I've been watching a bunch of 80s and 90s thrillers as part of the With Gourley and Rust podcast. The biggest takeaway is how 'of their time' these types of movies were.
Fatal Attraction (1987): 3.5/5. Still a really effective thriller that's also well acted (apparently that's a hard combo to find based on the rest of the movies so far).
Pacific Heights (1990): 1.5/5. Felt like it was building towards something good but fell completely flat. A tenant who tricked his way into a swanky San Francisco suite and refuses to leave, escalating and tormenting the landlords, and it turns out was just stealing the light fixtures basically...
Sleeping with the Enemy: 3/5. Solid but not spectacular. Incredible water fountain drinking with a moustache action.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992): 3.5/5. Kind of a ridiculous "a-ha!" moment that escalates things and kicks off the denouement, but overall it was genuinely unsettling.
Raising Cain (1992): 2.5/5. Honestly worth it just for John Lithgow ridiculousness. The movie is completely bonkers and while it's bad, it's also very entertaining.
Still to come are Consenting Adults (1992), Sliver (1993), and Fear (1996).
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