Olivia – Im Blutrausch des Wahnsinns (1983)

Olivia – Im Blutrausch des Wahnsinns: Directed by Ulli Lommel. With Suzanna Love, Robert Walker Jr., Jeff Winchester, Amy Robinson. A woman who, as a child, witnessed her prostitute mother getting killed by a client, marries an abusive man, and is suffering from homicidal schizophrenia.

“Itu0026#39;s hard to understand the negativity around Olivia. Yes itu0026#39;s completely mis-soled as a flesh and fear stalk and slash, it is in fact a sweet love story about a child escaping her damaged past with a bit of horror, social realism and domestic terror thrown in.nOf course compared with Crimes Of Passion or Track 29 is lacks thy the fireworks but there are lots of little moments where the camera lingers on bridge lights or the parrots which Ulli Lommel adds to give it a strange stylish flourish.nThe cast (apart from Robert Walker) are universally great especially Suzanna Love in the title role, even the bit parts are played with utter sincerity and a fair amount of talent.nWhite of the Eye is a similar film which has a much better reputation but Prozzie (Olivia or Double Jeopardy) has oodles to recommend it, in fact itu0026#39;s almost a precursor to David Lynchu0026#39;s Lost Highway without the surrealism.nThe only criticism, much like Olivia or Jenny, the film doesnu0026#39;t quite know what, or indeed who, it wants to be.”