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Fatal Attractions

Matthew Turner, Leslie Pitt, Amelie Thomas, Paul Costellofatalattractions.libsyn.com
Four film lovers with a penchant for 90s erotic thrillers take on the much-maligned subgenre one film at a time. A journey of sleaze, social anxiety, appalling fashion, and questionable career choices. Matt, Leslie, Amelie, and Paul pan the cinematic cesspool looking for the gold within. Join them.
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Episodes

Episode 046: Killing Me Softly

The gang stay in the noughts for one more week to look over the attempted erotic meanderings and unintentional laughs of Chen Kaige's Killing Me Softly. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jan 17, 201950 min

Episode 045: Femme Fatale

The gang finally break the seal on their can of Brian De Palma by looking at one from the latter era of the director's career, following a dangerous woman who's bad news to all around her - Femme Fatale. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dec 14, 201856 min

Episode 044: In the Cut

The gang look to one of the world's best female directors for her take on the erotic thriller, taking in murder, desire, and the blurred line that can exist between the two... Jane Campion's In the Cut. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Nov 22, 201841 min

Episode 043: Obsessed

The gang return once again to the extra-marital temptation and crazed stalkers of their progenitors, only this time it's Idris Elba who's caught between Ali Larter and Beyonce in Steve Shill's Obsessed. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Oct 26, 201851 min

Episode 042: Hollow Man

The gang return to the ever-giving font of director Paul Verhoeven as he tells the tale of a megalomaniacal pervert/brilliant scientist who goes invisible and then becomes much worse... Hollow Man. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sep 28, 201848 min

Episode 41: Swimfan

The gang stick around in the noughts for the high school take on their namesake film, with an obsessive girl setting her sights on the swim team's big star in John Polson's Swimfan. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sep 07, 201841 min

Episode 040: Unfaithful

The gang return to the well of Adrian Lyne for his considered take on his preferred focus of infidelity and other things that can't be taken back - Unfaithful. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Aug 17, 20181 hr 5 min

Episode 039: I Know Who Killed Me

The gang finally take their first steps into the new Millennium, turning their attention to the lamented, lambasted, and wholly derided 2007 effort from Chris Siverston - I Know Who Killed Me. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jul 27, 201835 min

Episode 038: Showgirls

The gang take on one of the all time cinematic bombs to come from the 90s, a sharp and cynical satire that missed marks, dropped balls and ruptured careers... that's right, it's Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jul 06, 20181 hr 3 min

Episode 037: Guilty as Sin

The gang look at another courtroom thriller where sex, murder, and perhaps the worst haircut we've seen yet come together in Sidney Lumet's Guilty as Sin. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jun 15, 201844 min

Episode 036: Jennifer 8

The gang blindly wander off the erotic thriller path and into the niche realm of not-particularly-erotic-and-barely-even-a-thriller thrillers with Bruce Robinson's Jennifer 8. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

May 31, 201838 min

Episode 035: Eyes Wide Shut

The gang turn their attention to the arthouse wing of the genre, and the final film of master filmmaker Stanley Kubrick - 1999's Eyes Wide Shut. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

May 03, 20181 hr 2 min

Episode 034: A Perfect Murder

Having looked at a bunch of movies that have ripped off Hitchcock so relentlessly, the gang finally turn their attention to a new take on a story Hitch himself once had a stab at... Andrew Davis's A Perfect Murder. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Apr 20, 201847 min

Episode 033: Unlawful Entry

The gang return to the fears of yuppies, suffering under the cruel whims of authority, this time in the shape of the too friendly neighbourhood cop in Jonathan Kaplan's Unlawful Entry. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Apr 06, 201849 min

Episode 032: Romeo is Bleeding

The gang continue to dwell in the realms of neo-noir for the story of a corrupt cop spinning out of control and caught between three women who hold various aspects of his life in their hands in Peter Medak's Romeo is Bleeding. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Mar 09, 201840 min

Episode 031: Bound

The gang turn their attention to the neo-noir that flipped the traditional sense of sexuality and gender roles around... the Wachowskis in pre-Matrix mode with 1996's Bound. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Feb 23, 201843 min

Episode 030: Malice

The gang look into the tale of the mild-mannered teacher, his pretty wife, and the hot young surgeon with the God complex... Harold Becker's Malice. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Feb 08, 201844 min

Episode 029: Under Suspicion

The gang greet the new year with a look at the Brighton noir tale of infidelity, murder, and a conveyor belt of really nice coats - Under Suspicion. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jan 25, 201834 min

Episode 028: Indecent Proposal

The gang talk about the much talked about relationship drama involving money, sex, and the handsome visage of Robert Redford in Adrian Lyne's return to the genre - Indecent Proposal. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dec 21, 201744 min

Episode 027: Cruel Intentions

The gang move onto a classic of the 90s teen movie explosion to discuss adaptation sickness and teenage romantic fantasy in Roger Kumble's contemporary take on Dangerous Liaisons - Cruel Intentions. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Nov 10, 201751 min

Episode 026: The Last Seduction

The gang finally dig into one the classics of 90s neo-noir to discuss female roles, performances and why Linda Fiorentino is owed more than she got - The Last Seduction. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Nov 02, 201757 min

Episode 025: Mother's Boys

The gang take a look at the ex-wife/mother from hell tale that sees frogs and planetarium trips used to questionable metaphorical effect in Yves Simoneau's 1993 thriller Mother's Boys. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Oct 26, 201741 min

Episode 024: I Want You

The gang cross the Atlantic and pull up a spot on the beach for the Hastings Noir stylings of Michael Winterbottom's crack at the erotic thriller genre in I Want You. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Oct 19, 201733 min

Episode 023: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

The gang return to the well of Fill-in-the-blank-from-Hell thrillers for a tale of maternal gaslighting and familial usurping... Curtis Hanson's The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Oct 12, 201750 min

Episode 022: Fear

The gang look at young love, abuse and male territoriality run amok in James Foley's tale of the highs and lows of first love - Fear. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Oct 05, 201741 min

Episode 021: Dream Lover

The gang attempt to decipher the inexplicable dream sequences and questionable motives that simmer beneath a seemingly perfect marriage in Nicholas Kazan's Dream Lover. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sep 28, 201734 min

Episode 020: Pacific Heights

The gang take a mild break from the erotic thrillers and wander into the world of yuppie nightmare thrillers, taking in the escapades of the so-called tenant from hell in John Schlesinger's Pacific Heights. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sep 14, 201750 min

Episode 019: Bitter Moon

The gang take to the high seas for a tale of love gone sour and the increasingly terrible things people who can't stay apart do to each other when they get bored... Roman Polanski's Bitter Moon. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sep 08, 201751 min

Episode 018: Boxing Helena

The gang steer into a grim world of erotic fantasy, psychological trauma, and gradual dismemberment... and find the results utterly hilarious in Jennifer Lynch's Boxing Helena. Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sep 01, 201743 min

Episode 017: The Hot Spot

The gang enter the sunbaked world of film soleil as they take on the story of a drifter lost in the world of car sales, robbery, and triangles of lust - Dennis Hopper's The Hot Spot Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Aug 17, 201744 min
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