Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story
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Escape From Terror: The Teresa Stamper is a 1995 movie based on a true story from Unsolved Mysteries. It stars Adam Storke
, Maria Pitillo
, Brad Dourif
and Cindy Williams
.
PLOT
The movie begins with an introduction from Teresa Stamper giving an interview about her ex-husband Paul Stamper and how he caught her when she wasn't looking and that she thought that he was a charmer.
The story begins with Teresa Walden a 23 year old woman living with her mom Wanda in a little town in Kansas when she goes to apply for a job as a secretary for Stamper Oil Company run by Paul Stamper to which she gets the job and is attracted by her boss Paul Stamper and they eventually start to date. One day Paul brings Teresa some flowers and a wedding ring and asks her to marry him to which they do in Las Vegas but afterwards Paul gives Teresa away to another lady which makes Teresa angry that she tells Paul and he slaps her across the face but later goes to Teresa's Mom's House and apoligizes to her and it is revealed that Teresa's father abused her mother when she was little. Paul takes Teresa to a house that he has bought for them and a new jacket that he has bought for her to which they kiss and make up.
Three years go by and Paul and Teresa have a baby daughter named Katie and the marriage seems to be happy but unknown to Teresa Paul is stealing pumps and when she goes to look for him at the bowling alley he shows more abuse to her by yelling at her and grabbing her because he believes that she is seeing someone behind his back. The next day one of Paul's workers named Charlie informs Teresa about Paul stealing pumps and that Paul is doped up but Teresa doesn't believe it and takes Paul to a bar that night believing that he is just tired from working but while at the bar Teresa sneaks into the men's bathroom and catches Paul doing dope in the bathroom and he hits her across the face and leaves. Luckily Teresa is found by an old friend named Chris Butler and is taken to the hospital.
At the hospital a sheriff named Bill Douglass tells Teresa to get a restraining order against Paul and that if Paul bothers her again he will be put in jail and kept there. The next day Teresa goes to an attorney and files for a divorce from Paul and asks for a restraining order against him. The attorney gives Teresa a tape recorder and that night when Paul calls Teresa threating to kill her if she divorces him she records what he says on the tape recorder. In court Paul lies and says that he never threatened to kill Teresa and that he loved her but Teresa's attorney proves him wrong by playing the tape of the recording of Paul threating to kill Teresa. The judge grants Teresa a restraining order against Paul and orders Paul to stay away from her or else he will be arrested.
After the divorce Teresa begins a relationship with Chris but one night as their driving home they are pulled over by a car which they think is the police but it is Paul who had been stalking Teresa and he shoots Chris and kidnaps Teresa. Paul holds Teresa hostage until the next day when she manages to escape him at a diner and runs to a business company nearby where she calls 911 and the police catch Paul as he tries to escape on a bus and arrest him and Teresa is returned home to her Mom and daughter and Chris who is in the hospital and survived the shooting.
In jail, Paul meets an inmate who is getting released in 3 days and lies to the inmate telling him that he has lots of money and that he will pay big time if he helps him bust out of jail on his release date to which the inmate foolishly believes Paul and helps him break out of jail. Sheriff Douglass has Teresa, Wanda, and Katie go stay at his sister-in-law's house until they capture Paul again but it doesn't work as Paul finds them there and leaves Teresa flowers. Sheriff Douglass also tries to capture Paul at the hotel room of the inmate who helped him escape from prison but fails to do so.
Four years later on Katie's 5th Birthday Paul calls Teresa and tells her to wish his daughter a Happy Birthday for him to which Teresa tells Paul to leave her and Katie alone. Teresa reports this to Sheriff Douglass and Douglass decides to put Paul's picture on the tv show Unsolved Mysteries to which it seems to work because people call in about a guy named Gary Wickle who resembles Paul and who is a trucker who lives in Denver Colorado and who kidnapped a woman and threatened to kill her if she didn't marry him. Douglass Calls the Denver police and tells them to check on Wickle's house. It is revealed that Gary Wickle is Paul Stamper and that he married a woman with two kids of her own and got her pregnant. As Stamper gets into his truck to leave the house to go haul another load to Kansas the police swarm in and arrest him. When Sheriff Douglass gets the news he informs Teresa and she happily embraces her mother.
Afterwards the interview with Teresa is seen again and she reveals that Paul was sentenced to 35 years in prison and that after the trial he was still saying that he loved Teresa to which he didn't. Teresa also reveals that Paul never knew what love was and that she now knows what love ain't.
Adam Storke
Adam J. Storke is an American actor who has starred in television and film. He is best known for playing Julia Roberts' love interest in the 1988 hit film Mystic Pizza and as Larry Underwood in the 1994 hit Stephen King mini series The Stand.-Biography:Storke was born in New York City, New York,...
