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December 1st - Olivia (1983)
Also known as Prozzie and Double Jeopardy, Uli Lommel's film is less a horror film and more the sort of melodrama you'd find on Channel 5 on a Tuesday afternoon minus the odd scene of nudity and a bit of blood towards the end. Entertaining in a clumsy way, this isn't anything you haven't seen before and lacks the occasionally creative murderous flourishes of say Lommel's own The Boogey Man (1980) , but actress and Lommel's wife, Suzanna Love is very good and holds the film together in scenes where the mind could easily wander. Sporting nods to Carpenter's Halloween initially and then Halloween III - relocating English tourist attractions - on top of the dual identity motifs, the plot is either all over the place or possibly a work of genius. I'll let you decide.
88 Films released this as part of their Slasher Classics line. No idea why. This wasn't bad either way.
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