List of erotic thriller films
The Erotic thriller is a film subgenre defined as a film that “combines romanticized, ‘erotic’ appeal with a dangerous ‘thriller’ narrative—a “pleasure/danger” principle”.[1] The elements of bodily danger and pleasure are central to the plot.[2] Most erotic thrillers contain scenes of softcore sex, though the frequency and explicitness of those scenes varies.[3] British academic Linda Ruth Williams described erotic thriller films as “noirish stories of sexual intrigue incorporating some form of criminality or duplicity, often as the flimsy framework for onscreen softcore sex”.[2]
The word "erotic" began to adhere to "thriller" during the 1980s to describe a sudden boom in noir-like thriller films with sexually provocative content.[4] The late 1980s to the mid-1990s are regarded as the "classic period" of the erotic thriller,[5] and the most recognizable films of the genre, such as Basic Instinct, Fatal Attraction, and The Last Seduction were released in this era.
Precursors to the erotic thriller[]
In his book Hollywood’s Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir, Robert Barton Palmer claimed “perhaps the most popular genre in the 1990s, the so-called erotic thriller [...] is a direct descendant of the classic film noir”.[6] Many films of the 1960s and 70s also provocatively mixed noir themes with softcore sex, erotic fantasy, and voyeurism.[7] The erotic thriller also contains influences from the genres of mystery and horror, as well as from pornography.[8]
Notable figures[]
Certain filmmakers and actors are associated with the genre.[2] Brian De Palma helped usher in the classic period of the genre with films Dressed to Kill and Body Double,[2] and directed Femme Fatale and Passion later in his career. Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven directed Basic Instinct, Showgirls, and Benedetta. Joe Eszterhas became a sought-after screenwriter in the classic period, writing the screenplays for Jagged Edge, Basic Instinct, Showgirls, and Jade.[2] Adrian Lyne has directed several films of the genre, including 9½ Weeks, Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal, Unfaithful, and Deep Water. Other filmmakers include Atom Egoyan, Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, William Friedkin, David Cronenberg, and Zalman King.
The most recognizable actor associated with erotic thrillers is Michael Douglas,[9] who starred in four films—Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, Disclosure, and A Perfect Murder. Mickey Rourke,[2] Jeff Fahey, and Richard Gere[10] have also starred in multiple films of the genre. Notable actresses include Sharon Stone,[2] Linda Fiorentino,[2] Glenn Close, Kathleen Turner, Demi Moore, and Greta Scaachi.
List of films: 1940–1970[]
1944[]
- Double Indemnity[a]
1958[]
- Vertigo[a]
1962[]
- Lolita[a]
1966[]
- Trans-Europ-Express[11]
1969[]
- Blind Beast
- Venus in Furs (a.k.a. Black Angel and Paroxismus)
List of films: 1970–1980[]
1971[]
- She Killed in Ecstasy
1972[]
- Last Tango in Paris[a]
- Punarjanmam
- The Stepmother
1973[]
1974[]
- The Teacher
- Wife to Be Sacrificed
1975[]
1976[]
- The Hook (a.k.a. To Agistri)
- Obsession[a]
- Vortex (a.k.a. Blondie, Blondy, and Germacide)
1977[]
- Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1978[]
- Attacked!! (a.k.a. Attack!!)
