Earlier this afternoon, I finally got a chance to watch the Lifetime original film Killer Crush.

 Why Was I Watching It?

Killer Crush premiered last week but I missed it because I was at Easter Vigil with my family.  However, I set the DVR to record the film.  Then, I came home and I got wrapped up in doing about a thousand different things at once and it’s only been this afternoon that I finally got a chance to sit down and watch Killer Crush.

What Was It About?

It’s a story as old as the Lifetime network.  A mentally disturbed young woman named Paige (Daveigh Chase) develops a crush on one of her professors (Rick Roberts).  Paige gets a job working for the professor, taking care of his sick wife (Sydney Penny).  Since the film is called Killer Crush, you can probably guess that things don’t go as well as one might hope.

What Worked?

As far as mentally disturbed crush movies are concerned, Killer Crush was pretty good.  Rick Roberts and Sydney Penny both made for sympathetic victims.  Meanwhile, Daveigh Chase fully committed herself to playing the unstable Paige and even managed to generate some sympathy for her self-destructive character.  Director Anthony LeFresne kept the action moving at a good pace.  The end result is an above-average, Canadian-made Lifetime film.

What Did Not Work?

As well-made as the film was, it was also rather predictable.  As far as Lifetime movies about psychotic obsession are concerned, Killer Crush really didn’t bring anything new to the table.

“Oh my God!  Just like me!” Moments

I related to Paige’s relationship with her sister (Melanie Scrofano).  Hopefully, if I’m ever involved in a murder, my sisters will be as concerned as Paige’s sister was.

Lessons Learned

Obsessive crushes never turn out well.  Unless, of course, it’s my obsessive crush on James Franco…