Not a fan of lifetime movies as a rule as there's a formula to them, tons of cliches, weak writing, B casting, unlikable characters and predictable conclusions. Who wants to waste time on all these lack of qualities? On occasion, something breaks through that makes it interesting, you do care about the fictional people on the screen, and the film keeps you enthralled in spite of the film's overall weakness.

The attraction here for me is a presence of the Anthony Perkins in his last film, playing a mysterious man following August Rosanna Arquette during a time when women are being brutally tortured then murdered then their bodies found in the woods. Arquette is a friend of one of the victims and at her funeral, meets detective Will Patton who is on the case. The reason that Arquette is being stalked by Perkins is a bizarre twist, related to her brother who is made the top suspect.

The film keeps you guessing as to who the Killer is, and just as you're sure that it's one person, more clues are dropped that points the finger towards someone else. Is it actually someone that you're seeing on screen or will there be a split off down the road that takes it into another direction? That's what makes this certainly above average for a lifetime movie, with decent but not great performances, and it's a film that you can watch, enjoy it for what it is then move on and forget about.

Back to back, from one decent TV thriller ('Through the Eyes of a Killer') to somewhat another. Yeah somewhat. I'm kind of lukewarm on it. 'In the Deep Woods' had the ingredients for a tight, relentless and interesting thriller, but director Charles Correll's sinuously pedestrian handling and Robert Nathan and Robert Rosenblum's material (adapted from Nicholas Conde's novel) piles on the red herrings and all too convenient developments. By being a knotty plot, it keeps you off balance and never strikes me as predictable. It's just hard to believe some incidents, as some things that occur just had me thinking "Oh, why?". Everything seems to move at a snail's pace, but you stay with it because you want to know how it'll pan out. There's a few effective suspenseful sequences and a very dreary tone streaming through it, but there's just too many generic and replicate patterns. Its well shot, edited and leanly scored. This would be Anthony Perkins last role, and it's a blank performance (just think of his failing condition),but his stable presence eventually wins out. The perky Patricia Arquette is suitably fine in the heroine role. As for Will Patton, he looks lost at sea with his character.

I don't watch 90s movies often, i'm more of an 80s and 70s kind of gal myself, but this was a nice change of pace. Rosanne Arquette is gorgeous and so perfectly 90s, and Anthony Perkins is amazing as always. Not bad for a TV movie but extremely formulaic in the way that Tobe Hooper's Toolbox Murders was. And enjoyable in the same way that one was too. There are a lot of plot holes however, and it's very melodramatic. The stupid argument with the boyfriend just made me livid with how unrealistic and petty it was. A good thing was the outfits. But is that really to their credit? They just dressed like they were from 1992. They were. It's only enjoyable in retrospect. Another thing was the soundtrack- at times. It wasn't great all the way through but at times it surpassed the general mediocrity. For a TV movie though, surprisingly not bad. Overall fun to watch.