A good thriller that could have been called The Tenant if someone hadn't already used the title. Michael Keaton and Melanie Griffith both deliver spot-on performances in the offbeat, unsettling tale of a couple (Griffith, Matthew Modine), who spend every cent to buy a period house (with the intention of leasing two of its three flats), then fall foul of a new tenant (Keaton) who stalls on paying the rent. They soon find out that, as the lease has been signed by both parties, the law is on the squatter's side. But this is no ordinary tenant; and this aspect of the plot makes for some suspenseful and exciting later developments. The fact that almost none of this holds water, but still grips our attention is a tribute to John Schlesinger's direction of it, and to the performances of the stars, although Modine is a little bland in the least interesting of three main roles. Carl Lumbly makes his mark as the tenant they should (and, but for an accident, would) have taken on before Keaton arrives and Griffith's real-life mother Tippi Hedren is in for a cameo.