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Film / Paranoid (2000)

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You're not paranoid if people really are after you...

British movie from 2000, with Jessica Alba as Chloe, a stressed-out model who goes to visit her boyfriend outside London... and then gets kidnapped by a Big, Screwed-Up Family headed by Iain Glen and Jeanne Tripplehorn. The film also features Mischa Barton and Gina Bellman in supporting roles.

Exhibits these tropes

  • The Cavalry: Clive at the end.
  • Children Are Innocent: Theresa (Mischa Barton) is the only member of the family who tries to help Chloe.
  • Cruel Twist Ending: Although Chloe's rescued and back in London, she still has no idea she has multiple stalkers.
  • Damsel in Distress: Chloe for most of the film.
  • Fanservice: Outside of the fashion show at the beginning, not much.
  • Stalker with a Crush: Turns out to be Stalkers with Crushes. Clive, who spies on her, but finds out she's kidnapped and even helps catch the kidnappers. Her other stalker is her ex-boyfriend in London.

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