5 Stalker Films That Will Make You Think Twice About Your Next BFF

The phrase "Best Friends Until the Very End" gets a whole new meaning...

1. SINGLE WHITE FEMALE

Single White Female is THE horror story of roommate horror stories. After kicking out her cheating ex-boyfriend, Allie decides to look for a brand new roommate. Hedy seems like the perfect fit, and Allie doesn't seem to mind all the attention Hedy gives her... at first. Allie soon begins to realize that Hedy is beginning to emulate her with scary adoration. Hedy even goes so far as to cut, dye, and style her hair identically to the way Allie does hers so that they look exactly alike-- talk about freaky! What at first appears to be a match-made-in-heaven soon turns from best friend to murderous stalker in this psychological thriller.

2. THE GIFT

Gifts are nice... except for when they come from a creepy 'friend' that you haven't seen in over 20 years. Jason Bateman and Joel Edgerton star in this unsettling psychological thriller about how the secrets from our past can come back to haunt us. When Simon (Bateman) moves to LA with his wife, he runs into an old high school acquaintance, Gordo (Edgerton), who he doesn't seem to recognize at first. But after a series of uninvited encounters and strange gifts from Gordo, a horrifying secret about their past is revealed. Moral of the story: be nice to the weird kid.

2. POISON IVY

Drew Barrymore plays Ivy, an orphan from a poor family who is attending a private high school on a scholarship. Ivy begins to befriend an antisocial and reclusive classmate named Sylvie Cooper (Sara Gilbert), and the two soon become the best of friends. In fact, they become so close that Ivy and Sylvie get to live out every pair of bestie's dreams when Ivy moves out of her own home and into the Cooper household. But Sylvie soon realizes that Ivy's friendship comes at a cost... and it's deadly. Coming from a poor family, Ivy covets the Cooper's luxurious lifestyle and plots her sinister plan to take over the household that consists of seducing Sylvie's father, murdering her mother, and framing Sylvie for the crime. Yikes.

3. SUN CHOKE

Strangers are just friends we haven't met yet... right? After watching Sun Choke, you may not think so. As Janie (Sarah Hagan) recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker Irma (Barbara Crampton). After Janie begins to exhibit small improvements in her basic human interactions, Irma decides that it is finally time to give Janie a little more freedom. While driving around aimlessly one day, Janie comes across Savannah (Sara Malakul Lane) and quickly develops an unsettling obsession with this intriguing stranger. Janie's buried demons soon surface and her obsession kick-starts a chain of events that includes frequent stalking, psychological torture, and outright murder.

5. THE ROOMMATE

Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly star in this horrifying thriller that will make you appreciate the weird but ultimately harmless roommate you had back in college. When college freshman Sara (Kelly) arrives on campus for the first time, she befriends her roommate, Rebecca (Meester), unaware that the girl is becoming dangerously obsessed with her. Instead of a best friend, Rebecca begins to act like a jealous girlfriend who erupts in violent rages and questions Sara for staying out too late and not returning her phone calls. Rebecca will do anything to become closer to Sara, and may the universe help anyone who decides to get in her way. After watching The Roommate, you'll want to avoid living with randoms for the rest of your life.