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.
After a patient commits suicide, shrink Bill (Bruce Willis) suffers a nervous breakdown, closes his practice and moves in with his college friend, the psychiatrist Bob Moore. As quickly as he arrives, Bob brings him to a Monday group with five patients. Not long after, Dr Moore is stabbed to death.
His patients urge Bill to take over Bob’s practice, which he finally does. Partly because Bob was convinced that someone in the Monday group was the perpetrator of the threats. Then in the arms of the mysterious, evasive, but most importantly, fragile Rose (Jane March), Bob forgets his own depression.
An erotic thriller, this movie benefits from the obligatory motif of a psychiatrist who becomes fatally entangled in the trappings of his profession. These filmmakers work with established elements to compose a deliberately confusing narrative for the viewer, replete with false clues and unexpected twists.
All of the “Hitchcockian” motifs (the figure of the dismembered psychiatrist and the multiple identities of the schizophrenic character à la Psycho revealed at the end) appear unintentionally ridiculous. The film’s credibility is not enhanced by the creations of Bruce Willis and the rather decorative Jane March. Meanwhile, The latter flaunts her sexual charisma in the numerous erotic scenes, of which the underwater scene is the most memorable.
- IMDb rating: 52%.
- Genre: Thriller
- Original title: Color of Night
- Director: Richard Rush
- Cast: Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades, Lesley Ann Warren, Scott Bakula, Brad Dourif, Lance Henriksen
- Origin and premiere: USA, 1994
- Running time: 121 minutes
