Deadly Obsession

This is a pretty hard movie to come by, but if you do, don't pass it up! Back in the 80's, when slasher movies were still worth watching, this one came out that plopped a fly into the ointment of the slasher archetype. Get this, there's a ransom theme! You see that in Halloween 11? And some protective custody stuff, too, which is also pretty cool. So there's a janitor in a university building putting rat poison in food to extort money. But when a hot student gets involved, there's lots of cat and mouse games going on. These are really the highlights of the movie. Most run and hide, find and kill sequences are pretty lame, but these pack a lot of punch, and didn't bore me to the point of fast-forwarding, as they often can. Cool scenes involving pools and locker rooms, oh yeah. Maybe it sounds simple, but it is so, so good. An original concept carried out well, what more can you ask for? Not much, friend, not much at all.