A real-life ‘Seduction’; what’s your favorite pot-boiler?
Apparently, the Pacific Northwest is abuzz over the steamy mystery involving a stripper and murder in Anchorage — a murder that mirrors the plot of a 1994 movie. The drama in Alaska goes something like this, according to the Associated Press story:
In the 1994 movie “The Last Seduction,” a femme fatale coaxes her lover into killing her husband for money. Prosecutors say a beautiful stripper obsessed with the film followed the script to its murderous end…
Life and art were so similar, prosecutors say, that they even sought, unsuccessfully, to have the movie shown to the jury…
Linehan - then known as Mechele Hughes - was one of the top girls at a strip club called the Great Alaska Bush Co. in 1996. A former co-worker said she was so sexy, she didn’t have to dance to earn big tips; men would pay just to talk to her.
Prosecutors say that is where the blonde borrowed the plot of “The Last Seduction” and had her fiance, 36-year-old fisherman Kent Leppink, killed.
Have you seen “The Last Seduction”? Here’s more about that movie from the Internet Movie Database. What’s your favorite pot-boiler murder/mystery? I’d have to say that for me, it’s The Manchurian Candidate — the original one with Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey and Frank Sinatra, of course.
Or perhaps you’re more of a Double Indemnity person? Or something more recent? Perhaps another of my favorites, Body Heat? Oh, and don’t just say what you like, but why.
Kurt is the director of social media for the Post-Dispatch, where he has worked since August 2002. He's been a journalist since 1982, covering municipal government, courts, education and two hurricanes as a reporter before becoming an editor. 
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The Film “The Last Seduction” certainly made me think twice about dating evil chix like that……in the movie, the poor guy got victimized twice…once by a chick, and another time (in a previous marriage) with a “guy-who-changed-into-a-chick”……he should of been more cautious of chix……..
“The Usual Suspects” was awesome….one of my favorite movies as well. There wasn’t even one chick who played a prominent role in the movie though, other than “Edie Finneran” who was “Dean Keaton’s” chick in NYC.
Chix seem to like getting other guys to poison their hubbies for the insurance money, both in real life and in the flix. Just watch Law And Order…..
Beware of chix…….make that your watchword for the day….beware of chix……
Ah, I am not alone in my admiration for “The Usual Suspects”. Great, great movie.
After my post about “The Usual Suspects”, I got to thinking about movies that I’ve watched more than once because I liked them.
“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” (based on a true story)
“Raising Cane”
“Body Double”
“American Psycho”
“Silence of the Lambs”
“The 39 Steps” and “Rear Window” (anything Hitchcock is worth watching again and again)
“Memento”
“Fight Club” (the final scene made me look by the album by the Pixies)
“Psycho”
“Alien”
Those are a few of the movies I would watch over and over again.
Gee. My favorite pot-boiler murder/mystery? I checked my brain’s database for a list of my favorite movies, which range from “Gladiator” to “Babe.” But despite the diversity on my list,none of them fit this genre. I guess I’d have to pick a Hitchcock film, probably “Rear Window.” The suspense was a factor, of course, but I think it was the way the main character saw the “clues” in bits and pieces. It was kind of like, what would you do if you thought your neighbor had killed his wife but you didn’t actually see the murder per se? It’s not like you could keep calling the cops without sounding like a nosey busy-body with a vivid imagination and too much time on your hands.
The Bible baby…greatest piece of male oriented fiction ever created. Drama everywhere. Lust…deceit…murder. What’s not to like? Penocentric to the nth degree.
I guess as far as a thriller/romance/mystery movie I’d have to go with Vertigo. This is not really my favorite movie genre but this is pretty good.
The Legacy (1978) Poorly made but the ending is worth it.
The Stepford Wives (The original)
The Ring
Rosemary’s Baby