The film stars Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley, Amber Heard and Jon Tenney.

In a suburban Utah house, Grady Edwards shaves off his beard, dyes his hair, and removes his brown contact lenses.

When the police investigate, it is said that another family in New Jersey was murdered in a similar manner not long ago, which causes them to believe there is a serial killer on the loose.

Susan Harding, a recently divorced Oregon housewife, is shopping in a grocery store with her youngest children when she meets Grady, who introduces himself as "David Harris", and claims that his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident.

Susan's eldest son, Michael, returns home from military school and is immediately suspicious of his mother's new fiancé.

Doubts about David mount further when he quits his job working as a real estate agent for Susan's sister, Jackie, to avoid displaying a photo ID and other forms of identification.

While Michael's girlfriend Kelly tries to get him to focus on college applications, he grows more obsessed with the contradictions in David's stories.

The website's consensus reads: "This tepid remake of the 1987 cult classic lacks the tension and satirical undercurrents of the original.

"[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 33 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.

[12] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "This remake turns a fondly remembered horror/thriller into a mild and tedious suspense film.

"[13] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote of the film being "a handsome, thoughtfully crafted production that generates a mounting terror securely anchored by assured performances, consistent psychological persuasiveness and believable dialogue.