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The Eric Roberts Collection: If I Can’t Have You (dir by David DeCoteau)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

In 2023’s If I Can’t Have You, Michelle (Bailey Kai) is the host of the hottest late night radio show in town but she’s been getting creepy phone calls from someone identifying himself as Curtis.  Michelle and her producer (Gina Haraizumi) can’t get get any help from the cops (played by Jackee Harry and Tracy Nelson) so they decide to investigate on their own.

Who is Michelle’s stalker?  Could it be the creepy guy (Michael Pare) who lives next door?  Could it be their geeky engineer, Keith (Phillip McElroy)?  Could it be Stan (Eric Roberts), the owner of the radio station who seems to be really determined to get them to change their time slot?  Or could it be just some other random guy with too much time on his hands?

To give credit where credit is due, director David DeCoteau does manage to generate some suspense as to who the stalker actually is.  I wouldn’t say I was exactly shocked when the stalker’s identity was revealed but DeCoteau still did a good job of giving us plenty of suspects to consider.  That said, this is still a David DeCoteau film and the real pleasure of the film is spotting all of the standard DeCoteauisms.  In this case, Joe’s Restaurant — previously seen in The Wrong Mr. Right — makes a return appearance.

In the end, this one isn’t as much fun as DeCoteau’s “Wrong” films.  There’s no Vivica A. Fox saying, “Looks like you suspected the Wrong Stalker.”  Still, it’s entertaining enough and Eric Roberts appears to have been in a good mood during filming.

Previous Eric Roberts Films That We Have Reviewed:

  1. Paul’s Case (1980)
  2. Star 80 (1983)
  3. Runaway Train (1985)
  4. To Heal A Nation (1988)
  5. Best of the Best (1989)
  6. Blood Red (1989)
  7. The Ambulance (1990)
  8. The Lost Capone (1990)
  9. Best of the Best II (1993)
  10. Love, Cheat, & Steal (1993)
  11. Voyage (1993)
  12. Love Is A Gun (1994)
  13. Sensation (1994)
  14. Dark Angel (1996)
  15. Doctor Who (1996)
  16. Most Wanted (1997)
  17. The Alternate (2000)
  18. Mercy Streets (2000)
  19. Tripfall (2000)
  20. Raptor (2001)
  21. Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001)
  22. Strange Frequency (2001)
  23. Wolves of Wall Street (2002)
  24. Border Blues (2004)
  25. Mr. Brightside (2004)
  26. Six: The Mark Unleased (2004)
  27. We Belong Together (2005)
  28. Hey You (2006)
  29. Depth Charge (2008)
  30. Amazing Racer (2009)
  31. The Chaos Experiment (2009)
  32. In The Blink of an Eye (2009)
  33. Bed & Breakfast (2010)
  34. Enemies Among Us (2010)
  35. The Expendables (2010) 
  36. Sharktopus (2010)
  37. Beyond The Trophy (2012)
  38. The Dead Want Women (2012)
  39. Deadline (2012)
  40. The Mark (2012)
  41. Miss Atomic Bomb (2012)
  42. The Night Never Sleeps (2012)
  43. Assault on Wall Street (2013)
  44. Bonnie And Clyde: Justified (2013)
  45. Lovelace (2013)
  46. The Mark: Redemption (2013)
  47. The Perfect Summer (2013)
  48. Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End (2013)
  49. Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire (2013)
  50. Self-Storage (2013)
  51. Sink Hole (2013)
  52. A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
  53. This Is Our Time (2013)
  54. Bigfoot vs DB Cooper (2014)
  55. Doc Holliday’s Revenge (2014)
  56. Eternity: The Movie (2014)
  57. Inherent Vice (2014)
  58. Road to the Open (2014)
  59. Rumors of War (2014)
  60. So This Is Christmas (2014)
  61. Amityville Death House (2015)
  62. Deadly Sanctuary (2015)
  63. A Fatal Obsession (2015)
  64. Las Vegas Story (2015)
  65. Sorority Slaughterhouse (2015)
  66. Stalked By My Doctor (2015)
  67. Enemy Within (2016)
  68. Hunting Season (2016)
  69. Joker’s Poltergeist (2016)
  70. Prayer Never Fails (2016)
  71. Stalked By My Doctor: The Return (2016)
  72. The Wrong Roommate (2016)
  73. Dark Image (2017)
  74. The Demonic Dead (2017)
  75. Black Wake (2018)
  76. Frank and Ava (2018)
  77. Stalked By My Doctor: Patient’s Revenge (2018)
  78. The Wrong Teacher (2018)
  79. Clinton Island (2019)
  80. Monster Island (2019)
  81. The Reliant (2019)
  82. The Savant (2019)
  83. Seven Deadly Sins (2019)
  84. Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker’s Nightmare (2019)
  85. The Wrong Mommy (2019)
  86. Exodus of a Prodigal Son (2020)
  87. Free Lunch Express (2020)
  88. Hard Luck Love Song (2020)
  89. Her Deadly Groom (2020)
  90. Top Gunner (2020)
  91. Deadly Nightshade (2021)
  92. The Elevator (2021)
  93. Just What The Doctor Ordered (2021)
  94. Killer Advice (2021)
  95. Megaboa (2021)
  96. Night Night (2021)
  97. The Poltergeist Diaries (2021)
  98. The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
  99. Red Prophecies (2021)
  100. A Town Called Parable (2021)
  101. The Wrong Mr. Right (2021)
  102. Bleach (2022)
  103. Dawn (2022)
  104. My Dinner With Eric (2022)
  105. 69 Parts (2022)
  106. The Rideshare Killer (2022)
  107. The Wrong High School Sweetheart (2022)
  108. The Company We Keep (2023)
  109. D.C. Down (2023)
  110. Aftermath (2024)
  111. Bad Substitute (2024)
  112. Devil’s Knight (2024)
  113. Insane Like Me? (2024)
  114. Space Sharks (2024)
  115. The Wrong Life Coach (2024)
  116. Broken Church (2025)
  117. Shakey Grounds (2025)
  118. When It Rains In L.A. (2025)

