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Basic Instinct 2
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Basic Instinct is a 1992 thriller mystery film, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone and George Dzundza.
- 164 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Jan 15, 2016 to Nov 1, 2026
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60 of 185 · most liked firstI've always wanted to read SHOOTER, the pulp-smut book Sharon Stone's character writes in BASIC INSTINCT, so for @bwdr.bsky.social's Neo-Noir 2024 issue...I wrote it. Horny, deranged erotica as film criticism, or vice-versa. Art: @bturnerinfo.bsky.social www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2024/12/06/e...
neutral · AI labelView post →Ah, excellent. This sounds like a necessary corrective to the famously woke film known as [checks notes] Basic Instinct? [The only reason the original works at all is god-level Sharon Stone. Good luck to whoever takes the lead role this time after Sydney Sweeney wisely turns it down.]
neutral · AI labelView post →What do you think was the last movie Trump saw in a multiplex. Whatever the answer is I know it's funny. My guess is Basic Instinct in 1992 and that he went more than once
neutral · AI labelView post →I see movie studios push AI actresses and immediately think of how they blindsided Sharon Stone with the interview scene in Basic Instinct. She learned not to trust studios and directors and for that was labeled "difficult". Execs don't have those kinds of concerns with a bot.
neutral · AI labelView post →The only thing I love more than a terrible film is a terrible unnecessary sequel. I'm talking Basic Instinct 2 level of shit and this one, Staying Alive, is putrid in fun ways.
negative · AI labelView post →galaxy-brained take: "In The Mouth of Madness" and "Basic Instinct" are the same movie
neutral · AI labelView post →My favourite movies of the year: 25 discoveries, six old favourites, six calamities, six re-evaluations, five obsessions. Feat. Margaret Sullavan, John Hughes, Denzel, Basic Instinct, a noir about Satan, a British late-silent... oh all sorts, really. advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2024/12/Film...
neutral · AI labelView post →Basic Instinct (Film: 1992 / DVD: 2001) - packaging
neutral · AI labelView post →Who is the coolest woman in a movie? IMO… Catherine Tramell in ‘Basic Instinct’ 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's film Basic Instinct (1992)
neutral · AI labelView post →Free Willy is the all-ages version of Basic Instinct in that there's one shot everyone remembers but I swear to God, I can't tell you another scene in the movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →That's not surprising. She was treated like crap after Basic Instinct, like she was a porn star rather than a film actress. There was a lot of stigma And I'm not saying porn stars should be treated like crap or less than other actors, but the societal shaming was there
neutral · AI labelView post →Paul Verhoeven, u done it Again. I watched Basic Instinct (1992). That movie was laser targeted 4 me. The art direction (lots of warm neutrals + blue— BEAUTIFUL), nice shots, sex & violence, Bisexuality, women’s seduction as a form of power, Sharon Stone crossing legs interrogation room pussy shot,
positive · AI labelView post →So Waxman’s main proof that Hollywood is white hot and horny again is that washed up Joe Eszterhas is writing a non-woke sequel to Basic Instinct? The biggest theatrical movies of the year are Lilo & Stitch, Minecraft and Sinners and the biggest streaming movie is Kpop Demon Hunters but whatever
neutral · AI labelView post →the notably woke original Basic Instinct, definitely what everyone thinks of that movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Basic Instinct (1992) 🎬🖤 Directed by Paul Verhoeven
neutral · AI labelView post →Mr. Stone. You wrote that song "Sympathy for the Devil" many... Sorry, Rolling Stones. Okay, I saw that Basic Instinct movie I felt like... u mean Sharon Stone.. The Amazing Spiderman was.. Nope. Emma Stone. What about the big rocks in England uh uh. Stonehenge well how about those Temple Pilots? 😂
neutral · AI labelView post →"It's a movie that knows how ridiculous it is, and I'd argue it's best watched the way you'd watch Basic Instinct or Showgirls now, with friends, a drink in hand, and zero shame about shouting at the screen." Director Kate Dolan on M3GAN spinoff SOULM8TE, releasing at home 8/1.
neutral · AI labelView post →March 20th is a red letter day in Erotic 90s history: On this day in 1992, Paul Verhoeven's BASIC INSTINCT was released in North American theaters. Listen to our episode on the film here: www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/bas...
