VHS, R, 92 minutes, NEW LINE

When a distant relative and his fiancee come to visit Richard and Kate Sullivan, getting re-acquainted turns into a life-and-death struggle for survival in this terrifying suspense thriller. Escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane, Harry (David Keith, "Firestarter") and Connie Marg Helgenberger, "China Beach") are determined to start a family-even if they have to assume the identities of a long lost cousin (William Katt, "House") and his wife (Mel Harris, "Thirtysomething"). With a calculated deception, Harry and Connie begin to take over the Sullivan's lives - their credit cards, home, and young son Alex (Brian Bonsall, "Family Ties"). But the desire to be a happy family turns into a "Desperate Motive" for murder when one final obstacle stands in their way... Richard and Kate are still alive.