Striking Poses
1999 film by Gail Harvey
Striking Poses is a 1999 American direct-to-video thriller film directed by Gail Harvey and starring Shannen Doherty as a paparazzo photographer who becomes a photography victim herself, of a dangerous stalker.
Plot
A woman tries to bury a blood-stained shirt before checking into a motel under a fake ID, 'Julie Summerfield'. She is located by two detectives who reveal her true identity, Gage Sullivan. Gage reveals she is a freelance photographer who became a paparazzo because it pays well and she is good at it. Soon, she starts being harassed by an unknown person who photographs her. Furthermore, he breaks into her house and leaves traces of his presence to scare her. Gage calls the police, but they do not believe her. She decides to focus on her job, cheating her way into a private health club where she catches soap opera star April Indigo snorting cocaine. Her assistant, Casey Roper, helps her leave the party, but her stalker follows her and takes photographs of her.
Gage hires security consultant Nick Angel to help her change her identity, hoping to get rid of her stalker.
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