- The Eyes of Laura Mars[a]
- Nicole (a.k.a. Crazed and The Widow's Revenge)
List of films: 1980–1990[]
1980[]
1981[]
1982[]
- Cat People (erotic-horror)
- The Seduction
1983[]
- American Nightmare
- Female Cats
- The Fourth Man[a]
- The Hunger (erotic-horror)
- TV Movie
1984[]
1985[]
- Jagged Edge[a]
- The Trap (a.k.a. The Cage, Collector's Item, and Dead Fright)
1986[]
- 52 Pick-Up
- 9½ Weeks[a]
- Devil in the Flesh
- Evil Senses
- Half Moon Street
- Ladies of the Lotus
- Matador
- The Wind
1987[]
1988[]
- Backfire
- Call Me
- Dangerous Love
- Dead Ringers[a]
- Dial Help[13]
- The Drifter
- The Girl in a Swing
- Grievous Bodily Harm
- Into the Fire (a.k.a. The Legend of Wolf Lodge)
- Killing Blue
- Last Rites
- Masquerade
- Obsession a Taste for Fear[14]
- Party Line
- Spellbinder
- Take Two
- Thrilled to Death
1989[]
- Angels of the City
- The Banker
- Bedroom Eyes II[15]
- Cat Chaser[16]
- Cold Comfort
- Deadly Innocents
- Fatal Exposure[a]
- Fever
- Glass
- Hider in the House, psychological erotic-thriller
- High Stakes
- In Too Deep
- Kill Me Again,[a] neo-noir
- Lethal Women
- Loos[17]
- Murder Weapon
- Night Visitor
- Out of the Dark
- Paint It Black
- Prime Suspect
- Sea of Love,[a] neo-noir
- Silk 2, 1989, Indian erotic-drama, action
- Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls
- Trapped
- Twisted Obsession
- Wild Orchid
List of films: 1990–1996[]
1990[]
- After Dark, My Sweet
- Body Chemistry[a]
- Deceptions[a]
- Disturbed
- Fatal Charm
- Hard to Die
- Haunting Fear
- The Hot Spot[a]
- I'm Dangerous Tonight
- Impulse[a]
- In the Cold of the Night
- Jezebel’s Kiss[18]
- Madonna: A Case of Blood Ambition
- Meridian: Kiss of the Beast
- Mortal Passions
- Naked Obsession[a]
- Night Angel
- Night Eyes[a]
- Presumed Innocent[19]
- The Rain Killer
1991[]
- The Adjuster
- The Art of Dying
- Bikini Island
- Blackmail
- Carnal Crimes[a]
- Close My Eyes
- Deadly Desire
- Deadly Surveillance[a]
- Defenseless
- Fatal Bond
- Hunting
- Immortal Sins (a.k.a. Veil of Dreams)
- The Indecent Woman
- Intimate Stranger[a]
- Inner Sanctum, erotic-drama
- A Kiss Before Dying
- Kiss Me a Killer[a]
- Last Call[a]
- Legal Tender[a]
- Liebestraum
- Liquid Dreams[a]
- Lower Level
- My Daughters Keeper
- Secret Friend
- Shattered,[20] psychological erotic-thriller
- Sleeping with the Enemy
- Ultimate Desires
- Uncaged (a.k.a. Angel in Red)
- Victim of Love (a.k.a. Raw Heat)
- Whore
- Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
- Write to Kill
- Zandalee
1992[]
- Animal Instincts[a]
- Basic Instinct,[a] neo-noir
- Bitter Moon[a]
- Blind Vision
- Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger[a]
- Consenting Adults
- Dama koja ubija (a.k.a. Lady Killer)
- Damage,[21] erotic-drama
- Dance with Death[a]
- Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel
- Double Jeopardy[a]
- Eyes of the Beholder
- Eyes of the Prey
- The Fear Inside
- Final Analysis[a]
- Final Embrace
- The Finishing Tough
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle[22]
- The Heart of Justice
- Illicit Behavior[a]
- In the Heat of Passion
- Intimate Obsession
- Killer Instinct (a.k.a. Homicidal Impulse)
- Light Sleeper
- Love Crimes[a]
- Mirror Images[a]
- Murderous Affair[a]
- Night Eyes 2[a]
- Night Rhythms[a]
- Obsessed[a]
- The Other Woman
- Over the Line
- Play Nice
- Poison Ivy
- Prey of the Chameleon
- Quake (a.k.a. Aftershock and The Stalker)
