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Obsessive bitches be crazy.

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In Fifty Shades of Grey, Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) is relentlessly pursued by a significantly older, significantly richer man named Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan). He buys her lavish presents, shows up uninvited at her workplace, at a bar, and at an outing with her mom; at one point, he breaks into her apartment to see her. This is all meant to be very romantic, and, truth be told, it does seem romantic in the movie. He's obsessed with her!

But how does romantic obsession play out when the female character is the relentless pursuer? Generally, the stalking seems creepy (although not in The Little Mermaid!) and straight-up dangerous. Although obsessive men are more threatening in reality, it's obsessive women who are more threatening on-screen. Or, at least, always portrayed as some degree of nutso.

Here are nine of those nuts:

Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard (1950)

At first, Joe (William Holden) doesn't realize the significantly older and significantly richer woman, Norma (Gloria Swanson), who's been buying him lavish presents and paying his expenses has romantic feelings for him. That is, until he goes to her New Year's Eve party and the two of them are the only people there. At that point, he has what he deems "that sad, embarrassing revelation." As they dance, Norma says, "There are no other guests. We don't want to share this night with other people. This is for you and me." She is deeply creepy. Joe rebuffs her, and then she tries to kill herself. When he tries to leave her again some months later, Norma murders him.

This bitch is: Crazy.

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