‘Fatal Attraction’ and the Disappearance of Erotic Thrillers In “Fatal Attraction,” the genre-defining 1987 erotic thriller, sex was the engine that moved the plot. It’s rare to see that in movies today.
When the Master of the Erotic Thriller Fails to Thrill Adrian Lyne used to make deranged romps animated by conservative masculine anxieties. By the time of “Deep Water,” his muse — the all-powerful white man — had lost his grip.
Why I Love Erotic Thrillers They are best consumed as escapist fantasies about a mythic figure I myself could never embody: the femme fatale.