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Fatal Attractions

Matthew Turner

A podcast devoted to the erotic thriller genre. Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, that sort of thing. Co-hosted by film critics and film fans Matthew Turner, Leslie Pitt, Amelie Thomas and P...

Episodes

20 of 117 episodes

Episode 117: The Piano Teacher (2001) with Isabelle Cocozza

The gang are joined by very special guest and editor of Culture Film Publication, Isabelle Cocozza, as they look over the complicated story...

01:11:14Oct 30, 2026

Episode 116: The Housemaid (2025)

The gang look to the present state of erotic thrillers and evaluate the latest offering of the genre, with pretty people, moral quandaries a...

54:44Sep 25, 2026

Episode 115: Queen of Hearts

The gang returns to the world of older, sexy Danish women (Anna absolutely insisted) for a tale of corruption, predation and the lengths som...

46:30Aug 28, 2026

Episode 114: Amer

The gang turn to formalist experimentation for their latest foray into the world of erotic cinema, specifically looking over the quasi-desco...

37:16Jul 31, 2026

Episode 113: Streets

The gang check out the dreamy exploitation story of a teenage sex worker, the boy who wants to save her, and the maniac cop who wants her de...

43:39Jun 26, 2026

Episode 112: Exotica

The gang welcome back writer/director/actor Emily Bennett to discuss the cycle of emotional vulnerability and unresolved grief contained wit...

52:46May 29, 2026

Episode 111: The Duke of Burgundy

The gang head into an atmospheric world that throws back to 70s European erotic cinema and Jess Franco in a study of comfort and kink in a r...

46:33Apr 24, 2026

Episode 110: Special Effects

The gang stay in the 1980s for the scuzzy tale of exploitation that also doubles up as a cineliterate skewering of exploitation cinema, in L...

47:37Mar 26, 2026

Episode 109: Someone to Watch Over Me

The gang head back to a banner year for the erotic thriller subgenre, and they've got a new permanent co-host to help talk all about the sli...

41:03Feb 27, 2026

Episode 108: Scarlet Diva

The gang start 2026 with a bang, welcoming very special guest, actor/writer/director Annapurna Sriram to discuss the many weird and troublin...

01:04:06Jan 30, 2026

Episode 107: No Way Out

The gang are joined by special guest, erotic thriller enthusiast and fan of the podcast Livvy, to investigate the real truths of power, loya...

55:09Jul 4, 2025

Episode 106: The Page Turner

The gang are joined by special guest, author/podcaster Anna Cale, to dive into the world of classical music and petty revenge in Denis Derco...

43:51May 16, 2025

Episode 105: Babygirl

The old gang reunites as Amelie comes back, even if just for one show, to talk about Nicole Kidman's latest foray into the erotic thriller g...

01:04:04Apr 18, 2025

Episode 104: Star 80

The gang joins up with friend and fellow-podcaster Catrin Lowe so they can head into the place where erotic thriller crosses over with true...

53:17Feb 7, 2025

Episode 103: Cam

The gang welcome in friend of the podcast, audio porn producer and sex blogger Girl on the Net, to discuss the nature of identity and manipu...

01:06:50Nov 15, 2024

Episode 102: Quills

The gang are joined by special guest writer/culture critic Kayleigh Donaldson as they delve into the world of 18th Century France and legend...

51:33Aug 16, 2024

Episode 101: Lost Highway

The gang take a trip with special guest writer/director/actor Emily Bennett ( Alone With You , Accidental Stars , LVRS ), looking to discuss...

01:26:41Jun 21, 2024

Episode 100: the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy

The gang made it... reached 100 episodes... and to celebrate they remember their favourite episodes, consider the state of the erotic thrill...

01:43:03May 3, 2024

Episode 099: Secretary

The gang are joined by special guest, casting director and podcaster Timothy Evans ( @timothyeraw ), to veer away from the thrillers but sta...

01:00:13Mar 8, 2024

Episode 098: L'Enfer

The gang are joined by special guest, author Linda Belhadj, for an unsettling journey into jealousy and psychosis in Claude Chabrol's L'Enfe...

01:01:40Jan 19, 2024