:Los Angeles Times
340:Los Angeles Times
337:Ray Loynd of the
224:
223:
186:Cine Enterprises
170:David Byron Lloyd
153:Renaissance Tower
140:Gary L. Messenger
138:Robert T. Skodis
112:Original language
104:Country of origin
798:
592:April Fool's Day
548:
541:
534:
525:
500:
499:
497:
495:
468:
462:
461:
459:
457:
434:
428:
427:
425:
423:
402:
396:
395:
393:
392:
383:. Archived from
377:"Trapped (1989)"
373:
296:Kathleen Quinlan
244:Kathleen Quinlan
220:
218:
195:Original release
136:Joseph Bellotti
78:Kathleen Quinlan
35:VHS released by
33:
19:
806:
805:
801:
800:
799:
797:
796:
795:
661:
660:
659:
654:
558:
552:
509:
504:
503:
493:
491:
489:
481:. p. 594.
470:
469:
465:
455:
453:
436:
435:
431:
421:
419:
404:
403:
399:
390:
388:
375:
374:
370:
365:
335:
292:
260:
216:
214:
187:
151:
139:
137:
88:
84:
80:
58:
39:
17:
12:
11:
5:
804:
802:
794:
793:
788:
783:
778:
773:
768:
763:
758:
753:
748:
743:
738:
733:
728:
723:
718:
713:
708:
703:
698:
693:
688:
683:
678:
673:
663:
662:
656:
655:
653:
652:
644:
636:
628:
620:
612:
604:
596:
588:
580:
572:
563:
560:
559:
553:
551:
550:
543:
536:
528:
522:
521:
508:
507:External links
505:
502:
501:
487:
463:
429:
397:
367:
366:
364:
361:
334:
331:
330:
329:
326:
323:
320:
314:
311:
305:
299:
291:
288:
259:
256:
222:
221:
211:
207:
206:
201:
197:
196:
192:
191:
184:
180:
179:
176:
172:
171:
168:
164:
163:
162:George Koblasa
160:
159:Cinematography
156:
155:
146:
142:
141:
134:
130:
129:
126:
122:
121:
117:
116:
113:
109:
108:
105:
101:
100:
95:
91:
90:
75:
71:
70:
67:
63:
62:
55:
51:
50:
45:
41:
40:
34:
26:
25:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
803:
792:
789:
787:
784:
782:
779:
777:
774:
772:
769:
767:
764:
762:
759:
757:
754:
752:
749:
747:
744:
742:
739:
737:
734:
732:
729:
727:
724:
722:
719:
717:
714:
712:
709:
707:
704:
702:
699:
697:
694:
692:
689:
687:
684:
682:
679:
677:
674:
672:
669:
668:
666:
650:
649:
645:
642:
641:
640:The Courtyard
637:
634:
633:
629:
626:
625:
621:
618:
617:
613:
610:
609:
605:
602:
601:
597:
594:
593:
589:
586:
585:
581:
578:
577:
573:
570:
569:
565:
564:
561:
557:
549:
544:
542:
537:
535:
530:
529:
526:
520:
516:
515:
511:
510:
506:
490:
488:9780425175170
484:
480:
479:Berkley Books
476:
475:
467:
464:
452:
448:
444:
442:
433:
430:
418:
417:
412:
410:
401:
398:
386:
382:
378:
372:
369:
362:
360:
358:
354:
349:
347:
342:
341:
332:
327:
324:
321:
318:
315:
312:
309:
306:
303:
300:
297:
294:
293:
289:
287:
284:
280:
278:
274:
268:
265:
257:
255:
253:
249:
245:
241:
237:
236:thriller film
234:
230:
229:
212:
208:
205:
202:
198:
193:
190:
185:
181:
177:
173:
169:
165:
161:
157:
154:
150:
147:
143:
135:
131:
127:
123:
118:
114:
110:
107:United States
106:
102:
99:
96:
92:
87:
83:
79:
76:
72:
68:
64:
61:
56:
52:
49:
46:
42:
38:
32:
27:
24:
20:
646:
638:
630:
622:
615:
614:
606:
598:
590:
582:
574:
566:
513:
492:. Retrieved
473:
466:
454:. Retrieved
446:
440:
432:
420:. Retrieved
414:
408:
407:"TV Review:
400:
389:. Retrieved
385:the original
380:
371:
356:
352:
344:
338:
336:
317:Tyrees Allen
302:Bruce Abbott
285:
281:
273:condominiums
269:
261:
248:Bruce Abbott
227:
226:
225:
175:Running time
98:Stephen Cohn
82:Bruce Abbott
22:
624:Homewrecker
556:Fred Walton
494:16 February
456:16 February
422:16 February
304:as John Doe
264:toxic waste
240:Fred Walton
204:USA Network
128:Jon Epstein
89:Ben Loggins
69:Fred Walton
66:Directed by
60:Fred Walton
57:Steve Feke
671:1989 films
665:Categories
568:The Sitter
447:people.com
391:2021-01-27
363:References
308:Katy Boyer
254:co-stars.
252:Katy Boyer
217:1989-06-14
178:92 minutes
120:Production
86:Katy Boyer
54:Written by
333:Reception
133:Producers
319:as Danny
310:as Renni
94:Music by
74:Starring
48:Thriller
616:Trapped
514:Trapped
441:Trapped
409:Trapped
357:Trapped
228:Trapped
215: (
210:Release
200:Network
115:English
23:Trapped
651:(1996)
643:(1995)
635:(1993)
627:(1992)
619:(1989)
611:(1988)
603:(1987)
595:(1986)
587:(1983)
579:(1979)
571:(1977)
485:
451:People
346:People
167:Editor
149:Dallas
44:Genre
519:IMDb
496:2017
483:ISBN
458:2017
424:2017
290:Cast
258:Plot
246:and
517:at
381:BFI
667::
477:.
449:.
445:.
413:.
379:.
348:'s
547:e
540:t
533:v
498:.
460:.
443:"
426:.
394:.
219:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
