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.
The attractive student Kelly (Denise Richards) unabashedly courts the urbane high school teacher Sam Lombard (Matt Dillon). Eventually, though, She breaks into his house, and the next day her widowed, wealthy mother tells the police that Lombardo has raped her daughter.
The news of the rape spreads quickly. Losing his job, Sam hires a corrupt lawyer to defend him. Detectives visit a rebellious student, Suzie (Neve Campbell), and she tells them that Sam also raped her the year before, and because of her testimony, Sam is arrested.
The trial doesn’t look good for him at first but ultimately leads to an out-of-court settlement with Kelly’s mother. But the detectives see in the whole case a subtle conspiracy among the three of them (the teacher and his two “repudiated” and “reprehensible” mistresses), and against the will of their superiors, they start an investigation that soon leads to a series of dramatic and totally unexpected surprises.
The twists and turns of the plot and the associated double-cross of each character alternate like a treadmill until the very last moment. The movie starts as a psychological drama, soon switches to the courtroom become a crime drama, and eventually transforms into an announced erotic thriller.
- IMDb rating: 65%
- Genre: Thriller
- Original title: Wild Things
- Director: John McNaughton
- Cast: Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Denise Richards, Neve Campbell, Theresa Russell, Robert Wagner, Daphne Rubin-Vega
- Origin and premiere: USA, 1998
- Running time: 108 minutes
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