, Maria Pitillo
Maria Pitillo
Maria Pitillo is an American actress who has starred in several films; most notably as Audrey Timmonds in Godzilla—a role which garnered her a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress...
, Brad Dourif
Brad Dourif
Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif is an American film and television actor who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and has since appeared in a number of memorable roles, including the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise, Younger Brother in...
and Cindy Williams
Cindy Williams
Cynthia Jane "Cindy" Williams is an American actress best known for starring in the television situation-comedy series Laverne & Shirley, in the role of "Shirley Feeney", and for her role as Laurie Henderson in the classic film American Graffiti.-Early life:Williams was born in Van Nuys,...
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PLOT
The movie begins with an introduction from Teresa Stamper giving an interview about her ex-husband Paul Stamper and how he caught her when she wasn't looking and that she thought that he was a charmer.
The story begins with Teresa Walden a 23 year old woman living with her mom Wanda in a little town in Kansas when she goes to apply for a job as a secretary for Stamper Oil Company run by Paul Stamper to which she gets the job and is attracted by her boss Paul Stamper and they eventually start to date. One day Paul brings Teresa some flowers and a wedding ring and asks her to marry him to which they do in Las Vegas but afterwards Paul gives Teresa away to another lady which makes Teresa angry that she tells Paul and he slaps her across the face but later goes to Teresa's Mom's House and apoligizes to her and it is revealed that Teresa's father abused her mother when she was little. Paul takes Teresa to a house that he has bought for them and a new jacket that he has bought for her to which they kiss and make up.
Three years go by and Paul and Teresa have a baby daughter named Katie and the marriage seems to be happy but unknown to Teresa Paul is stealing pumps and when she goes to look for him at the bowling alley he shows more abuse to her by yelling at her and grabbing her because he believes that she is seeing someone behind his back. The next day one of Paul's workers named Charlie informs Teresa about Paul stealing pumps and that Paul is doped up but Teresa doesn't believe it and takes Paul to a bar that night believing that he is just tired from working but while at the bar Teresa sneaks into the men's bathroom and catches Paul doing dope in the bathroom and he hits her across the face and leaves. Luckily Teresa is found by an old friend named Chris Butler and is taken to the hospital.
At the hospital a sheriff named Bill Douglass tells Teresa to get a restraining order against Paul and that if Paul bothers her again he will be put in jail and kept there. The next day Teresa goes to an attorney and files for a divorce from Paul and asks for a restraining order against him. The attorney gives Teresa a tape recorder and that night when Paul calls Teresa threating to kill her if she divorces him she records what he says on the tape recorder. In court Paul lies and says that he never threatened to kill Teresa and that he loved her but Teresa's attorney proves him wrong by playing the tape of the recording of Paul threating to kill Teresa. The judge grants Teresa a restraining order against Paul and orders Paul to stay away from her or else he will be arrested.
After the divorce Teresa begins a relationship with Chris but one night as their driving home they are pulled over by a car which they think is the police but it is Paul who had been stalking Teresa and he shoots Chris and kidnaps Teresa. Paul holds Teresa hostage until the next day when she manages to escape him at a diner and runs to a business company nearby where she calls 911 and the police catch Paul as he tries to escape on a bus and arrest him and Teresa is returned home to her Mom and daughter and Chris who is in the hospital and survived the shooting.
In jail, Paul meets an inmate who is getting released in 3 days and lies to the inmate telling him that he has lots of money and that he will pay big time if he helps him bust out of jail on his release date to which the inmate foolishly believes Paul and helps him break out of jail. Sheriff Douglass has Teresa, Wanda, and Katie go stay at his sister-in-law's house until they capture Paul again but it doesn't work as Paul finds them there and leaves Teresa flowers. Sheriff Douglass also tries to capture Paul at the hotel room of the inmate who helped him escape from prison but fails to do so.
Four years later on Katie's 5th Birthday Paul calls Teresa and tells her to wish his daughter a Happy Birthday for him to which Teresa tells Paul to leave her and Katie alone. Teresa reports this to Sheriff Douglass and Douglass decides to put Paul's picture on the tv show Unsolved Mysteries to which it seems to work because people call in about a guy named Gary Wickle who resembles Paul and who is a trucker who lives in Denver Colorado and who kidnapped a woman and threatened to kill her if she didn't marry him. Douglass Calls the Denver police and tells them to check on Wickle's house. It is revealed that Gary Wickle is Paul Stamper and that he married a woman with two kids of her own and got her pregnant. As Stamper gets into his truck to leave the house to go haul another load to Kansas the police swarm in and arrest him. When Sheriff Douglass gets the news he informs Teresa and she happily embraces her mother.
Afterwards the interview with Teresa is seen again and she reveals that Paul was sentenced to 35 years in prison and that after the trial he was still saying that he loved Teresa to which he didn't. Teresa also reveals that Paul never knew what love was and that she now knows what love ain't.