"This baby's making a prisoner of me....I can't do anything. I can't go any place. I don't even see my husband... I don't want him to see me this way."

"I have no intention of hiring a cook or a housekeeper or any other servants....Ever...I don't want anybody else but me to do anything for you. I want to keep your house and wash your clothes and cook your food....And besides, I don't want anybody else in the house but us....Ever."

"Mrs. Berent: There's nothing wrong with Ellen. It's just that she loves too much. Perhaps that isn't good. It makes outsiders of everyone else. But she can't help it. You must be patient with her. She loved her father too much."

"Chill Wills - Leick Thome"

"The sin she committed in the name of love could not be judged by man...or punished by law!"

"Mary Philips - Mrs. Berent"

"'Every book's a confession,' my father always said. Course, you have to read between the lines."

"Hanniger! I'll be waiting in hell for you! Harry? Harry, I'm coming! This whole FUCKING TOWN is going to die! We're coming back, you bastards! HAHAHAHA. Sarah, be my bloody valentine. HAHAHAHA. Daaaddy's gone away, Harry Warden made you pay."

"There's more than one way to lose your heart..."

"Harry's out to steal your heart."

"Don Francks — Chief Jake Newby"

"Keith Knight — Hollis"

"Neil Affleck — Axel Palmer"

"Alf Humphreys — Howard Landers"

"Cynthia Dale — Patty"

"I think we created a film where the tension, the mystery, the characters, and the storyline itself were quite engrossing. The human drama was very effective, so that it still worked as a scary movie even though you didn’t see all the blood."

"Patricia Hamilton — Mabel Osborne"

"Lori Hallier — Sarah"

"Don Siegel - Murphy"

"James McEachin - Al Monte"

"Clarice Taylor - Birdie"

"Jessica Walter - Evelyn Draper"

"Donna Mills - Tobie Williams"

"An invitation to terror"

"John Larch - Sgt. McCallum"

"[menacing Tobie with a pair of scissors] I hope Dave likes what he sees when he gets here. Because that's what he's taking to Hell with him!"

"The scream you hear may be your own!"

"Clint Eastwood - Dave Garver"

"Irene Hervey - Madge"

"Jack Ging - Frank"

"You haven't got the faintest idea of what love is, we don't even know each other."

"[from her tape, which Dan is listening to] Hello, Dan. Are you surprised? This is what you’ve reduced me to. I guess you thought you'd get away with it. Well... you can't. 'Cause part of you is growing inside of me, and that's a fact, Dan. You'd better start... learning how to deal with it. ‘Cause, you know, I... I feel you. I taste you. I think you. I touch you. Can you understand? Can you? I'm just... asking you... to acknowledge your responsibilities. Is that so bad? I-I-I don't think so. I mean, I don't think it's unreasonable. And... you know, another thing... is that you thought you could just walk into my life, and turn it upside down, without a thought for anyone but yourself. You know what you are, Dan? You are a cock-sucking son of a bitch. I hate you. I bet you don't even like real girls, do you? Ha! You disappoint me, you fucking faggot!"

"[to Dan, who is listening to another taped message] You thought you could just walk into my life without a thought for anybody but yourself. You know what you are, Dan? You’re a cock-sucking fucking son of a bitch. You are. I bet you don’t even like girls, do you? They probably scare you. Well, I know I do. So you’re scared of me, aren’t you? You’re fucking frightened of me, huh? You’re afraid. You’re afraid, aren’t you? You gutless, heartless, spineless bastard. I hate you. You deserve everything you get!"

"[to Dan] Well, what am I supposed to do? You won't answer my calls, you change your number. I mean, I'm not gonna be ignored, Dan!"

"[to Jimmy] She keeps calling the apartment. Every time Beth answers the phone, she hangs up. I'm scared Jimmy, and I don't want to lose my family."

"[to Dan] We were attracted to each other at the party, that was obvious. You're on your own for the night, that's also obvious... we're two adults."

"[to Beth] What are you doing here? Why are you here? He tried...to say goodbye to me last night. But he couldn't because...he and I feel the same way about each other. Do you know how it is when you meet somebody for the first time? And you get this instant attraction. And don't you think I understand what you're doing? You're trying to move him into the country...and you're keeping him away from me. And you're playing happy family. Aren't you? [begins to slice her own leg with a butcher knife] You wouldn't understand that because you're so...so selfish. He told me about you. He told me about you. He was very honest. If you weren't so stupid, you'd know that. But you're so stupid. You're so stupid! You're a stupid, selfish bitch!"

"Meg Mundy - Joan Rogerson, Beth's mother"

"Tom Brennan - Howard Rogerson, Beth's father"

"Lois Smith - Martha, Dan's secretary"

"Fred Gwynne - Arthur"

"J. J. Johnston - O'Rourke"

"[on the phone to Alex] If you ever come near my family again, I'll kill you. Do you understand?"

"Mike Nussbaum - Bob Drimmer"

"Glenn Close - Alexandra "Alex" Forrest"

"Anne Archer - Beth Rogerson Gallagher"

"Michael Douglas - Dan Gallagher"

"Ellen Hamilton Latzen - Ellen Gallagher"

"Stuart Pankin - Jimmy"

"Once the woman begins behaving as if she had a right to a share in the lawyer's life, she becomes the dreaded lunatic of horror movies. But with a difference: she parrots the aggressively angry, self-righteous statements that have become commonplaces of feminist fiction, and they're so inappropriate to the circumstances that they’re the proof she's loco. They're also Lyne's and the scriptwriter James Dearden's hostile version of feminism."