90: Cinemasters: A Conversation About Erotic Thrillers (Remember Those??)

By Ron "The Rental King" Avis on Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Saxophones, sweaty bodies and Michael Douglas! Got your attention? There haven’t been a lot of new genres in Hollywood over the last several decades, so it’s really interesting to see one as prevalent in the 80’s and 90’s as the Erotic Thriller go away. But they kind of did didn’t they? White Machete returns to discuss what makes a thriller so…well, erotic. Let’s have some fun playing ‘Real or Fake’ (Erotic Thriller Edition), try to explain what makes Michael Douglas, basically attracted (PUN) to the genre as well as dissect six of the all-time greatest erotic masterpieces (Body Heat, Poison Ivy, Basic Instinct, Sea of Love, Fatal Attraction, Wild Things). So without further ado, it’s time to get the juices flowing.

Ron "The Rental King" Avis

I am your host to the left. In the ancient days when the stirring of the great volcano foretold the coming of the Cinemasters, I prepared the way by imbibing the forgotten lore of all things Cine-magical, hence I am the one who drinks. It is through my liquid merriment that I bind my talents to the other half of our intrepid duo to expertly craft the audio and visual wonderment beholden to the masses via the internets of old. By the secret wisdom handed to me through fluid consumption, our awesomeness is perfected like an electrical shock wave out of the tip of a unicorn horn directly into the aortic valve of your heart where the secrets of the universe are hidden. I am romantically entangled with a wondrous lady whom I call my wife. She has bore me the progeny of a son and a daughter and it is by this offspring that it is possible for me to be a Rad Dad. Everything seen and heard from the Cinemasters is by my hand.