Category: erotic thriller

Barkin Up the Right Tree

In which we drool all over the smoking hot Ellen Barkin, as Helen Cruger, in Sea of Love. Ellen Barkin in Sea of Love is a mood, if ever there was one. The 1989 erotic-romantic thriller is a favorite of mine that’s always rewarding to revisit, and Barkin’s pure-sex-on-two-legs performance as a seductive femme fatale … Continue reading Barkin Up the Right Tree →

Hot Shots of the Week: Pamela D’Pella is Uncaged

One of my favorite gritty pimps-and-whores exploitation movies from the heyday of gritty pimps-and-whores exploitation movies would have to be Uncaged (1991), also known as Angel in Red. The Roger Corman-produced thriller is actually a pretty faithful remake of an earlier Corman production that I’ve waxed on about here before, Streetwalkin’ (1984). While the original … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Pamela D’Pella is Uncaged →

Lost and Found: Doppelganger

In which Drew Barrymore singlehandedly puts the “erotic” in this forgotten erotic thriller. A neglected erotic thriller that got lost in the glut of the 1990s erotic thriller boom, Doppelganger (1993) comes courtesy of writer-director Avi Nesher, of such acclaimed films as She (1982), Time Bomb (1991) and Raw Nerve (2000). Okay, none of those … Continue reading Lost and Found: Doppelganger →

Bonus Hot Shots of the Week: Lounging with Melinda Clarke

Before achieving major career success as the deliciously villainous Julie Cooper on the early aughts hit series The O.C., Melinda Clarke paid her dues during the naughties (nineties) in a series of trashy genre flicks. From the punk rock zombie sequel Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993) to the sexy erotica Return to Two … Continue reading Bonus Hot Shots of the Week: Lounging with Melinda Clarke →

From the Vault: Joan Collins in Fatal Charm

This post was first published at my old blog. It’s been revised slightly and I’m re-presenting it here, just in time for Dame Joan Collins’s 92nd birthday tomorrow. I've made it my mission to hunt down and watch all of Starfire Lounge VIP Joan Collins's pre-Dynasty cult films. From crime dramas to horror to erotic thrillers, … Continue reading From the Vault: Joan Collins in Fatal Charm →

Hot Shots of the Week: Shannon Tweed

It’s an established fact that Shannon Tweed is a Starfire Lounge VIP, thanks largely to her impressive body (of work) in a host of direct-to-video erotic thrillers. In this fan’s not-so-humble opinion, Shannon is the undisputed queen of that genre. Yes, she made a ton of DTV films, but it’s about quality over quantity, and … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Shannon Tweed →