neutral · AI labelView post →I think of this line from Roger Ebert’s review of Basic Instinct 2 all the time. Nothing wrong with a godawful movie, as long as it isn’t godawful and boring.
neutral · AI labelView post →In filming the opening where we see Quaid and Lori in bed, Verhoeven wanted Stone to show more skin, but she refused. And it was her performance as Lori that convinced Verhoeven she would be perfect to play the lead in his next film, Basic Instinct. 16/47
neutral · AI labelView post →#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge #MovieSky #FilmSky #MarchMovieChallenge Mar-10 Movie or TV character played by Sharon Stone that is NOT Basic Instinct Total Recall (1990)
neutral · AI labelView post →Now I'm trying to figure out what was "woke" about the first Basic Instinct movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know what the best Verhoeven movie could be... but I think there would have to be a really strong case for Total Recall. RoboCop has that amazing cast and some great satiric content, Basic Instinct is Basic Instinct, but... Total Recall, y'all. It's the total package! LOVE the ending, too.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Basic Instinct" is such a funny title for a sex thriller movie that's about a fetish for re-enacting the murder of Leon Trotsky
neutral · AI labelView post →now watching BASIC INSTINCT 2 lol it is not my favorite movie or anything, and I think it should have done that “crescendo that cuts off” trick on the soundtrack only once, but you want trash? It’s trash
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you know this movie , L.A. Story (1991), is directly connected to Rambo, Basic Instinct, Total Recall, Terminator 2 and Showgirls? They were all made by Mario Kassar and his studio Carolco
neutral · AI labelView post →yes, that means Showgirls and Basic Instinct. Deep cuts like Spetters and Soldier of Orange. Even the weird lesbian nun movie that came out four years ago
neutral · AI labelView post →Basic Instinct (Film: 1992 / DVD: 2001)
neutral · AI labelView post →Obscure YT of the day: in tribute to tonight's Bob Dylan concert I saw, 1987s HEARTS OF FIRE, w/ Dylan, Rupert Everett, and Fiona. Joe Eszterhaus (SHOWGIRLS, BASIC INSTINCT) writes, Richard Marquand (RETURN OF THE JEDI, JAGGED EDGE) directs (his last film). youtu.be/wF34lqJPXH0?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Starship Troopers, Robocop, Total Recall, Showgirls, Basic Instinct, Hollow Men, the Fourth Man, all the WWII ones, the weirdo nun movie, Flesh and Blood, even the obscure early Dutch-only films
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're looking for something smutty to read on your flights home for the holidays: In BASIC INSTINCT, Sharon Stone plays a killer novelist who writes a sleazy novel (SHOOTER) about events in the film. For @bwdr.bsky.social, I DID write SHOOTER, using it as an inquiry into the erotic thriller:
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched TURBULENCE (2025) a *ahem* high concept thriller that's essentially 'Basic Instinct in a hot air balloon'. The plot is thinner than the air they're flying in, but there's just enough invention to keep the film airborne. Exploding Helicopter fave, Olga Kurylenko, has the Glenn Close role.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you look at a 1990s movie like Basic Instinct or Enemy of the State, the premise is "we know this plot is ridiculous, but the characters are solid and you'll have fun watching it." It seemed refreshing in the beginning when Whedon and Gunn directed movies had "well, THAT happened" moments
neutral · AI labelView post →"Basic Instinct might be the all-timer but for my money you get more bang for your buck with Basic Instinct 2" - Archer Movie Hot Takes #FThisMovieFest
neutral · AI labelView post →Lived with my dad in summers and he didn’t have any rules except both me and my brother both got to pick a movie so there was no fighting. We always watched my PG movie first and then his movie (he was 5 years older). Anyways that’s how I watched the directors cut of Basic Instinct when I was 11
neutral · AI labelView post →Is he implying that the original Basic Instinct movie was "woke"? Cause I don't think that's what the word is supposed to mean.
neutral · AI labelView post →Basic Instinct, what a fucking movie. Verhoeven was on an insane run. 4k restoration looks sumptuous. that Jerry Goldsmith score makes me swoon. it's bonkers how hot Sharon Stone looks, like Grace Kelly in Rear Window
positive · AI labelView post →#Junesploitation Day 9 - Thrillers! Today's movie is DREAM LOVER (1993), with James Spader and Mädchen Amick. (Pre-show trailers: Bad Influence, Basic Instinct) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...
