Claustrophobia (2003 film)

Written and directed by Mark Tapio Kines, it stars Melanie Lynskey, Sheeri Rappaport, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Will Collyer, and Judith O'Dea.

In a quiet neighborhood just outside Oakland, California, the locals are held hostage by fear when a serial killer armed with a crossbow begins to stalk and kill residents from their rooftops.

[3] Dread Central called film "a complete and utter waste of time, money (both yours if you rent it and whatever small amount the filmmakers spent on making it), and crossbow bolts, which I'm sure could've been put to better use hunting innocent woodland creatures or something".

[4] In a more positive appraisal, Fangoria's Michael Gingold commended the film for doing "something different and, given current horror trends, risky: generating fear from a story that takes place entirely during a sunny day".

[1] He noted that "Kines and the actresses nicely sketch the trio's contrasting and conflicting personalities before they realize that their lives are in jeopardy, and then build palpable tension as they try to figure a way out of their predicament", adding that the film gave a realistic depiction of women under pressure: "This [feels like] what ordinary people might do if a maniac was [really] stomping around on their roof".