At the heat of passion, doomed attraction, basic instinct, devilish seductress, dangerous games, and double lover. Take an exciting excursion into the history of the erotic thriller sub-genre, in which suspense mixes with excitement to create the most significant moments. In this article of Gazettely, we look at 22 of the best erotic thriller movies of all time! Stay tuned.
Working in a New York publishing house, Carly (Sharon Stone) is a self-assured editor who rents a suite in a super-modern high-rise near Central Park. Little does she know that the building’s owner has installed cameras in every apartment and monitors all tenants at home on dozens of monitors. What’s more, though, is that he clearly likes Carly.
There are strange deaths in the building, and lonely Carly gets caught between two men suspected of the murders. Going head-to-head, the one is her new lover Zeke (William Baldwin), and the other is police novelist Jack (Tom Berenger), who cannot come to terms with his impotence.
The movie follows the successful model of Basic Instinct. Not only through the same filmmakers, but especially by building an erotic atmosphere and subtly playing with the audience, which must be kept in the dark about the killer until the last moment. To a certain extent, Sharon Stone repeats her coldly sensual role from Basic Instinct, though with the difference that she goes from being the ruthless huntress to the persecuted victim.
In his film adaptation of Ira Levin’s novel, Director Phillip Noyce took the opportunity to spice up the crime story with the motif of surreptitious surveillance of unsuspecting people. It combined the Hitchcockian theme of voyeurism with erotic scenes and suspense.
- IMDb rating: 51%.
- Genre: Thriller
- Original title: Sliver
- Director: Gil Junger
- Cast: Sharon Stone, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker, Jay Miracle, Amanda Foreman, Nina Foch, Nicholas Pryor.
- Origin and premiere: USA, 1993
- Running time: 108 minutes