Just because this project is officially over doesn’t mean that I’m going to stop watching and talking about sexy thrillers. I just need to draw a line in the sand so that I can get back to my usual movie watching routine. But let’s reflect a little on what we’ve been through.
The eleven films that made up this project were (in order):
As you can clearly see I didn’t totally stick to chronological order like I intended. The reason why I wanted to watch them in chronological order is because I thought I might see a pattern or changing attitudes or some other noticeable aspect. When I realized that I wasn’t picking up on anything significant I decided it was ok to go out of order. But one thing that I did notice is how awesome the supporting casts are in most of these flicks. A bunch even have some of the all time greats like Keith David in Final Analysis and J.T. Walsh in The Last Seduction. That was a pleasant surprise.
Something else I want to mention that I originally brought up in the Final Analysis review is that I saw a couple of pictures that I thought were going to be prime sexy thrillers but had problems and I decided against talking about them. The extra ones I saw were Body Double, White Palace, Poison Ivy and Wolf which I remember being fairly sexy but I was wrong. White Palace was just flat out not thrilling in the least and Body Double was trying to be a Hitchcock type homage that wasn’t terribly sexy. Poison Ivy is a sexy thriller at heart but it doesn’t have a full on sex scene and it was very boring. That one I was the most excited for and was therefore the most disappointing.
Now it’s time to hand out the awards:
The movie with the most sex scenes: Crash with seven. Goddamn, that’s enough for a regular porno. The next closest is Basic Instinct with a not too shabby four.
The movie with the most after sex scenes: Body Heat with eight. It’s so weird that they keep showing William Hurt and Kathleen Turner lying naked somewhere like they didn’t think the audience was getting the message that they were having lots of sex. The runner up once again is Basic Instinct with five.
Most interesting place where sex was had: Probably in the car going through a car wash in Crash. Having sex in a car isn’t anything new and something they do plenty in this movie but to put a twist on it and have the car roll through a car wash was a stroke of genius. The rest of the scenes in these movies were mostly on beds or at least in houses. The only other one that was different was when Peter Berg and Linda Fiorentino do it against a chain link fence behind a bar in The Last Seduction.
The movie with the most amount of recognizable faces (cameos): Basic Instinct with six. This movie has so many tiny but important roles and they’re all filled with great character actors. But by far the coolest supporting cast between these films goes to Final Analysis. It has both Eric fucking Roberts and Keith fucking David.
Most absurd plot: Gotta be Crash. I mean most of these movies have far-fetched plots that rely on everything going perfectly to plan but people getting off on car crashes is a pretty zany idea.
Best title: I think Body Heat would be a fucking fantastic title for any movie but it works especially well if that film is a sexy thriller. It’s funny (both interesting and haha in this case) that the title doesn’t tell you anything about the movie. I guess the filmmakers knew that it sounded so good and they couldn’t pass it up. For second place I would say Original Sin. It just sounds so naughty.
Sexiest movie: This is a matter of personal taste of course but for me I think Basic Instinct is the sexiest. Sharron Stone looks great in that movie and she exudes so much confidence in knowing that she’s sexy. She likes to let her body do some talking and it’s just enough to get you very interested. In Basic Instinct 2 Sharron Stone let her body blab constantly and it was definitely less sexy. She was trying to make up for her age in that one by showing more skin all the time and it actually became more of a turnoff.
Most thrilling movie: This is also a matter of opinion based on what gets you going. I think Showgirls is really thrilling in a non traditional sense because the movie builds with each new success that Elizabeth Berkley achieves. Final Analysis got pretty exciting too. But I think I’m gonna go with Basic Instinct again. There are two car chases in that movie as well as the constant threat of an ice pick killer. Even the interrogation scenes are thrilling.
Best sexy thriller of this bunch here: Well since I thought Basic Instinct was the sexiest and the most thrilling then I guess I gotta go with that. It could be my personal favorite amongst all sexy thrillers as well. Actually Fatal Attraction is pretty good. Anyway, I think Basic Instinct balances sexy and thrilling pretty perfectly. I mean it’s got a bunch of sex scenes, murders, a great cast, a great director, it’s got that neo-noir thing going for it and it does it all with a straight face. It’s a classic.
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