10 Great Yuppie Horror Movies

3. Unlawful Entry

Ray Liotta and Kurt Russell in Unlawful Entry
Largo Entertainment

When ads for Neil Labute's evil cop/nasty neighbour film Lakeview Terrace first aired, it was hard not to recall this 1992 thriller. When couple Kurt Russell and Madeliene Stowe's upscale L.A. home (where else?) is burglarized, they employ a security system.

Officer Ray Liotta helps them set up the code (note to all: criminals and cops will guess "pyramid" if they've seen this film), and takes a liking to Stowe and befriends her husband. It becomes quickly obvious that Liotta's mental state isn't quite up to police mental tests, but his character further insinuates himself in their lives.

1992 - the year when America began distrusting the police, climaxing with a riot that burned a city and still haunts the streets of L.A. today. The tension between police and citizens was so severe that not even white, well-to-do white folk were safe

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Kenny Hedges is carbon-based. So I suppose a simple top 5 in no order will do: Halloween, Crimes and Misdemeanors, L.A. Confidential, Billy Liar, Blow Out He has his own website - thefilmreal.com - and is always looking for new writers with differing views to broaden the discussion.