Murder Obsession

Murder Obsession

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Release Date

2/24/1981

Runtime

92 mins

Overview

Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are joined by the director and others from a recent film project, who are given a rather cool reception by the superstitious housekeeper Oliver. Soon rude things begin happening to some of the guests, and Michael fears a repeat of his nightmare past is in progress.

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

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Revenue

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A gothic-inflected whodunit where a man haunted by killing his father grows increasingly convinced he's repeating the crime, with the line between genuine danger and psychological unraveling kept deliberately murky. It's a fever dream of paranoia and buried trauma wrapped in 80s horror atmosphere.

Mood

UnsettlingParanoidTenseDread-soaked

Themes

ObsessionFamilyMemoryIdentity

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

High-contrast

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Graphic violence

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