Obsessive Love

Obsessive Love (1984)

If she couldn't have him, she would destroy him.

A woman tries to create a relationship with the soap star who is the object of her obsession.

Date of release
1984-10-02
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
Director
Steven Hilliard Stern

Casting

Interesting facts

Obsessive Love is a 1984 made-for-TV movie starring Yvette Mimieux, who co-wrote the story and produced the film as well.

Production

"There are few enough films going these days," she said, "and there are three or four women who are offered all the good parts. Of course I could play a lot of awful parts that are too depressing to contemplate.... [Television is] not the love affair I have with film, but television can be a playground for interesting ideas.

The film was Mimieux's idea. She based it on John Hinckley and thought it would be interesting if the sexes were reversed.

Mimieux said the network "felt people wouldn't believe me as this woman. They said to me, 'She's a loner, and she shouldn't be attractive.' I asked them, 'Are you saying that only unattractive people can be crazy or lonely or have unfulfilled lives?'" She also pushed against over explaining her character's condition.

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