Fatal Attraction the movie is based off of the personality disorder known as fatal attraction syndrome. The definition of fatal Attraction is defined as an attraction that can and sometimes and does lead to death. The death may be of the one who is attracted. The targets of the attraction also are in danger of dying from murder when the full, deadly attraction disease is at work. Sometimes both people die, as all too often happens in a murder-suicide end/ending/firing of a deadly attraction relationship. Whoever stands in the way of a person suffering a deadly attraction disease, and different innocent people (standing near), also can be in serious danger of being the victims of deadly attraction disease …show more content…
Fatal attraction syndrome is defined as “A fatal attraction syndrome is a fairly complicated, false love phenomenon involving a very destructive, obsessive and compulsive pattern of relational behavior. It begins when a person first finds themselves, sometimes suddenly, very strongly psychosexually attracted to another person. Quite commonly there grows up a delusional, fantasy conviction that the target of their attraction is, or certainly will become equally attracted to them. The person afflicted with this syndrome then becomes increasingly, sometimes rapidly obsessed with seeking a possessive, controlling, intimate, exclusive, love-getting relationship with the targeted person.” (http://www.whatislovedrcookerly.com/2018/02/fatal-attraction-syndrome-false-form-of.html) The summary of the movie Deadly Attraction shows the personality sickness/problem Deadly Attraction Disease in great detail. Dan Gallagher, a New York City (related to big business) lawyer, and Beth Gallagher are happily married, with a 6-year-old daughter named Ellen. When Beth and Ellen leave town for what ends up being an extended weekend, Dan, (anyway/in any event), falls into a sexual representative/sexual relationship