Song of the Day: If I Can’t Have You by Yvonne Elliman

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s Valentine’s Day song of the day is my favorite song of all time, performed by the wonderful Yvonne Elliman.

I don’t know why I’m surviving every lonely day
When there’s got to be no chance for me
My life would end, and it doesn’t matter how I cry
My tears of love are a waste of time

If I turn away, am I strong enough to see it through?
Go crazy is what I will do

If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, oh
If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah

Can’t let go, and it doesn’t matter how I try
I gave it all so easily to you, my love
To dreams that never will come true
Am I strong enough to see it through?
Go crazy is what I will do

If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, oh
If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, oh

If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, oh
If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah (I’m in love with nobody)

If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, oh
If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, no

(Lyrics by Maurice Ernest Gibb / Robin Hugh Gibb / Barry Alan Gibb)

Song of the Day: If I Can’t Have You by Yvonne Elliman

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today, we wish a happy birthday to singer, songwriter, and actress, Yvonne Elliman!

Along with playing Mary Magdalene in both the original stage and film version of Jesus Christ Superstar, Yvonne Elliman also performed the best version of my favorite song (and today’s song of the day), If I Can’t Have You!

This is one of the few songs that I can actually sing all the way through without losing the tune but Yvonne’s version is definitely superior to mine.

I don’t know why I’m surviving every lonely day
When there’s got to be no chance for me
My life would end, and it doesn’t matter how I cry
My tears of love are a waste of time

If I turn away, am I strong enough to see it through?
Go crazy is what I will do

If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, oh
If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah

Can’t let go, and it doesn’t matter how I try
I gave it all so easily to you, my love
To dreams that never will come true
Am I strong enough to see it through?
Go crazy is what I will do

If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, oh
If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, oh

If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, oh
If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah (I’m in love with nobody)

If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, oh
If I can’t have you, I don’t want nobody, baby
If I can’t have you, ah-ah-ah, no

(Lyrics by Maurice Ernest Gibb / Robin Hugh Gibb / Barry Alan Gibb)

Music Video Of The Day: If I Can’t Have You by Yvonne Elliman (1978, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I’m still in my disco mood from hosting last Saturday’s #ILikeToWatch live tweet so here’s Yvonne Elliman singing If I Can’t Have You.  Technically, this is less a music video and more of a guest appearance on a TV show but, in the 70s, that’s as close as many songs got to getting a music video.

Yvonne Elliman also played Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar.  If I Can’t Have You was originally written for the Bee Gees but was given to Yvonne after the band decided that they couldn’t make the song work.  She did a great job with it because this is one of those songs that you could just listen to a hundred times a day.

Enjoy!