- Roots of Evil
- Ruby Cairo
- Secret Games[a]
- Sexual Response[23]
- Single White Female
- Sketch Artist (a.k.a. The Sketch Artist)
- The Silencer
- The Smile of the Fox
- Storyville[24]
- Through the Eyes of a Killer
- The Tigress
- Twin Sisters[a]
- Unlawful Entry[a]
- Whispers in the Dark
- Woman’s Secret
1993[]
- Acting on Impulse
- Angel Eyes
- The Baby Doll Murders
- Betrayal of the Dove
- Bitter Harvest
- Blown Away
- Body of Evidence[a]
- Body of Influence
- Boxing Helena
- The Cold Girl Murders
- Cold Sweat
- Craving Desire
- The Crush
- Death Dancers
- Die Watching[a]
- Double Threat
- Dream Lover
- Fatal Instinct[a]
- Fatal Past[a]
- Gross Misconduct
- Guilty as Sin,[25]
- Hexed
- Hidden Obsession[a]
- A House in the Hills
- I Can Make You Love Me (a.k.a. Stalking Laura)[a]
- Indecent Behavior[a]
- Indecent Proposal,[26] erotic-drama
- L.A. Goddess[a]
- Lake Consequence
- Laser Moon
- Love Cheat and Steal
- Love Matters
- Malice,[27] neo-noir
- Mirror Images 2[a]
- Mother's Boys
- Night Eyes 3[a]
- Romeo Is Bleeding, erotic neo-noir
- Paint Job
- Secret Games 2: The Escort[a]
- Sexual Intent[a]
- Silver
- Sins of Desire[a]
- Sins of the Night[a]
- Sliver[a]
- Snapdragon
- The Substitute
- Sunset Grill
- Tomcat: Dangerous Desires
- Tropical Heat[a]
- Under Investigation
- Wild Cactus[a]
- The Wrong Man
1994[]
- 1-900 (a.k.a. 06)
- Animal Instincts 2[a]
- Bitter Vengeance
- Blindfold: Acts of Obsession[a]
- Blood Run[28]
- Body Shot [a]
- Breaking Point
- A Brilliant Disguise
- Caroline at Midnight
- China Moon.[a] neo-noir
- Color of Night[a]
- The Cool Surface
- Criminal Passion[a]
- Dangerous Heart
- Dangerous Touch[a]
- Dark Tide
- Dead On
- Disclosure[a]
- Discretion Assured
- Double Cross[29]
- Exotica[a]
- Every Breath
- Fleshtone
- Flinch
- French Silk
- Hard Drive[a]
- Hard Vice
- Illicit Dreams[a]
- Improper Conduct[a]
- In the Heat of Passion 2: Unfaithful (a.k.a. Behind Closed Doors)
- Indecent Behavior II[a]
- Inner Sanctum II, erotic-drama
- Judicial Consent
- Killer
- Killer Looks[a]
- Killing Obsession
- Lady in Waiting[30]
- The Last Seduction,[31] neo-noir
- Lipstick Camera[a]
- Love Is a Gun
- Midnight Confessions (a.k.a. Voices of Seduction)
- [a]
- Mind Twister[a]
- Night Fire
- Object of Obsession[a]
- Playmaker (a.k.a. Death Date and Private Teacher)
- Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III[a]
- Possessed by the Night
- Saturday Night Special
- Save Me[32]
- Scorned (a.k.a. A Woman Scorned)[a]
- Secret Games 3[a]
- Sensation[33]
- Sexual Malice (a.k.a. The Other Man)[a]
- Sexual Outlaws
- Silk Degrees
- Sirens[34]
- Temptation
- Tryst[35]
- Unveiled
- Woman of Desire[a]
- XX: Beautiful Hunter, Japanese erotic-thriller
1995[]
- Above Suspicion
- The Babysitter
- Beyond Desire
- Bloodknot
- Bodily Harm[a]
- Body Chemistry IV: Full Exposure[a]
- Body Language[a]
- Compelling Evidence
- Cover Me[a]
- Dangerous Affair
- Dangerous Indiscretion[a]
- Deadly Past
- Deep Down
- Fatal Passion (a.k.a. Portrait in Red)
- Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
- Guns and Lipstick
- Hard Evidence
- Hourglass
- Illegal in Blue
- Indecent Behavior III[a]
- Jade[a]
- Killing for Love
- Killing Jar (a.k.a. Trapped)
- Lap Dancing[b]
- Last Gasp
- The Maddening
- Malicious[a]
- [a]
- Midnight Temptations
- Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur, erotic-horror
