Stalkers (2025) Review

Stalkers opens with the violent murder of Charlotte’s adoptive parents. We then go to
Los Angeles, to a porn set, where we meet Tatiana Swann, a moderately famous porn
star. Tatiana is growing weary of her job. That night, she gets a call from Michigan Child
Services, Justine, a girl Tatiana (real name: Kate Swanson) went to high school with.
Charlotte, it turns out, was birthed by Kate when she was 17 after being raped at a
party, and given up for adoption. Justine wants Kate to take custody of Charlotte,
something that Kate dismisses.

Until the next day. After being forced to have sex with a producer for her next film, Kate
decides she is done with porn, and decides to give motherhood a try. She packs up –
including her bearded dragon, Stella – and heads off to Michigan. She meets Charlotte,
and it takes them a couple tries to be decent to one another. Charlotte goes back to the
motel with Kate, where they are approached by a shady man who appears to sneak a
microphone onto the car (nothing really comes of this, which is good because I cannot
find the logic in this). While grocery shopping, Kate runs into Mike, a guy she went to
high school with. He offers her a house to stay in that he inherited. Kate checks it out; it
seems too good to be true, a huge mansion with an indoor pool. She and Charlotte
move in. Everything seems great so far, but then Justine warns Kate about Mike,
showing her the massive scar he left her with after he freaked out on a date and
stabbed her. Kate decides that they will move out tomorrow.

While Kate and Charlotte are out for dinner they meet some local high school kids, led
by Corey, who is caught somewhere between being annoying and hitting on Kate. She
and Charlotte leave, and later that night, Corey discovers that Kate is really porn actress
Tatiana Swann. He becomes obsessed with her, and convinces his girlfriend Aubrey to
go with him, drive around town and look for her car. They finally find it and her house.
Corey sits outside, watching her through the window while Aubrey goes down on him.
After, he decides they need to break in and have sex there. From there, the killer comes
in and things go crazy.

First of all, this movie is way too long. There are too many plot points jammed in that
take away from the real plot, which, I think, is who killed Charlotte’s parents, and why.
They do end up solving that, mostly, though it’s a dumb reason. There is too much time
spent with Corey, Aubrey, and the other high school kids, and there is ultimately no

good reason for it. The idea that Mike may or may not be psychotic is never answered:
did he really stab Justine? If not, why is she lying, and where did her scar come from?
And what was up with the guy who planted a microphone on them? He is never
explained, the purpose of the mic is never explained, it was just a big black hole.

Also, why is it called Stalkers? As best as I can tell, there is only one Stalker. Unless
you count the high school kid a stalker…? Maybe the guy who left a mic on Kate?

The acting across the board was fine. Kate (Olivia Stadler) is a little gruff and curses a
lot, and I get the feeling that she is trying to put aside her comedy chops and get a little
more serious. Justine (Allisha Pelletier) plays crazy well; maybe her story about Mike
(Abbas Wahab) is false. Meanwhile, Mike feels like a really nice guy. I tend not to
believe Justine’s story about him.

Overall, Stalkers wasn’t great; it wasn’t terrible. It just was. I really can’t get past the
long, disjointed script.