It's a set of films that skirt around the trappings
of an erotic thriller yet refuse to indulge in any of the lurid murderous plotting that usually goes along with it.
Richly growing with each viewing - including a Secret Cinema event - I've discovered something new each time, like the multilayered structure
of this erotic thriller.
Double Lover A Parisian woman (Marine Vacth) begins seeing identical twin psychiatrists (Jérémie Renier) in François Ozon's delirious cracked mirror
of an erotic thriller, which plays like the kinky love - child of David Cronenberg and Brian De Palma.
«Red Sparrow» has the nudity and sex
of an erotic thriller and the stomach - churning gore of a slasher flick, but it also strives to be more than a genre movie.
Not exact matches
Consider that, two decades ago, sexy
thrillers like Basic Instinct and 9-1/2 Weeks were considered the height
of risque popular
erotic fare; today, they would hardly raise an eyebrow.
Sharon Stone played the role
of a writer here, and was seen wearing this knitted sweater in many scenes in this
erotic thriller.
21 %
of men picked
erotic fiction as the ultimate turn - on, putting it far ahead
of the next most popular genres —
thrillers, at 12 per cent and biographies, at 11 per cent.
21 %
of men picked
erotic fiction as the ultimate turn - on, putting it far ahead
of the next most popular genres —
thrillers, at 12 % and biographies, at 11 per cent.
It basically starts out like Fifty Shades
of Grey, but morphs into one
of those 90's
erotic thrillers where one character becomes obsessed with someone else and starts dismantling their lives.
Synopsis: Described by director Adrian Lyne («Fatal Attraction») as «an
erotic thriller about the body language
of guilt.»
Never celebrating the kitsch like one
of those «90s DTV
erotic thrillers with titles like Lethally Blonde, or taking it seriously as a full - on dive into
erotic obsession, the results have been tame, mostly poor affairs, not bad enough to be guilty pleasures or good enough to be, well, good.
A couple learns the dangers
of a walk on the wild side in this
erotic thriller.
Three stalwarts
of made - for - TV productions — Harry Hamlin, Michael Ironside, and Steve Railsback — team up for this
erotic thriller.
In fact, Huppert got «Elle» made, after bankable American stars (like Streep) wouldn't sign onto American screenwriter David Birke's kinky
thriller, an adaptation
of the
erotic novel by French author Philippe Dijan («Betty Blue»).
American master Brian De Palma's latest creation, Passion (a remake
of Alain Corneau's 2010
erotic thriller Love Crime), has welcomed a significantly more positive response than that
of both his last two films, Redacted (2007)...
Sharon Stone, the Bette Davis
of the Blockbuster - era
erotic thrillers, might be a surprising face to see hanging around the Prestige TV neighborhood, But that just adds to the eerie atmosphere, especially since she's excellent as Olivia Lake, a brittle and jaded author
of children's books.
This year, the two are reuniting in hopes
of making (forgive us) a bigger splash with A Bigger Splash, a sun - soaked
erotic thriller also starring Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, and Matthias Schoenaerts.
Stone's subsequent effort, the
erotic thriller Sliver (1993), was an example
of this: the actress attracted notice less for her acting than for her willingness to simulate masturbation Her role in the following year's The Specialist was also fairly limiting; an action flick co-starring Sylvester Stallone, it called for Stone to run around in a tight dress in heels when she wasn't seducing various characters.
Alain Robbe - Grillet directs this cult
erotic thriller from the 1960s, which stars icons
of the French New Wave Jean - Louis Trintigant and Marie - France Pisier.
Like each
of its central characters, Park Chan - wook's nimble
erotic thriller has an agenda.
Fifty Shades
Of Grey star Jamie Dornan has signed on to lead a new World War Two drama amid rumours he is quitting the
erotic thriller franchise...
Set in WWII - era, Japanese - occupied Shanghai and Hong Kong, Ang Lee's 2007 film Lust, Caution is a suspenseful
erotic thriller about the sacrifices one woman makes for the survival
of her country.
The
erotic thriller «Trap for Cinderella» is neither
erotic nor thrilling, but rather reliant on cheap nudity and multiple mistaken - identity switcheroos in hopes
of keeping us on edge.
(Netflix) tmpplchld «The Loft»: Belgian director Erik Van Looy remakes his own 2008 Dutch
erotic thriller of the same name, filling it with a handsome cast that includes James Marsden («The D Train»), Wentworth Miller («Prison Break»), Matthias Schoenaerts («Bullhead») and Eric Stonestreet («Modern Family»).
She's since appeared in the screen adaptation
of Zane's
erotic thriller Addicted (2014), and as Miles Davies» wife Frances in miles Ahead (2016).
Her
erotic thriller chronicles the kinky relationship
of a college coed and a handsome, young billionaire with a sordid sexual appetite for sadomasochism.
However, for the seasoned
erotic thriller junkie, these scenes are very routine, offering up nothing sensational, daring, or even mildly interesting to separate it from the myriad
of other sex mysteries you find collecting dust on your video store shelves.
On his seventy - sixth birthday, we're celebrating the work
of Hollywood enfant terrible Brian De Palma, whose iconoclastic five - decade career has encompassed an astonishing array
of genres, including
erotic thriller, war drama, and science fiction.
