Single White Female (1992)

Single White Female (1992)

Drama/Thriller

Allison 'Allie' Jones works as a software designer in New York, she is engaged to Sam Rawson. In the middle of the night Sam's ex-wife Lisa calls and it becomes clear Sam has been sleeping with her recently. Hurt and angry Allison throws Sam out of the apartment and breaks off the engagement. Allie is comforted by her neighbor Graham Knox. Next day Allie has a business luch with Mitchell Myerson, who is interested in buying her new program. Since he is Allison's first client, she agrees to lowering the price and accepts the offer. After a breakup with Sam, Allison feels kind of lonely and decides to put an ad to newspaper in relation to find a roommate. Through many candidates that don't fit to her, Hedra Carlson appears on her door step and they seem to getting alone fine. Allison and Hedra's friendship grows deeper as they spend more time together. By time it becomes clear to Allison that Hedy as she nicknamed her has seriously disturbed mind. One night when Allison comes home, she sees Hedra in front of a mirror, dressed and even having a same haircut as her. She follows Hedy to a nightclub and rushes back to get advice from her neighbor. Graham advices Allie to get rid of Hedra before he does it himself. When Allie asks Hedra to find herself a new place to live, Hedra makes a desperate act to destroy
Allie's life, she visits Sam in the hotel and has an intercourse with him. They get into a big fight over telling Allison about their one night affair. Hedra kills Sam with only a shoe and tries to hide it smoothly from Allison in the next morning. Allie finds out about Sam's death in television news program and freaks out, trying to hide it from Hedra. She hides Allison in Graham's apartment. Hedra leaves the apartment, leaving Allison alone, who tries to find a way to make other people know she's there. Police arrives at Graham's apartment door, hearing loud music. Hedra arrives in time, promising to keep the voice down and punishes Allie by hitting her. Situation gets out of control when Graham wakes up in the bathroom and tries to save Allison, but gets hurt again. Hedra strangles Allison to her death in the elevator, she leaves for some moments
and when she arrives back, Allie's body is gone. Allison attacks Hedra with a knife in her back and finally sees her giving up. Hedra dies instantly.
Produced and directed by Barbet Schroeder, who produced comedy-romance movie Barfly in 1987 and directed biographic
mystery movie Reversal Of Fortune in 1990.
Screenplay written by Don Roos, who wrote drama Love Field in 1992.

Cast: Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman, Stephen Tobolowsky