- Award Snub: Jessica Walter had gotten a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, leading some observers to believe she had a shot at an Oscar nod, but the film ultimately got zero Oscar nominations.
- Genius Bonus: Evelyn quotes Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee", which provides Foreshadowing for her ultimate fate, falling to her death in the ocean.
- He Really Can Act:
- Clint Eastwood, the paragon of masculinity, plays a vulnerable stalking victim and does it very well. This film also showed that he was a talented director.
- Younger viewers who know Jessica Walter from her comedic portrayal of Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development may be surprised by her range in creating a truly scary character.
- Narm: Some of Evelyn's dialogue can be rather over-the-top and come out of place in a thriller ("She couldn't get laid in a lumber camp!").
- Narm Charm: As silly as Evelyn's unbalanced antics may be, Jessica Walter gives a genuinely chilling performance as her, conveying how they are the work of a dangerous person.
- Once Original, Now Common: Thrillers about a Stalker with a Crush and films with a violent villain tormenting average folks are a dime a dozen these days, so modern viewers may have trouble appreciating how novel, innovative and chilling this film was in 1971. Even the twist of having the Big Bad be a fairly attractive woman has turned into its own cliche.
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