The episode also features a clip
of Dario's deep discussion about film criticism and contemporary film culture with friend
of the podcast Simran Hans, which can be found in full over on our Patreon site for subscribers, as well as Neil's chat with film critic and podcaster Leslie Byron Pitt about representation in filmmaking and film criticism alongside as Basic Instinct and
erotic thrillers as Leslie is one quarter
of the excellent Fatal Attractions podcast.
An influential figure in the 1970s British indie cinema, producer / director Pete Walker tested the limits
of film censorship in the UK with a string
of gruesome and
erotic thrillers.
√ Worst, or at least, given the talents involved, most disappointing: Nicholas Winding Refn's DOA
erotic thriller «Neon Demon,» Terrence Malice's free - form «Knight
of Cups» (more stream -
of - consciousness drivel), the Coens» yuk - yuk sophomoric «Hail, Caesar!
Here, she talks about her starring role as Zoe Reynard in the screen adaptation
of Zane's
erotic thriller, Addicted.
Brian De Palma returns to the sleek, sly, seductive territory
of Dressed To Kill with an
erotic corporate
thriller fueled by sex, ambition, image, envy and the dark, murderous side
of PASSION.
This would - be
erotic thriller wants to discomfit us by delving into the psychological underpinnings
of sex and violence and yet succeeds only in making us feel sorry for the people who tried so hard and came up with bupkis.
The details: Another go at bringing back the domestic and
erotic thrillers of the 1990s, this time set within the black upper - middle class.
(With often weird results: Robert Altman's reviled sci - fi allegory «Quintet,» James Toback's odd
erotic thriller «Exposed,» and oddest
of all, «Airport» 79: The Concorde,» in which she plays a call girl who has an assignation with, yes, George Kennedy.)
«Sea
of Love» is what you might call a neurotic and
erotic thriller, dealing as it does with one
of the most terrifying settings imaginable: the New York City singles scene.
Park Chan - Wook's The Handmaiden, a con artist scheme by way
of a steamy
erotic thriller, opens at multiple theaters this week, including SIFF Cinema Uptown and Guild 45.
Additionally, the sexual components in Anon lack the electricity and pulpiness
of other classic
erotic thrillers like Basic Instinct and Fatal Attraction.
«Beast» sounds like a straightforward
erotic mystery
thriller, but that atmosphere is at times overshadowed by Pearce's exploration
of British classism, bullying and bigotry (a Portuguese laborer is also caught up in the murder investigation).
It may have birthed Doug Bradley's iconic Pinhead character, but it's best moments plumb the depths
of a broken marriage with all the verve
of a great
erotic thriller.
Cat People (1982) A charmingly schlocky
erotic thriller very loosely based on Jacques Tourneur and Val Lewton's 1942 horror film by the same name, Cat People follows the explosive sexual awakening
of Irena Gallier (Nastassja Kinski) who, upon arriving in New Orleans, slowly learns that her desires transform her into a black leopard, placing her and her new zoologist lover (John Heard) in jeopardy.
Ostensibly both a remake
of the Southern Gothic
erotic thriller by Don Siegel from 1971 and also an adaptation
of Thomas P. Cullinan's 1966 novel «A Painted Devil», Coppola (who also wrote the screenplay and won the Best Director Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival) smartly and slowly unravels her tale via the female gaze in a film that, if one is patient with it, slowly pulls you under its sunlit and fainéant spell.
The handling
of the BDSM sex play is dreadfully cliched in terms
of structure (3 heated romps and a final dramatic one); however, the actual presentation
of the «love scenes» recalls the style
of director Adrian Lyne (Unfaithful, Nine 1/2 Weeks), favoring artsy close - ups
of human form, curve and the intimate sensations
of touch, feel and response, rather than the raw carnality seen in something like Basic Instinct (my generation's landmark
erotic thriller movie).
Established in 2010 and based in New York City, IFC Midnight is a leading U.S. distributor
of genre entertainment including horror, science fiction,
thrillers,
erotic art house, action and more.
This period adaptation
of Sarah Waters» Fingersmith feels like a departure from Wook's previous work — part heist film, part
erotic thriller — but aside from the setting there are numerous elements that are characteristic
of the director's previous work.
With her booze - soaked, bravura performance in A Single Man and her upcoming turn as an Amanda Seyfried - obsessed wife in the «
erotic thriller» Chloe, you may be feeling like you've been seeing a lot more
of Julianne Moore these days.
A Bigger Splash (R for profanity, graphic sexuality, frontal nudity and brief drug use)
Erotic thriller, loosely based on La Piscine (1969), revolving around a rock icon (Tilda Swinton) whose vacation with her boyfriend (Matthias Schoenaerts) on a remote Italian island is disrupted by the arrival
of an old friend (Ralph Fiennes) with his daughter (Dakota Johnson) in tow.
To celebrate the DVD and Blu - Ray release
of erotic vampire
thriller Byzantium, we thought we'd take a look at the short but impressive career
of the young star, Saoirse Ronan.
The pic, premiering at next month's Toronto International Film Festival, is described as an
erotic thriller in the tradition
of Dressed To Kill and Basic Instinct.,