It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Brilliant and touching

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

I should probably start by stating that I don't regret watching "Are you in the House Alone?". On the other hand, however, if I had known from beforehand that this was primarily a family melodrama rather than a psycho stalk thriller, I never even would have bothered. The least you can say is that certain things here are slightly misleading. Yours truly is a horror fan! With such a title, film poster and plot synopsis like these, I was expecting a horror/thriller but there isn't a single casualty. I'll be the first to admit there are a few suspenseful moments and, more importantly, the film features many eerie trademarks that later would be copied & pasted in countless of other (and real) slasher movies like menacing phone calls, stalkers' notes and POV camera shots. Sadly, though, that's not what the film is aiming for. Even the whole "mystery" surrounding the stalker's identity is easy to predict, as the stare in his eyes pretty much betrays the perverted rapist quite early in the flashback already. The real story is about the - incredibly cute - teenage girl Gail Osborne of whom we learn at the very beginning of the film that she was raped in her own living room. What follows is a long flashback that clarifies how Gail arrives at a new school and quickly becomes a popular student among the male population of the school; and that includes teachers and boys. She finds disturbing little notes in her school's locker and at home she receives nasty phone calls with uncomfortable silences, creepy laughter and eventually the titular question. For some bizarre reason, there's also a totally irrelevant and dull sub-plot about Gail's father having lost his job and both her parents concealing this for their almost adult daughter. The final act, taking place after the rape, is reasonably interesting but, again, it's drama instead of thrills. Kathleen Beller is an indescribably beautiful lead girl in peril, but if you want to see a truly tense film dealing with similar themes I advise you to check out either "Black Christmas" (1974) or "When a Stranger Calls" (1979)

***SPOILERS*** The both buxom-34 C bra size-as well as cute as a Barbi Doll Kathleen Beller is high school student Gail Osborne who at the beginning of the movie is rushed to the hospital after being raped while she was babysitting for a neighbor's child. The film then goes on to show in a number of flashbacks the hell Gail was going through in and out of school with and admirer-or better yet creep-from afar stalking and phoning her as well as leaving crazy and threatening messages that drove her almost to the point of a nervous breakdown.This all began when Gail started dating Steve Pastorinis, Scott Colomby, that seemed to have set off the person who feeling rejected started putting the squeeze on Gail with a number of obscene phone calls as well as letters or notes stuck on her high school locker.Trying to get support from her friends and parents they in fact told her to just forget about it and go on with her life. Things got even more worse for Gail when she found out that her dad big time architect Neil Osborne, Tony Bill, got laid off from his job forcing her mom Anne, Blythe Danner, to were the pants , by getting a job as a real estate broker, in the family which is why her parents took her being harassed so lightly.****SPOILERS**** It's later that Gail together with her boyfriend Steve took matters into their own hands by setting up a trap for the person who's stalking as well as raped, he still didn't learn his lesson, her to get caught red handed when this time around, when caught with his pants down, tried to murder her. The ending was anything but satisfying for Gail in that her rapist using an insanity defense almost got away all Scott free to commit rape again but only being expelled or forced to leave school due to his parents money and political clout in town. But the good point in all this is wherever he goes to school and collage if anyone is raped he'll be the #1 suspect and, if in fact he did it, not be able to get away with it as easily as he did with Gail Osborne.

Found a very low quality version on youtube. Thought it was going to be a creepy 70's horror but this was not a horror film at all. Or much of a thriller. It was more of a drama about rape. However, I could only bear 20 minutes before giving up because of the terrible acting, the lack of anything happening and the really, really slow pacing.Every scene dragged.All the characters were dull. The storyline was uneventful.

A young high school student begins getting creepy phone calls which eventually leads to her being stalked in 'Are You in the House Alone?". Gail Osborne is a sweet teenage girl who begins going out with classmate Steve. Eventually, she gets a phone call from an anonymous person who does the whole heavy breathing routine. It gets worse from there as Gail gets a note in her locker stating "I'm watching you". We get our list of suspects early on... is it the creepy photography teacher, Gail's current boyfriend or her ex boyfriend? Gail takes a babysitting job in town and that's when the stalker gets close and sadly Gail is raped by this person. We know who did it, and the rest of the film shows Gail trying to prove this person did this to her.'Are You in the House Alone' is actually an important film for it's time as it tackles tough topics such a rape and women's rights. It isn't so much a horror film (like the title might make it seem) as it is a suspense/mystery movie. We spend a lot of the film trying to figure out who the stalker is. Once we find out the identity of the person, it's hard to watch Gail have to prove it to her closest friend and even the courts/police. Some of the stalking scenes were REALLY well done, and add creepiness to the movie.The acting was very well done from Kathleen Beller, Scott Colomby, Robin Mattson and a young Dennis Quaid. Where the film lacks is it's pacing. It drags on quite a bit, and focuses a lot of the time on Gail's family issues and her father who's been recently laid off of his job. Good performances by her parents Blythe Danner and Tony Bill. I recommend seeing this 70's made for TV film for sure. It's only ever been released on VHS, but is online as well. It's a slower moving movie, but definitely has it's moments7/10