neutral · AI labelView post →In filming the opening where we see Quaid and Lori in bed, Verhoeven wanted Stone to show more skin, but she refused. And it was her performance as Lori that convinced Verhoeven she would be perfect to play the lead in his next film, Basic Instinct. 16/47
neutral · AI labelView post →Never assume that cultural osmosis has truly informed you about something. Tonight I learned I have been really confused about the movie BASIC INSTINCT.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rambo? Terminator 2? Universal Soldier? Basic Instinct? Stargate? Which Carelco Pictures #film was your favorite? 🎬 Our discussion 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/1eUj... #podcast #nostalgia
neutral · AI labelView post →Veered way off the track last night to write dark 🍎📻 based on that Basic Instinct movie. Over 40 pages of Al’s deadly charms. He’s ace trans radio-loving and victimizes literally everyone. Lucifer never stood a chance #appleradio #bottomAl #TopLucifer
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a great movie or TV cameo 📺 📽️ Both Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct) and T-1000 (Terminator 2) showing up in the same scene in: Last Action Hero (1993)
neutral · AI labelView post →A much funnier idea for a movie would be a ham handedly woke version of Basic Instinct.
neutral · AI labelView post →The sentence "Emerald Fennell to direct new anti-woke remake of Basic Instinct" is like hyper-targeted anti-advertising, and has me googling "how do I stop hearing about this film ever again"
neutral · AI labelView post →Nightbeast! I love when horror movies sneak other horror movies in, like Hellraiser in Basic Instinct and The Big Alligator River in Maxxxine.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m curious… what’s your fic with less kudos??? 🙃 I’ll go first! 😊 Mine is a short metalsandwich fic insipired by Basic Instinct that I wrote for the Metalsandwich Movie Mania. (4 kudos) 😂😂😂
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching #JanuaryGiallo Hollywood Goes Yellow ⭐️ Body Double 1984 | Brian De Palma ⭐️ Basic Instinct 1992 | Paul Verhoeven ⭐️ I Know Who Killed Me 2007 | Chris Sivertson Three decades of American film takes on the Italian born genre.
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Letterboxd #filmsky Basic Instinct (1992) Nope (2022) 35 Shots of Rum (2008) The Ascent (1977)
neutral · AI labelView post →Catherine Tramell is many things: brilliant, beautiful… but never boring. Until now. Join us this Friday for a film so stupid and insulting that it made us want to murder someone. We’re talking BASIC INSTINCT 2: RISK ADDICTION on Kill By Kill After Dark!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Spent the afternoon shredding up antiquated but still sensitive documents. Shew! Found this sheet of saved #movie #stubs. 🧐 I am confused. I saw Basic Instinct 2?? Why? And why did I immortalize the stub? I don’t even remember seeing the original Basic Instinct. #scrapbooking #nostalgia #weird
neutral · AI labelView post →Does anyone remember the movie Basic Instinct?
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatching Basic Instinct and i am losing my fucking mind how good this movie looks (de Bont) and sounds (Goldsmith)
positive · AI labelView post →Not sure I love a run of films like Paul Verhoeven's 5 film run of RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Showgirls, and Starship Troopers.
positive · AI labelView post →What if in lieu of a BASIC INSTINCT essay I just published some fan-fic-y smut spattered with a little film criticism throughout. What then.
neutral · AI labelView post →My mother once described Basic Instinct as "the movie about the lesbian bookwriter"
neutral · AI labelView post →Today Basic Instinct is a pretty highly regarded film. Often considered to be a cool movie about an evil bisexual woman who preys on men; pretty badass. At the time gay rights organizations were very mad about Basic Instinct. In the mainstream the number of notable films about crazy lesbian
neutral · AI labelView post →#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge March 10 - movie or TV character played by Sharon Stone that is NOT Basic Instinct Ginger McKenna - Casino #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →#Dafoebruary #Moviesky 2. Willem Dafoe movie month continues with this Basic Instinct ripoff starring Madonna, Joe Mantegna and Julianne Moore.
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