, ▁upon ▁learning ▁the ▁k iller ' s ▁real ▁name , ▁hur ries ▁back ▁to ▁his ▁house , ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁workers , ▁left ▁behind ▁to ▁guard ▁Sarah , ▁is ▁Jack o ▁( Paul ▁Nicholas ). ▁At ▁the ▁house , ▁Jack o , ▁still ▁searching ▁for ▁the ▁bra ce let , ▁h ides ▁in ▁the ▁bath room ▁and ▁cru elly ▁watch es ▁sar ah ▁get ▁und ress ed ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁bath , ▁then ▁searches ▁through ▁her ▁clothes ▁on ▁the ▁floor ▁for ▁his ▁lost ▁bra ce let . ▁When ▁Sarah ▁un int ention ally ▁gra bs ▁his ▁hand ▁while ▁reaching ▁for ▁her ▁clothes , ▁he ▁then ▁attempts ▁to ▁d rown ▁Sarah ▁in ▁the ▁bath , ▁but ▁Steve ▁returns ▁just ▁in ▁time ▁to ▁rescue ▁her . ▁ ▁Cast ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁Development ▁Inter view ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁writer ▁Brian ▁C lem ens ▁re called ▁that ▁he ▁wrote ▁the ▁script ▁' on ▁spec ' ▁and ▁Columbia ▁Pictures ▁told ▁him : ▁"' Well , ▁if ▁M ia ▁F arrow ▁plays ▁the ▁lead , ▁we ' ll ▁buy ▁it ,' ▁and ▁she ▁read ▁it ▁and ▁liked ▁it , ▁and ▁so ▁they ▁bought ▁it ▁and ▁we ▁shot ▁it .' " ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁a ▁co - production ▁between ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁Fil ming ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁Ber k shire , ▁England , ▁with ▁a ▁mainly ▁British ▁cast ▁and ▁crew . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁and ▁criticism ▁Its ▁the atr ical ▁release