Los Angeles detective Kate McBain arrives in southern California after a scandal in which she slept with a suspect during an investigation. Paired up with macho detective Keith Rackles, Kate investigates the case of the death of a wealthy female stockbroker who was found in her hotel's pool after falling from her balcony. Cross-checking details with other deaths, Kate uncovers evidence that all the murders were identical, making this the work of a serial killer. It is also discovered that the victims were moonlighting as high-priced call girls. Infiltrating the brothel, Kate is introduced to the only client to sleep with all the victims – Rutherford "Blue" Dresden, a real charmer known for the overwhelming way he treats the girls. As Kate begins to fall in love with Blue, she begins to suspect that A – he could be the killer since his mother was also found dead in a similar fashion or B – he is being set up by the fiancée of one of the murdered girls – none other than Detective Keith Rackles.
This made for cable television erotic thriller is actually a knockoff of the classic thriller Basic Instinct, only with the gender roles of the two leads reversed. The film was directed by Robert Angelo, a director who specialised in this sort of film & was produced by star Shannon Tweed, herself known as the queen of softcore erotica around this time.
Dead Sexy is an average thriller that has some reasonable love scenes thrown in to market itself to the softcore audience that view this kind of thing or even late shift workers. Most softcore erotica tend to regard plot as the space between unclothed romps, but Dead Sexy manages to make the thriller aspect of the story work to a limited degree. Most of the love scenes are passable enough but the story's thriller element comes out stronger when seen on its own. The final twist ending is a real eye-opener when it comes. As for the acting, Shannon Tweed is excellent as the female detective on the case while John Enos seems a bit miscast in his role as the 'psycho' suspect of the piece.
This made for cable television erotic thriller is actually a knockoff of the classic thriller Basic Instinct, only with the gender roles of the two leads reversed. The film was directed by Robert Angelo, a director who specialised in this sort of film & was produced by star Shannon Tweed, herself known as the queen of softcore erotica around this time.
Dead Sexy is an average thriller that has some reasonable love scenes thrown in to market itself to the softcore audience that view this kind of thing or even late shift workers. Most softcore erotica tend to regard plot as the space between unclothed romps, but Dead Sexy manages to make the thriller aspect of the story work to a limited degree. Most of the love scenes are passable enough but the story's thriller element comes out stronger when seen on its own. The final twist ending is a real eye-opener when it comes. As for the acting, Shannon Tweed is excellent as the female detective on the case while John Enos seems a bit miscast in his role as the 'psycho' suspect of the piece.