Helen Slater

I came across her name and recognized it as the actress who played one of the kidnapers in "Ruthless People."  I read that some teen girls just hope that nobody ever dislikes them, which struck me as an outlandish wish.  As a guy, I expected to be disliked by other, lesser guys for my brilliance, verve and sophistication.  There are a couple of shots of Helen Slater's face in Ruthless People that communicate the agony of being strongly disliked, maybe hated, when you really don't want that to be how anyone at all feels about you.  As her "husband" explains to the character, the woman they have kidnapped and are keeping chained in their basement is SUPPOSED to hate Helen's character because she is one of her CAPTORS.

In looking at this, I saw the name of "Dale Launer", the screenwriter of Ruthless People and two other movies that tickle me, "Love Potion No.9" and "My Cousin Vinny". You see them on streaming.