# The Crush (1993)

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**Runtime**: 89 min
**Genres**: Thriller, Drama
**Directed by**: Alan Shapiro
**Written by**: Alan Shapiro
**Starring**: Cary Elwes, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Rubin, Kurtwood Smith, Amber Benson, Gwynyth Walsh

> *He thought it was just a crush. He was dead wrong.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Summer dusk, lawn mower humming, a teenage girl's gaze lingers on a writer, setup for a dark obsession, 
Director Alan Shapiro helms this 90s thriller.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw, sexy

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