Welcome to Chris & Chris Talk Movies. In this podcast, life-long friends Chris Ferry and Chris Huddleston discuss Sci Fi movies (sometimes the best Sci Fi movies, sometimes not), horror movies (occasionally some of the all time best horror movies…often…not), a few of the very best action movies (I think you see where we’re going with this), and genre films from their childhood and beyond in this laid-back, rambling, but inviting series!
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Episode Number 32: BASIC INSTINCT (1992)
This week marks our first foray into one of the hottest genres of the early to mid 1990s - the erotic thriller. Perhaps none was bigger than 1992's BASIC INSTINCT, which made over $650 million worldwide in today's dollars. If there's one thing people remember from this blockbuster starring Michael Douglas (WALL STREET, ROMANCING THE STONE) and Sharon Stone (TOTAL RECALL, SLIVER), it's the infamous interrogation scene, claimed to have been the most freeze framed scene ever during the days of VHS. We discuss that and other entertaining topics such as everyone with a psychology degree being able to manipulate people's minds, whether or not this film still has the ability to shock audiences, and whatever happened to erotic thrillers (and will they make a comeback).
Written by Joe Eszterhas (SHOWGIRLS), and directed by Paul Verhoeven (ROBOCOP, TOTAL RECALL), the BASIC INSTINCT cast also includes Jeanne Tripplehorn and George Dzundza.
Is BASIC INSTINCT one of Michael Douglas' best movies? How does it rank among Sharon Stone's filmography?
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