Are you a fan of lighting a candle, pouring a glass of wine, dimming the lights, and turning on an adult erotic thriller movie? There's something about taking time out of your day to watch a sensual movie that feels like you're being bad... in a good way. While these movies don't get as much focus now, they used to be event movies. Parents would get babysitters and head out to the theater, ready for a night away from their kids and a night to rekindle their connection... also, maybe murder? (Yup, a lot of these movies have murders in them, as well.) While erotic thrillers are still made, they are not as popular of a genre right now. But that means they're primed for a comeback. Hollywood moves in cycles, and your next script or film could be the one that sets off the domino effect. If you want to work on a sexy thriller, you need to understand the tropes, know the best movies that came before you, and tap into all that erotic suspense for your characters and storytelling. Let's dig into the genre together and figure out what makes erotic thrillers so... steamy. What the Best Erotic Thriller Movies Teach Us About the Genre In his book Hollywood’s Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir, Robert Barton Palmer wrote “perhaps the most popular genre in the 1990s, the so-called erotic thriller [...] is a direct descendant of the classic film noir.” If noir was where the...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 2 May, 2024