A 90s erotic thriller so forgotten it's basically a cryptid. But hey, Edie Falco's in it!
A songwriter seeks a psychiatrist's help after his obsession with his best friend's wife turns to chilling fantasies of murder.
Acting
Edie Falco's bizarre cameo as pretentious film director
Direction
Barkin's attempt at Lynchian unease on no budget
Director
Edward S. Barkin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edie Falco shot this during her struggling actor years in NYC, same period she was working as a waitress and auditioning constantly. She'd win her first Emmy six years later.
Rift belongs to the brief 'erotic thriller' boom between Basic Instinct and Showgirls, when every indie filmmaker thought they could replicate Verhoeven's sleaze-meets-subversion formula on a shoestring.
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