Celebrity culture is as unserious as it is psychologically involved. Teenage girls famously screamed, cried and fainted at Elvis Presley concerts in the 1950s, a case of celebrity-induced "mass hysteria" that feels more sinister in a post-Mark David Chapman and Yolanda Saldívar world. This brand of obsession can be seen in in Hollywood films like Play Misty for Me, Misery and Ingrid Goes West, as well as shows like Swarm. The razor-sharp thriller Lurker isthe newest addition to this seductive (and admittedly saturated) subgenre, as well as the feature debut of The Bear and Beef writer-producer Alex Russell.

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