Summaries

Stuck in a sexless marriage, a frustrated well-to-do couple agrees to see a female sex therapist. Unfortunately, she only helps escalate the tensions between them. Meanwhile, the police are baffled by a string of brutal nightly killings.

Frank and Lee have marital problems: he's been impotent for 18 months, she alternates between sympathy and criticism. His temper gets the best of him, so he's seeing a psychotherapist who finds the anger and the impotence related. She recommends that Frank and Lee hire a mysterious European woman to lead them through fantasies intended to unlock passion and help them heal. At the same time this is going on, the police are investigating a series of stabbings: as corpses pile up, we wonder if Frank's temper may be behind this; or perhaps it's Eric, a cross-dressing neighbor and friend of Lee's; it may even be the European woman, who keeps popping up with new fantasies.—<[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • psychopathic killer
  • dysfunctional marriage
  • anger
  • serial murder
  • reference to bette davis
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Drama
Release date Nov 1, 1984
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States Canada
Language English
Filming locations Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Cinépix Tele-Metropole International

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio

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