EDITED BY alexis wilson
By Joshua Rothkopf
Once ruling the box office, erotic thrillers seemed to have disappeared. Here are 5 great erotic thrillers to remind you of what Deep Water could have been.
A seductive female (Melanie Griffith), a silly kill or two, and stellar use of a pop song. Don’t spoil the fun by questioning how believable it is.
An unhinged Glenn Close refuses to be ignored by philandering Michael Douglas, with enviable NYC apartments and a boiled bunny. Fatal Attraction is as “classy” as erotic thrillers come.
Signature actor of the erotic thriller MIchael Douglas gets in over his head as a coked-up detective whose murder investigation leads him to Sharon Stone’s manipulative novelist.
The you-stole-my-haircut identity thriller is a commanding showcase for Jennifer Jason Leigh while diving into the meltdown of a clingy psychotic roommate. (If you end up liking her character more than Bridget Fonda’s- same.)
Ballet and Tchaikovsky go a long way for Black Swan, which is essentially a down-and-dirty sex misadventure. Natalie Portman’s sheltered diva learns the ropes from Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel in the Darren Aronofsky psychodrama. Asset: