

Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
Acting
Stone's career-defining, career-derailing star power.
Direction
Verhoeven weaponizes the male gaze against itself.
Writing
Eszterhas's trashy masterpiece of erotic manipulation.

Director
Paul Verhoeven
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gay rights groups protested the 'psycho lesbian' killer trope, yet the film became a queer cult classic anyway.
Sharon Stone's leg-crossing scene wasn't in the script; Verhoeven had her remove underwear without telling her how the shot would be used. She slapped him after seeing the final cut.