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Psychotic Women: General Hospital’s Kristina

Published April 18, 2025 by biggayhorrorfan

General Hospital‘s Kristina Corinthos-Davis (Kate Mansi) has been acting like a case study out of House of Psychotic Women in recent episodes of the 62 year running show. That tome, Kier-La Janisse’s emotionally charged exploration of trauma, exposed the nervy, emotionally warped femmes of genre cinema and this longstanding soap character definitely would fit, perfectly, within its pages.

After losing the baby she was carrying last summer, Corinthos-Davis has definitely been at odd ends. The murder of her beloved sister Sam (Kelly Monaco) in the fall furthered that tremulous descent. That the dewily manipulative Ava (Maura West), the person she holds responsible for the death of her child, was still constantly underfoot, demanding cash and excessive favors from her family, provided this beleaguered character’s final push into murderous instability.

Sure that Ava was out to steal her younger sister away from her crime lord father (Maurice Bernard), Kristina cut the brakes to the car that was in her parking spot. Staying true to the dramatics involved with the daytime pedigree, the vehicle actually belonged, instead, to Rick (Rick Hearst), Ava’s lawyer and the father of Kristina’s other sister, Molly (Kristen Vaganos). 

Thankfully, Rick and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst), his passenger, survived the crash that impetuous act caused, but now Kristina is sure to be driven even further into cascading unpredictability. Lucky (Jonathon Jackson), Elizabeth’s ex-husband and current paramour, quickly realized that she was to blame and Ava and Rick weren’t far behind him.

Now, Ava is blackmailing Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn), Kristina’s mother, and once Molly finds out who injured her beloved parent, worlds are definitely going to be rocked. This will surely keep this nutty heiress in emotional crosshairs for the months to come.

It might even be conceivable that, despite Alexis’ fervent efforts, she winds up in Ferncliff, the serial’s mental institution, bringing even more exploitation goodness to the canvas. Last utilized when the trusting yet gutsy Sasha (Sofia Mattson) was drugged and locked up by the evil Damon Montague, a little misadventure at the hands of an unstable doctor could definitely make Corinthos-Davis redeemable again.

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The Poisonous Whitley King

Published February 25, 2025 by biggayhorrorfan

With an ultramarine noir setting as her backdrop, the deranged Whitley King (Kim Coles) made a sadistically triumphant return to Days of our Lives this February. 

Of course, the cast and crew of Body and Soul, Days‘ soap within a soap, had already been feeling King’s presence for a while. For months, poisoned cupcakes and other dangers have pockmarked their paths due to her handiwork. Poor Bonnie (Judi Evans) even landed at the bottom of an empty elevator shaft due to the former Florence Nightingale’s crazed manipulations.

But that bumpy freefall was just the starter course. Angered at what she considered the desecration of her favorite program, Whitley ultimately laced a potpourri of fake scripts with a deadly chemical, intending to off everyone involved with the show, once and for all. Talk about a special delivery!

This plot devise found everyone from charming, frequently shirtless playboy Alex (Robert Scott Wilson) to wacky diva-in-waiting Hattie (Diedre Hall) near death’s door. Thankfully, the quick-thinking Dr. Sarah Horton (Lindsey Godfrey) realized what was happening and that the hospital had an antidote to reverse the effects of King’s morbid libation. 

Meanwhile, Abe (James Reynolds,) the enterprise’s executive producer, finally cottoned to the fact that it just might be his former kidnapper (see As The Stab Burns: Kim Coles) that could be behind the nefarious happenings at his workplace. Of course, once she realized that not only had her crimes been exposed, but completely thwarted, King, like many a prime villainess before her, fell into a catatonic stupor – with only another sweeps month bonanza seemingly a tonic strong enough to revive her.

Whitley can sleep peacefully for now, though, knowing that her prime objective was reached. Much to many a real-life fan’s relief, Tuesday’s (2/11/25) episode detailed the aftermath of Abe and his co-executive producer Kate (Lauren Koslow) deciding to pull the plug on their rendition of Body and Soul. Fully aware they failed to keep everyone safe, the fictional drama’s fictional drama’s headquarters will now be moving to Los Angeles, leaving many viewers, who felt this tale had long overstayed it’s welcome, very happy that their favorite program is about to move onto other, more traditionally dramatic pastures.

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The Last of Connie

Published October 19, 2024 by biggayhorrorfan

Leave it to Jada (Elia Cantu). She finally got a couple of clues and realized it might be uber-perky Connie (Julie Dove) that was behind all the disappearances and deaths that had been happening in Salem all summer long. Of course, for drama’s sake, Days of our Lives‘ finest detective was always a step or two behind everyone’s favorite, truly demented personal assistant. 

As a capper to her previous crimes, which included murdering Bobby (Blake Berris) and stabbing Rafe (Galen Gering), Connie deposited Melinda (Tina Huang), her long held hostage, in the lower-level vaults of the DiMera Mansion. After confronting Gabi (Cherie Jimenez), her mortal enemy, in that estate’s ostentatious living room, she added her to the cobweb strewn larder. Ever the amateur explosives enthusiast, she then tried to blow both of her captives up with a homemade bomb. 

It was then onto the Brady Pub to eliminate Ava (Tamara Braun). With that bloodthirsty deed ultimately interrupted by the heroic Stefan (Brandon Barash), the demented damsel was finally intercepted by (the now exhausted) Jada and soon sent packing to the luxuriously padded walls of Bay View. 

Overall, a fun, months-long jaunt, accentuated by Dove’s compelling eccentricity, this story’s long-lasting effects seem like they will be centered on the romantic contingent. Gabi now appears to be drawn to EJ (Dan Feuerriegel), the former business rival who saved her from the blast’s deadly effects. This puts Stefan, Gabi’s formerly ardent husband, into the orbit of Ava, the woman he protected and, much to Gabi’s chagrin, previously bedded.

It seems that Connie, whose truest aim was to permanently upend the lives of Gabi and Stefan, achieved her heart torn victory, after all.

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