Obsession (1949 film) a body by dissolving it in acid. This had similarities to the John George Haigh case. Accordingly, the British Board of Film Censors refused to grant the film a certificate for a time and its release was held up. "Variety" wrote that the film is slow paced at first but becomes suspenseful. "The New York Times" called it "a first-rate study in suspense and abnormal psychology". Kendal Patterson of the "Los Angeles Times" described it as an early predecessor of "Fatal Attraction". Obsession (1949 film) Obsession, released in the US as The Hidden Room, is a 1949 British crime film
Obsession (1976 film) to obtain enough positive critical notices to spark interest, and it earned the distributor over $4 million in domestic (U.S. and Canada) rentals. Initial critical reaction to "Obsession" was mixed. Roger Ebert wrote, "Brian De Palma's "Obsession" is an overwrought melodrama, and that's what I like best about it... I don't just like movies like these; I relish them. Sometimes overwrought excess can be its own reward. If "Obsession" had been even a little more subtle, had made even a little more sense on some boring logical plane, it wouldn't have worked at all." "Variety"'s review described it as "an