Attrazioni omicide

I bought this video for £2 second hand because the cover looked like a horror film. What I got was a thriller but very well put together and well acted. What's more, I found it in many ways to be as scary as any horror film because unlike Zombies and monsters etc, this could happen and it is based on true events. Watch this to see perhaps the worst husband you could ever meet. I especially liked the "gut you like a fish" speech. The most chilling part is the ending but I wont give that away. I am yet to find the sequel but I would love to see it.

Deadly Intentions, based on the book by William Randolph Stevens, tells the story of Katherine, a young woman who lives with her parents, loves children, and dreams of one day being a fully-fledged teacher.

Charles Raynor is young medical student with a promising future as a doctor; he falls in love with Katherine one evening on his birthday at the family home and the two eventually get married, much to the disapproval of his mother, Charlotte.

Pretty soon into the marriage, Katherine begins to notice changes in Charles' behavior and demeanor, particularly toward her after learning she is pregnant with his child. When she informs him of this, he expresses disappointment, as if he isn't ready to be a father.

Charles enjoys being mean to Katherine, regularly pushing her buttons, in order to get a reaction. She is frustrated with some of his childish antics, but Charles just laughs at her.

He is a narcissist, sadist, psychopath, master manipulator, and a little on the nutty side. He is also a something of a "mama's boy" since his mother always seems to play a major part in his life.

When Katherine does eventually leave Charles for good, he hatches various plans to find her and kill her for it, hence the title, "Deadly Intentions". She has to stay a step ahead of him to prevent a possible bad outcome for both her and her son.

I have only ever seen this ONCE on TV. Michael Biehn is brilliant as Dr. Charles Raynor, Madolyn Smith Osborne is also great as his tormented wife Katherine, and Cloris Leachman as Charles' influential/busybody mother. The story makes a point that some people aren't who they appear to be; you can't always rely on first impressions.

This 2-part teleplay (which goes for almost 3 hours) is worth a look if you haven't seen it.

There have been a number of films that deal with the `babe in the woods' woman who marries Mr psycho himself. Some like the Stepfather films are fictious and some like this one and Our Mothers Murder are true. In this one an educated man i.e. MD is the psycho husband. Once again the question comes up what exactly is it that makes these guys attractive to these women? This is a made for TV feature and is well done and well cast for the thriller/suspense factor. One interesting side note I noticed is that Cloris Leachman was cast as Charles Raynors mother. She also appeared as yet another wacko mother in a film about the late comedian Ernie Kovacks entitled Between the laughter.

I liked it. I thought it was good for a drama and sorta scary.

A REALLY disturbing movie! Madolyn Smith plays Katherine Raynor, a young, naive woman who falls for and marries Dr. Charles Raynor, awesomely portrayed by Michael Biehn. Before long (but unfortunately AFTER she has his child), she realizes that he is NOT what he seemed.

Madolyn Smith did a fine job as Katherine, but the best performances were by Michael Biehn and Cloris Leachman. Michael Biehn was incredible as the "good" doctor, he really made you believe he was totally unhinged! And as for Cloris Leachman, well if Raynor's mother was anything like she portrayed her, you can almost see why he was such a wakco.

There was a sequel, "Deadly Intentions...Again", but unless you are really dying to know what happened "after", skip it. It does tell you that, but it doesn't hold a candle to this one.