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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 076 - What Lies Beneath

The gang get the chance to go all supernatural with their latest erotic thriller, looking at a tale of infidelity and gaslighting made much complicated by soaking wet ghosts in Robert Zemeckis' What Lies Beneath. 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 30, 202150 min

Episode 075: Love Crime

The gang finally start to bring in more non-English language films into the mix as the look over a tale of greed, capitalism and murder in Alain Corneau's Love Crime. 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 26, 202152 min

Episode 074: Mulholland Drive

The gang return to the dark and tragic world of Lynch, and this time they've brought someone with them. Clarisse Loughrey (@clarisselou) is the special guest for our tour of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. 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 26, 20211 hr 16 min

Episode 073: Zandalee

The gang finally hit on a frequently requested title, made notorious by virtue of starring the internet's favourite actor Nicolas Cage, in the form of Sam Pillsbury's Zandalee. 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 05, 202144 min

Episode 072: Swimming Pool

The gang take a dive into the clear blue waters and murky motivations to talk about fiction and jealousy in François Ozon's Swimming Pool. 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 18, 202050 min

Episode 071: To Die For

The gang are joined by special guest Catherine Bray (@catherinebray) as they delve into world of fame, media, and murder in Gus Van Sant's To Die For. 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 27, 202052 min

Episode 070: Blue Velvet

The gang finish up their run in the 1980s by looking into the tale of idyllic small-town life, which covers up the psychosexual nightmare beneath its surface in David Lynch's Blue Velvet. 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 30, 202058 min

Episode 069: The Postman Always Rings Twice

The gang look another film that has direct ties to classic film noir and hard boiled Hollywood, this time filtered through a more New Hollywood lens in Bob Rafelson's The Postman Always Rings Twice. 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 02, 202045 min

Episode 068: Angel Heart

The gang go period once more as they look into the noirish tale of an amnesiac detective trailing a missing man and becoming caught in a loop of memory, paranoia, and voodoo in Alan Parker's Angel Heart. 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 04, 202042 min

Episode 067: Wild Orchid

The gang finally turn to one of the big names of the erotic film genre, and consider the legacy and filmic blueprint to be found in Zalman King's Wild Orchid. 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 31, 202048 min

Episode 066: Sea of Love

The gang are joined by special guest, critic and author Mark Searby ( @Mark_Searby ), for a look at the film that served as a turning point in the career of Al Pacino... Harold Becker's Sea of Love. Visit Mark Searby's website for more info on his work and book, Al Pacino: The Movies Behind the 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/...

Jul 02, 20201 hr 4 min

Episode 065: Dead Ringers

The gang returns to the world of damaged psyches and body horror as they look at the troubled twin world in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers. 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 11, 20201 hr 4 min

Episode 064: Dressed to Kill

The gang return to the world of 1980's Brian De Palma, rich in visual storytelling, decadent morality, and questionable social perspectives in genre giant Dressed to Kill. 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 21, 202046 min

Episode 063: Masquerade

The gang head to the wealthy side of town where boats sail, booze is drunk, and implausible murder schemes are plotted in Bob Swaim's Masquerade. 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 30, 202053 min

Episode 062: The Big Easy

The gang head on down to New Orleans for a tale of corrupt cops and sultry nights in Jim McBride's The Big Easy. 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 02, 202055 min

Episode 061: Black Widow

The gang finally get a look at another of the few films revolving around two female characters: one the femme fatale who kills for money; the other the cop obsessed with stopping her in Bob Rafelson's Black Widow. 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 12, 202037 min

Episode 060: Earthquake Bird

The gang go uncharacteristically contemporary by checking out the '80s-set psychosexual thriller recently added to Netflix in the shape of Wash Westmoreland's Earthquake Bird. 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 31, 202044 min

Episode 059: American Gigolo

The gang head to the beginning of the 80s to look at the fashionably hollow lifestyle of one of God's lonely men in Paul Schrader's American Gigolo. 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 10, 202045 min

Episode 058: Jagged Edge

The gang head to an early success for writer Joe Eszterhas, which set the template for his bigger successes to come. Courtroom drama, murder and intrigue in Richard Marquand's Jagged Edge. 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 29, 201944 min

Episode 057: Dangerous Liaisons

The gang go period by looking at the tale of pre-Revolutionary French aristocracy and their various shenanigans of exploitation, sadism and love in Stephen Frears's Dangerous Liaisons. 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 01, 20191 hr 2 min

Episode 056: Dead Calm

The gang head back out to sea for the close quarters tension of a married couple besieged by a handsome but unstable stranger on their own ship in Phillip Noyce's Dead Calm. 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 19, 201943 min

Episode 055: Cat People

The gang take a turn towards the supernatural, metaphysical and psycho-sexual peculiarities of animal instincts and strange desires... so, obviously it's Paul Schrader's Cat People. 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 15, 201952 min

Episode 054: Body Heat

The gang go weirdly method by looking at a film set during a ridiculous heatwave, during an actual ridiculous heatwave... Lawrence Kasdan's seminal Body Heat. 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 25, 201948 min

Episode 053: Crimes of Passion

The gang look to the work of transgressive enfant terrible of cinema Ken Russell and his story of a cartoonish prostitute and a mad street preacher... and some other guy named Bobby - Crimes of Passion. 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 04, 201938 min

Episode 052: Nine 1/2 Weeks

The gang return to the work of Adrian Lyne yet again to look at one of the most often referenced and yet seemingly least remembered films of the canon - Nine 1/2 Weeks. 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 06, 20191 hr 4 min

Episode 051: Body Double

The gang finally head back into the sleek glamour of the 1980s and start things off with a bang, looking into a work of voyeurism, murder, and back projection - Brian De Palma's Body Double. 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 16, 20191 hr

Episode 050: Fatal Instinct

The gang celebrate their 50th episode by taking a look at the parody comedy that satirises all the tropes and cliches of the erotic thriller genre in Carl Reiner's Fatal Instinct. 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 25, 201942 min

Episode 049: The Temp

The gang go to work to look at the story of an exec with too much work who finds himself with an assistant who can do the work just fine... perhaps a little too fine... in Tom Holland's The Temp. 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 29, 201934 min

Episode 048: Goodbye Lover

The gang look to another genre hybrid of a sort, taking on a film that combines the tropes of the erotic thriller and treats them with comedic strokes, layering intrigue with farce in Roland Joffe's Goodbye 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/

Mar 01, 201938 min

Episode 047: Species

The gang head back to the home turf of the 90s and take a swing a peculiar genre hybrid, mixing erotic thriller with sf action with Roger Donaldson's 1995 Species. 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, 201955 min
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