- Never Talk to Strangers
- Number One Fan
- Payback
- Payback in Vegas
- Perfect Alibi
- Private Obsession
- Scoring
- Secret Sins
- Seduced and Betrayed
- Separate Lives
- Serpents Lair
- Showgirls
- Sinful Intrigue
- Sorceress (a.k.a. Temptress II)
- Sorceress II: The Temptress
- Species,[36] sci-fi erotic-horror
- Stripteaser
- Target for Seduction (a.k.a. Mistress of Seduction 2)
- The Dark Dancer
- To Die For,[26] black comedy erotic-thriller
- To the Limit
- Triplecross
- Undercover Heat
- Vicious Kiss
- Victim of Desire (a.k.a. Implicated)[a]
- Virtual Desire[a]
- Virtual Seduction
- Wild Side
- Where Evil Lies
- XX: Beautiful Beast
1996[]
- Access Denied
- Animal Instincts: The Seductress (a.k.a. Animal Instincts 3)[a]
- The Bondage Master (a.k.a. Rope Detective)
- Body of Influence 2[a]
- Bound,[a] neo-noir crime thriller
- Caught
- Crash,[a] psychological erotic-thriller
- Dead Heart
- Deadly Charades
- Depraved
- Diabolique,[a] psychological erotic-thriller
- Electra[37]
- Exit
- Exit in Red[a]
- Fear,[a] psychological erotic-thriller
- Flash Frame
- The Glass Cage
- Heaven's Prisoners
- Hindsight
- Hot Ticket
- Hungry for You
- Invasion of Privacy
- Irresistible Impulse[a]
- The Juror[38]
- The Killer Inside
- Kissed[a]
- Kissing a Dream
- The Little Death
- Mari's Prey (a.k.a. Mari's Game)
- Masseuse[a]
- Mind Games
- Mischievous
- Naked Souls[a]
- Night Eyes 4: Fatal Passion[a]
- Night Shade[a]
- One Good Turn
- Over the Wire
- Playback
- Poison Ivy II: Lily[a]
- Profile for Murder
- Scene of the Crime (a.k.a. Ladykiller)
- Sexual Roulette[a]
- Showgirl Murders[a]
- Solitaire
- Stormy Nights
- Unforgettable
- Virtual Girl
- Walnut Creek
- White Cargo
- Widows Kiss
- XX: Beautiful Prey, Japanese erotic-thriller
- Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers, Japanese erotic-thriller
List of films: 1997–2007[]
1997[]
- Business for Pleasure[a]
- Casualties
- Confessions of a Lap Dancer(a.k.a. Illicit Confessions)[a]
- The Corporate Ladder
- Dark Secrets[a]
- Deadlock: A Passion for Murder
- Echo (a.k.a. Deadly Echo)
- Erotic Boundaries (a.k.a. Boundaries)
- The Escort
- Evil Obsession (a.k.a. Illegal Entry)[a]
- The Ex
- Exception to the Rule[a]
- Exposé
- Face Down
- A Gun for Jennifer
- Hot Suspect (a.k.a. Human Desires and Indecent Behavior 4)[a]
- I’m Watching You
- Illicit Dreams 2 (a.k.a. Death and Desire)[a]
- Illusions of Sin
- In Dark Places
- Intimate Deception
- Kiss of Death
- Laws of Deception
- [a]
- Live Flesh
- Love in Paris (a.k.a. Another 9½ Weeks)[a]
- Macon County Jail
- Matter of Trust
- Midnight Blue
- Mutual Needs
- Poison Ivy: The New Seduction[a]
- Passion and Romance: To the Manor Born
- Red-Blooded American Girl II
- The Price of Desire
- Scorned 2[a]
- Shades of Gray (a.k.a. Twisted Passion)[a]
- Sorceress II: The Temptress
- Striking Resemblance
- Teach Me Tonight
- This World, Then the Fireworks[a]
- Tricks
- Vicious Circles
- Zero Woman: The Accused, Japanese erotic-thriller
- Zero Woman: The Hunted, Japanese erotic-thriller
1998[]
- Confessions of a Call Girl (a.k.a. Double Identity)
- Dangerous Invitation
- Dead by Dawn
- Devil in the Flesh
- The Escort II
- Exposé (a.k.a. Footsteps)
- Extramarital
- Fatal Pursuit[a]
- Interlocked: Thrilled to Death (a.k.a. A Bold Affair)
- Intimate Nights
- Losing Control[a]
- Mistress of Seduction
- Naked Lies
- New Rose Hotel
- Psycho Sisters
