Susan Wilson (Angie Harmon, TV's Law & Order), her husband Gary (Dale Midkiff), and their two children move into their dream house in a quiet small town. They are delighted with their new life, except for their neighbor, respected church deacon Steve Glover (Jamey Sheridan, Life As A House, The Ice Storm), a pest who offers unwanted handyman help around their house and seems to follow Susan wherever she goes.
One day Steve makes a comment that leads Susan to believe that he might be spying on her. She and Gary hire a security consultant who searches their home but cannot find any listening devices. still concerned, Susan tells her suspicions to girlfriends who help her flip into the Glover's home when they are gone. What the girls find is shocking. They see recording and videotaping equipment plus a pile of tapes. Susan watches some of the tapes in horror as her bedroom fills the screen with her most intimate moments with Gary. There are also tapes of her taking a shower and getting dressed. Susan then finds more hidden equipment in her own attic, including small holes that have been cut into the ceiling above her master bedroom and bathroom.
Devastated by the invasion of their privacy, Susan suffers psychological trauma. Gary debates whether to involve the police since the publicity might drive Susan into further depression. He confronts Steve and convinces him to turn himself in, but Steve's spotless reputation, combined with false rumors that he spreads about Susan, causes the town to sympathize with him rather than Susan.
The nightmare really begins when Susan is told there is no law protecting people from being secretly videotaped, even in their own homes. With nowhere left to turn, Susan decides she must go public, regardless of how painful and embarrassing it will be. She must raise public awareness of the seriousness of this crime and the need to change the outmoded laws governing it. Based on a true story.
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