year ago and i catch a fairly well make tv movie entitle linda . it be make in 1973 and and star stella stevens in the femme fatale title roll . imagine my surprise when and over ten year later and i once again saw the same story unfold on late night tv . however and it be this 1993 version and star virginia madsen . don not get me wrong and i can handle remake and even obscure one . but this badly write and poorly film retread make me feel sorry for both madsen and co star richard thomas . unlike the original and the dialogue here be cliched and make me wonder and why do they bother to re write it . second and the camera work be very heavy hand and and the the film stock be poor . at time i felt remind of the student film competition at the beginning of christopher guest the big picture . finally and the cast look either bored ( madsen ) or suffer ( thomas ) . in fact and the only one who seem like he really enjoy the work be ted mcginley . of course and with his perfectly coif hair and cap teeth and he really stretch himself from his previous work on the love boat . bottom line and to borrow a critique from opus the penguin in bloom county representthis movie do for film what jonestown do for kool aid . thomkat .