‘Deadly attraction’, then and now: from misogyny to bad guy sympathy

When Paramount+ announced a major series franchise based on its brand’s iconic films in February 2021, no one was surprised to see “Deadly Attraction” on the list, billed as a “deep rework” of “erotic psycho-thriller”. Glenn Close and Michael Douglas. After all, we are talking about a movie that is still talked about almost forty years after its release. Especially between 1987 and 1988, it was the duty of a citizen to express an opinion on this issue. Adrian Lyne’s (almost) masterpiece stayed at number one for six weeks in the United States and ten weeks in the United Kingdom, making it the third highest-grossing opening in Spain of 1988, only “The Last Emperor” and “Mujeres al after verge of The Last Emperor. A nervous breakdown’.