Dead Sexy

2001 "Killer looks. Naked ambition."
4.1| 1h29m| R| en
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A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.

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Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!
Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
BA_Harrison A low budget Basic Instinct clone (as if we needed another one), this vehicle for ageing soft-core star Shannon Tweed (43 and looking it) features far more sex and nudity than Verhoeven's classic erotic thriller, but none of the style (you don't say!).Tweed plays detective Kate McBain, whose latest case—the murder of several blonde-haired call girls—takes a dangerous turn when she goes undercover and becomes physically involved with the prime suspect, billionaire Blue Dresden (John Enos). As Kate 'investigates', she becomes convinced of Blue's innocence, her suspicions falling upon her police colleagues (seasoned detective Rackles, played by Sam Jones, and young hotshot Billy Trainer, played by Eric Keith).Flatly directed by Robert Angelo, with perfunctory performances all round, Dead Sexy is an unremarkable thriller that treads water between several uninspired soft-core sex scenes. Even the most die-hard fans of Tweed will be disappointed, the star employing a body double for her romp with Enos.
DigitalRevenantX7 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.
gridoon Of all the "Basic Instinct" copies that have been made since 1992 (and there are plenty), "Dead Sexy" must be one of the most blatant. Sure, it switches the genders of the two main characters, but keeps almost everything else the same, right down to the only other suspect for the killings being someone within the police force who has hidden ties to the primary suspect. Of course "Dead Sexy" does not come anywhere near the style and suspense and general quality of the Verhoeven film, but on its own low-budget straight-to-video terms it's a fair way to pass some time. Shannon Tweed is acceptable, Sam Jones (as her partner) is even better, injecting some needed humor into the proceedings. As for the matter of the body double, I personally cannot understand why Tweed felt the need to use one. She showed everything - and it looked good as usual - in "The Rowdy Girls", made in 2000; what could have changed so much over a year? (**)
p1phillips Shannon Tweed strikes again in this thriller about the murders of high-priced escorts. She is the cop on the case, and begins getting an itch south of the navel for her prime suspect (John Enos). The red herrings are laughably obvious and the several sex scenes are all exactly the same (woman on top with lots of jumping and shouting). Even worse, Tweed opts this time to use a body double. This is a movie that fails to satisfy on just about every level.