A great many of the younger generation don’t know the plot for his American Erotic thriller movie. Basic Instinct was released in 1992 and instantly caused a stir. It was found to be shocking by some and a portrait of our society slipping into deeper dark place. The plot for the story is as follows. A wealthy former rock star is brutally stabbed to death. The weapon used was an ice pick and he was stabbed during a sexual encounter. Detective Nick Curran, played by Michael Douglas is brought in to investigate this murder. Nick and his partner Gus Moran visit with a crime novelist who was last seen with the rock star on the night he died. Instead of finding the novelist they find her lesbian lover Roxy. Roxy sends them to the novelists’ beach house, where she shows little remorse for the rock star.

The police duo discovers that the novelist has written about this exact same crime in one of her novels. Her story had the details of the crime including how the rock star had been tied to the bed with a white scarf and then stabbed to death with an ice pick. At this point the police investigators take the novelist in for questioning. During these famous scenes we discover that the novelist, played by Sharon Stone, is not wearing underwear and she uses this and her cigarette to act in very provocative behaviors.

Nick the policeman is undergoing counseling, with a female police psychologist, that he has had an affair with. Nick hooks up with the psychologist after a tuff day at work and engages with her in rough sex. It is discovered that the novelists’ counselor at college was also murdered with an ice pick. Nick also learns that the novelist often makes friends with murderers. The novelist taunts Detective Nick with information that only his police psychologist should know. The police psychologist admits to handing on Nick’s personal file to an internal investigator. Nick confronts the internal investigator and assaults him. Nick is then suspended. The psychologist attempts to see Nick at his home that evening but by then he has been drinking heavily and he throws her out after an argument. The investigator is found dead in his car from a single gunshot to the head and Nick becomes the prime suspect.

The novelist and Nick begin a torrid affair. She states that her next book will be based on a cop falling for the wrong woman, and he is killed by this woman. Nick declares his love for her and that he is going to prove that she killed the rock star. Roxy is jealous and tries to run Nick over with the novelists’ car, he chases her and she dies in the crash. After Roxy’s death it is revealed that she had a murderous past. The novelist is shocked by the death of her lover. Nick doubts the novelist is guilty based on her reaction, he discovers that she had had a previous lesbian encounter while at college. The other woman is the police psychologist, she admits to the relationship. The dead internal investigator had investigated connections between the novelist, the police psychologist and her now dead husband. From here you really need to start watching! I won’t be the one to spoil it for you, but be aware of twists. And really how many main players haven’t been killed at this point?