# Pacific Heights (1990)

> A young San Francisco couple’s dream home becomes a legal and psychological battleground when a predatory tenant turns eviction into calculated terror.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1955

## Facts

- Runtime: 102 min
- Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
- Director: John Schlesinger
- Cast: Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, Michael Keaton, Mako, Nobu McCarthy, Laurie Metcalf, Carl Lumbly, Dorian Harewood
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100318/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: paranoid, claustrophobic, foreboding, late night thriller viewing, hitchcockian suspense marathon

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