Peter Derns, an executive at Mrs. Appleby's Cooke Company, fears his future prospects are crumbling fast, until the arrival of Kris Bolin, a gorgeous, cooly efficient temp - and sultry temptress - who helps him develop a marketing campaign that slays the competition. But after two executives mysteriously die, Peter discovers his job security may vanish due to the one person he needs to trust: his temp.
Acting
Lara Flynn Boyle commits to absolutely deranged energy
Production
Cookie factory as horror location: genuinely inspired
Costume
Power suits and shoulder pads doing heavy lifting
Director
Tom Holland
Timothy Hutton
Peter Derns
Lara Flynn Boyle
Kris Bolin
Dwight Schultz
Roger Jasser
Oliver Platt
Jack Hartsell
Steven Weber
Brad Montroe
Colleen Flynn
Sara Meinhold
Faye Dunaway
Charlene Towne
Scott Coffey
Lance
Dakin Matthews
Dr. Feldman
Maura Tierney
Sharon Derns
Lin Shaye
Rosemary
Michael Winters
Mercer
Demene E. Hall
Marla Higgins
Jesse Vint
Larry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of a brief 90s boom of 'yuppie horror' films where office culture became the new haunted house.
Critics savaged it, but Boyle's performance anticipates the 'cool girl' archetype dissected in Gone Girl—she weaponizes male anxiety about competent women.
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