The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary CinemaThe author examines a genre which evolved in the 1980s and 1990s in Britain and the US, in tandem with the rise of video. The text explores the relationship between pornography and film noir; straight-to-video film; erotic thriller stars and key directors; and women in contemporary mainstream sex cinema. |
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