Jodie foster stars in this thriller based on the novel by laird koenig following the mysterious death of her father 13 year old rynn jacobs foster continues to live alone in her family home in order to protect her home and existence rynn tries to convince her suspicious neighbours snobbish landlady and the concerned police force that her father is simply out of town on business but her landladys seedy son frank martin sheen also begins to take an avid interest in the lonely teens sit