Pacific Heights is another movie about yuppies in danger. This time, it’s Drake Goodman (Matthew Modine) and Patty Palmer (Melanie Griffith) who co-purchase and restore a Victorian house in San Francisco, then rent the downstairs apartment to pay the bills.
The new tenant is Carter Hayes (Michael Keaton), a psycho who never pays rent or security, refuses to leave, and turns his landlords’ lives into a living hell.
There are some genuinely scary and suspenseful sequences, thanks to the irony and polish of John Schlesinger’s direction, but the real horror here is the insane laws protecting the rights of tenants, even when they are homicidal maniacs.
Patty Palmer
Melanie Griffith Drake Goodman
Matthew Modine Carter Hayes
Michael Keaton Toshio Watanabe
Mako Mira Watanabe
Nobu McCarthy Stephanie MacDonald
Laurie Metcalf Lou Baker
Carl Lumbly Dennis Reed
Dorian Harewood Greg
Luca Bercovici Florence Peters
Tippi Hedren Liz Hamilton
Sheila McCarthy Bennett Fidlow
Jerry Hardin District Attorney
James Staley
Director John Schlesinger
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The new tenant is Carter Hayes (Michael Keaton), a psycho who never pays rent or security, refuses to leave, and turns his landlords’ lives into a living hell.
