Cant Decide Between a Comedy and an Erotic Thriller? This Movie Is Both

Crimes Of Passion is a 1984 thriller directed by Ken Russell. Fresh off of Romancing The Stone and years before her infamous Jessica Rabbit, Kathleen Turner stars as Joanna Crane, a successful fashion designer who moonlights as sex worker China Blue. Alongside Turner are Psycho star Anthony Perkins as Reverend Peter Shayne, a wicked, voyeuristic preacher, and John Laughlin as Bobby Grady, a dissatisfied family man on the verge of divorce. When Bobby Grady picks up some surveillance work on behalf of Joanna’s employer, he discovers her China Blue persona but keeps it to himself. Meanwhile, Reverend Peter Shayne flits between doing poppers at peepshows, preaching about sin outside said peepshows, and stalking Joanna as he insists upon “saving” her. Crimes Oo Passion is a thrilling, erotic, and often hilarious exploration of themes surrounding sex, vulnerability, and the dual lives we all lead.

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