A haunted past, a secluded mansion, and murders blurring the line between reality and nightmare.
MURDER OBSESSION
Welcome to your new home. Welcome to hell.
A scandal from Michael's past emerges when he visits his mother's house with the director and others from a recent film project.
Quick Answer
Murder Obsession is a 1981 French-Italian horror-mystery film directed by Riccardo Freda about an actor whose dark childhood crime resurfaces during a tense weekend at his mother's house with colleagues from a recent film project.
Programmer's Pick
If your taste runs toward giallo with a side of Freudian dread, Murder Obsession delivers. Where else can you find mother-son tension, a film-within-a-film, and enough black magic undertones to keep any cult viewer guessing? Riccardo Freda’s last film is a heady cocktail of psychological horror and euro-sleaze.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Overview
Details & Specs
- Director
- Riccardo Freda
- Writers
- Antonio Cesare Corti, Riccardo Freda, Simon Mizrahi, Fabio Piccioni
- Release
- 1981
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Country
- France, Italy
- Language
- Italian
- Also Known As
- Paura, Satan's Altar, Svenuto, Unconscious, L'ossessione che uccide, Murder obsession - Follia omicida, Murder Syndrome, The Wailing, Deliria, Fear, Original title: Murder Obsession
Cast & Crew
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Why Cult
Evoking the classic Italian giallo tradition, the film blends lurid murder, psychological tension, and an atmosphere thick with suspicion.
Michael’s guilty past and mother-son dynamics infuse the story with a charged, unsettling energy unique to euro-horror.
Expect nudity, erotic tension, and surreal setpieces that push boundaries—this is not your grandmother’s murder mystery.
The movie blurs lines between reality and performance, as Michael’s colleagues from a recent film project become entangled in real-life horror.
Scene Gallery
Threat File
Group gathers at isolated house
Series of murders among guests
Guests subjected to violence and fear
Mother's secluded mansion
Questions from the Vault
When was Murder Obsession released? +
Murder Obsession was released in 1981.
Who directed Murder Obsession? +
Murder Obsession was directed by Riccardo Freda.
How long is Murder Obsession? +
Murder Obsession has a runtime of 92 minutes.
What genre is Murder Obsession? +
Murder Obsession is a horror and mystery film.
Where can I watch Murder Obsession? +
Murder Obsession is available to stream on SassyFlix.
