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They even let them be brunettes.
The Project Manager is meticulously organized.
Their manipulations, lies, seductions, and violence are strategic.
These women motivate me to organize my life as well.
The homme fatale in erotic thrillers does not have that much in common with femme fatales.
He is young, sweet, artistic, and has long hair.
But teen queens can never get it quite right.
In the end, they never win.
The Bunny Boiler:Fatal Attraction, Single White Female, ObsessedThe Bunny Boiler is the erratic femme fatale.
Her actions are not preplanned, which ultimately leads to her demise.
She is the standard American wife: pretty, sweet, a stay-at-home wife or mom.
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy is the male protagonist in erotic thrillers.
Theyre all himbos; the Fall Guys lifeless personality serves the purpose of not competing with the femme fatale.
His dumbness also makes quick, effortless seductions more believable.
Really, the only distinction between Fall Guys is Michael Douglas or not Michael Douglas.
The Quirky Friend is played by a character actor.
He deserves a happy, quiet life with his certified good boy.
An Inconsequential Cute Kid
The kids in erotic thrillers are cute and never consequential.
The kid inDeep Watereven gets to star in the films weird end-credit scene.
InDeep Water, Ben Affleck casually mentions he killed someone at a party within the first 15 minutes.
He says it so smoothly and casually it feels like a joke.
Oh, You Like It Like That?
The sex in erotic thrillers is rough with BDSM elements if not at first, eventually.
The Fall Guys enjoy being dominated by femme fatales, and sometimes the roles reverse.
InBody of Evidence(seen above),Madonna drips hot candle wax onto Willem Dafoe.
Savage(ly messy).
The endings for femme fatales suggest that if you have sex outside of marriage, you are bad.
If you are a homewrecker or challenge family values in any way, you deserve to die.
Cultural Relevance
Erotic thrillers make admirable effort to have their fingers on the pulse of culture.
Its more like … dropped in a bag without tissue paper.
Do the characters vacation on the Cape?
Is one or more of thema doctor?Do they wear evening gowns and tuxedos to one anothers apartments?
Brace yourself for some erotic, thrilling plot development.
(Also, youre probably watchingEyes Wide Shut.)
And everything is accentuated by shadows.
Trench Coats:Speaking of costumes, watch out for a classic between-season wardrobe staple.
In an erotic thriller, any woman in a trench coat could be naked underneath it.
Extreme Weather
Erotic thrillers always go to the extremes, and this includes weather.
Extreme weather always seems to be happening.
InUnfaithful, the fateful affair begins because of … wind.
The mouths are erotic, whereas the neck a dangerous place on the body to play adds a thrill.
Bathrooms
Erotic thrillers love a bathroom scene.
Elevator Music
Smooth, harmless, ordinary jazz establishes the romantic atmosphere early on.
When things get steamy, the jazz becomes more sensual.
InFatal Attraction, the Fall Guy seeks refuge from the Femme Fatale there, where she hunts him down.
Snails dont murder anybody in the end, although the genres history suggested that they would.
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