PSYCHOTIC SIGNIFICANT OTHERS

Such an exciting topic...in real life and on screen.  I like to imagine how some people I know would react to extreme situations that can partake in a relationship.  Everybody knows at least one kooky and crazed relationship slave, who is perfectly capable of "snapping" and landing themselves in a Court TV episode.  There is a never ending pyramid of movies that all share plots interfered with crimes of passion.

A Perfect Murder, Sid and Nancy, Unfaithful, Fatal Attraction, Obsessed, and Swim Fan are just a few noteworthy flicks off the top of my head.  Although all are worthy of at least one screening, A Perfect Murder and Sid and Nancy are a must.

Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow star in this twisted thriller that goes by the name of A Perfect Murder.  The sex, money, murder, and shock fulfill your quench for drama throughout the whole story.  The shit hits the fan when a perfect plan is stabbed with an exorbitant flaw.  The unexpected happens, and then it happens again and again.  I must admit, I do find myself "rooting for the bad guy" in this film due to my lack of sympathy for any cheater, cheater, penis eater.

Sid and Nancy is a special movie because it's based on the true story of The Sex Pistols Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.  Gary Oldman and Courtney Love (yes, the crazy, rocker chick from Hole) methodically portray the doped up love birds.  As demented and pathetic as their relationship was, I somehow became engaged and grew an infatuation for their love.  I'm unsure if I'm more attracted to their innocence or their recklessness, but I definitely do heart them:)

Crimes of passion emerge from the screen and manipulate the lives of many people who were once considered role models.  Aside from Sid and Nancy, the relationships between O.J. Simpson and Nicole White, Scott and Laci Peterson, and Paul Snider and Dorothy Stratten were also overheated and bombarded with bloody romance.  These types of stories always create a shocking disturbance in our eyes, but can we really assure ourselves that we are not capable of releasing such passionate rage?

Whether the psychotic significant others react with murder, suicide, or both, we will continue to be intrigued, only to be scarred, by these fictitious and factual events.  Whatever you do, choose your weapon carefully because your story could be converted into the next ninety-minute soap opera for the would to criticize.