Moment of Truth: Stalking Back (1993)

I remember watching this movie back in 1993-and recently was thinking about it, and looked it up. The scenes burned into my memory would be the umpire looking at his collection of baseball cards of Laurissa as she gets older and the final scene of her nearly getting raped in her garage.The fact that up until that time it was perfectly legal what this guy was doing to this poor girl was horrific. I'm glad the laws are in place now, however, she had about 3-4 years taken from her life by this guy and that is so beyond wrong! I am unsure if this is her real name, I have been trying to find out what I can on the actual case.

Since this film was based on a true story it deserves mention. Laurisa was in fact stalked by an older man who worked as an umpire with the girl's softball team, in St. Petersburg, Fl.Shanna Reed portrays the mother, frustrated by a system that does not protect her daughter. LuAnn Ponce is the daughter, Laurisa, who is stalked by an unbalanced, and dangerous man.Tom Kurlander does an excellent job as the stalker; passive-aggressive; he follows the family, trails Laurisa and her friends, and makes her life a veritable nightmare. At that time. legally, the police could not do anything, until there was some sort of concrete threat. (If you remember the case of Rebecca Schaefer "My Sister Sam" and how she was murdered by Robert John Bardo you will see a similar case study).The film concludes with legislation that was enacted in 1992, to protect victims from stalkers, before it is too late. It would be interesting to see a new film made, about more recent cases, and what laws protect the victims of this crime.

This movie opened my eyes to alot of things.1. some men are just crazy.2.The police don't help innocent people unless somebody hurts them or kills them.3.that we need more people like larissa's mom.Although I did not agree with what she was doing to her husband. She basically shut him out because he didn't do anything to kurt. if he would have kurt would have still won because her husband would have been in jail.other than that point, i admire the fact that she would stop at nothing to protect her daughter. This is a movie that every woman needs to see.The guy who plays kurt is an incredible actor. I just saw another movie with him in it i'll be commenting on that one too.5*****stars

It's overwhelming to know that a young girl of 14 was stalked by a 20 something man! And the worst part is the police did nothing. I sugest that young and middle aged women should see this movie because you never know if some one is watching you. After you have seen this movie you will know whow to deal with people like Curtis, look out for warning signs of a potential stalker an know how to protect your self!