- Rebecca’s Secret
- Sheer Passion
- Tainted Love[a]
- Testing the Limits[a]
- The Tribe
- Ultimate Love Games
- When Passions Collide
- Wild Things
- Zero Woman: Dangerous Game, Japanese erotic-thriller
1999[]
- The Big Hustle
- Don’t Sleep Alone
- The Escort III
- Eyes Wide Shut[a]
- Forbidden Sins
- Her Married Lover (a.k.a. Clean Kill)
- I Like to Play Games Too
- The Last Seduction II,[a] neo-noir
- Loser Love
- Powerplay[a]
- Raw Nerve
- Singapore Sling (a.k.a. Scandalous Behavior)
- A Table for One
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Two Shades of Blue[b]
- Voyeur
- Web of Seduction
- Word of Mouth
- Yellow Hair (a.k.a. The Blonde), Korean erotic-thriller
2000[]
- Attraction
- Bare Deception
- Blacktop
- Cherry Falls
- Dangerous Attraction
- Devil in the Flesh 2 (a.k.a. Teacher's Pet)
- Freeze Me (a.k.a. Freezer)
- Hidden Passions
- Love Her Madly
- Mercy
- Private Lies
- Reindeer Games (a.k.a. Deception)
- Starstruck[39]
- Tales of The Kama Sutra: The Perfumed Garden,[a] erotic-thriller drama
- The Right Temptation
- Trois[a]
- Warm Texas Rain [a]
- Burnt Money
2001[]
- Birthday Girl
- Cold Heart
- Dangerous Sex Date
- Dead Sexy
- Facing the Enemy
- Heart of Stone
- Kept
- Lantana
- Mulholland Drive,[a] neo-noir mystery
- Night Class (a.k.a. Seduced by a Thief)[a]
- Original Sin[a]
- The Piano Teacher
- Pretty When You Cry (a.k.a. Seduced)
- Sexual Predator (a.k.a. Last Cry)
- Tales of The Kama Sutra 2: Monsoon[a]
- Tell Me No Lies
- Thy Neighbor's Wife (a.k.a. Poison)
- Women of the Night
- Zebra Lounge
- Read My Lips
2002[]
- Angel Blade
- Bare Witness
- Dangerous Invitations
- Demonlover, neo-noir
- Femme Fatale,[a] mystery/thriller neo-noir
- Killing Me Softly[a]
- Spider’s Web
- Stolen Sex Tapes
- Swimfan
- Trois 2: Pandora's Box[a]
- Unfaithful
- Wolfhound
2003[]
- Dangerous Passions
- Dot the i, psychological erotic-thriller
- Final Examination
- In the Cut[a]
- Jism
- Killer Inside Me
- Love Object
- Poet
- Swimming Pool
- Trail of Passion
- Wicked Minds
2004[]
- Decoys (erotic horror)
- Eyes of Crystal
- Hawas
- Motives
- Murder
- The Scarlet Letter
- Trois: The Escort (a.k.a. Trois 3: The Escort)
- Tum – A Dangerous Obsession
- Wicker Park
- Wild Things 2
2005[]
- Flirting with Anthony
- Kalyug
- Lust Connection
- Rain
- Les Saignantes (a.k.a. Those Who Bleed)
- Where the Truth Lies
- Zeher
- Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (a.k.a. Wild Things 3)
2006[]
- Aksar
- Basic Instinct 2, neo-noir
- Ganda Hendathi
- Last Sunset (a.k.a. Sex & Consequences)
2007[]
- Boarding Gate
- Cape Karma
- I Know Who Killed Me,[40] psychological erotic-thriller
- Socket
List of films: 2008–present[]
2008[]
- Death in Love
- Deception[41]
- Impulse
- The Kreutzer Sonata
- Loft
- Poison Ivy: The Secret Society
- Sex and Lies in Sin City
2009[]
- Bluebeard
- Blue Seduction
- Chloe
- Compulsion
- Crush
- Indira Vizha
- Ek Tho Chance
- No Right Turn
- Pornography: A Thriller
- Searching for the Elephant
- Strangers Online
- The Pit and the Pendulum
- Obsessed
2010[]
- The Housemaid
- Red Nights, erotic-horror
- Secret Love
- Vlees
- Wild Things: Foursome
2011[]
- Murder 2
- Ragini MMS
- Silver Tongues
- X: Night of Vengeance
- Good Morning, Killer
2012[]
- Dangerous Liaisons
- Flying Blind
- Hate Story
- Jism 2
- Passion
- The Taste of Money
- Under My Nails
2013[]
- 24 Exposures
- The Canyons
- Murder 3
