And so, the nineties were the second golden age of unlikeable women. It was the high point of the erotic thriller, wherein sex and death were intertwined (usually in the form of a gorgeous and dangerous woman). It was the era of the neo-femme fatale, now with a much more explicit sexuality. Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) was the bisexual writer who may or may not also be a murderer in the box office smash Basic Instinct (1992). Bridget Gregory (Linda Fioretino) is the greedy, ice-cold femme fatale who goes on the run with a big stack of cash in The Last Seduction (1994). Madonna played a
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