- Pleasure or Pain
- Plush
- In Secret
- Stranger by the Lake
2014[]
- Addicted
- After Midnight
- Hate Story 2
- Ice Cream
- Ice Cream 2
- Innocent Thing
- Lang Tong
- The Loft
- Obsessed
- Ragini MMS 2
- Scarlet Innocence
- Zid
- The Blue Room
2015[]
- Bound
- The Boy Next Door
- Careful What You Wish For
- Charlie Kay Chakkar Mein (a.k.a. Entangle with Charlie)
- Goddess of Love,[42] psychological erotic-thriller
- Hate Story 3
- Knock Knock
- Locust
2016[]
- Frank & Lola, neo-noir
- The Handmaiden, psychological erotic-thriller
- Indiscretion, psychological erotic-thriller
- Iris (a.k.a. In the Shadow of Iris)
- Ishq Junoon
- Love Games
- One Night Stand
- Road Games (a.k.a. Fausse Route)
- When the Bough Breaks, psychological erotic-thriller
- Deadly Pickup
- Wolf Mother
2017[]
- Aksar 2
- L'Amant double (a.k.a. Double Lover)
- Unforgettable
- High Heel Homicide
- Strip Club Massacre
2018[]
- In Darkness
- Hate Story 4
- Illicit Desire
2020[]
2021[]
- Benedetta,[46] religious erotic-thriller
- The Voyeurs
2022[]
- Deep Water
- Don't Worry Darling
Miscellaneous crossover films[]
- Macabre, 1980, erotic-horror
- The Fan, 1981, erotic-horror
- Lovely But Deadly, 1981, erotic-action
- Ms. 45,[a] 1981, erotic exploitation
- The Postman Always Rings Twice,[a] 1981, erotic-drama
- Naked Killer, 1992, Hong Kong erotic-action
- Shadows Run Black, 1984, erotic-crime thriller
- Sole Survivor, 1984, erotic-horror
- Sea of Love,[a] 1989, neo-noir
- Kill Me Again,[a] 1989, erotic neo-noir
- Inner Sanctum, 1991, erotic-drama
- Basic Instinct,[a] 1992, neo-noir
- Romeo Is Bleeding, 1993, erotic neo-noir
- Inner Sanctum II, 1994, erotic-drama
- China Moon,[a] 1994, erotic neo-noir
- The Last Seduction,[a] 1994, erotic neo-noir
- Bound,[a] 1996, erotic neo-noir crime thriller
- The Last Seduction II,[a] 1999, erotic neo-noir
Post-period crossover films[]
- Femme Fatale,[a] 2002 mystery/thriller neo-noir
- Unfaithful 2002, erotic-drama
- Basic Instinct 2, 2006, neo-noir
- Lust, Caution, 2007, erotic-drama
- Chloe 2009 lesbian romantic drama
- Compulsion, 2013, psychological dark comedy erotic thriller
- Frank & Lola, 2016, erotic neo-noir
- The Handmaiden 2016 lesbian romantic drama
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- ^ Frank, Allegra (8 April 2021). "What Is What Lies Below, the Horny Sea-Monster Movie That's No. 1 on Netflix?". Slate.
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- Williams, Linda Ruth (2005). "The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema". Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. p. 306. ISBN 0-253-21836-5.
- Martin, Nina K (2007). "Sexy Thrills: Undressing the Erotic Thriller". Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press. P. 000. ISBN 978-0-252-07437-0
- Keesey, Douglas (2001) "They Kill for Love: Defining the Erotic Thriller as a Film Genre". CineAction, Volume 56, Summer July 1, 2001, pages 44–53.
- Karagiannidou, Aneta (2006). "Getting Away With It: The Erotic Thriller and Its Fantasies" (Thesis). Aristotle University.
- Palmer, R. Barton. "Hollywood’s Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir". New York: Twayne, 1994. ISBN 978-0805793246
- Andrews, David. "Soft in the Middle: The Contemporary Softcore Feature in Its Contexts". Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0814210222
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