Body Chemistry

Body Chemistry (1990)

The chemistry may be right. . . but the consequences can be murder.

A research project on sexual response leads two doctors into an affair and their deepest passions and darkest fantasies are revealed.

Date of release
1990-03-09
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Thriller
Director
Kristine Peterson
Collection
Body Chemistry Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Body Chemistry is a 1990 erotic thriller film written by Jackson Barr and directed by Kristine Peterson. It is the first film in the Body Chemistry franchise which follows the character of psychotic psychiatrist Dr. Claire Archer, played by Lisa Pescia in her feature film lead debut.

Production

The film was designed to capitalize on the tremendous box office success of Fatal Attraction with the character of Dr. Claire Archer was directly inspired by Alex Forrest, played by Glenn Close.

Principal photography began in Los Angeles on November 15, 1989. The film's alternate title was "Afterimage".

Mary Crosby (who was a classmate of Lisa Pescia at the Terrace Theatre Group) was initially cast as Dr. Claire Archer. Crosby's husband, Ed Lottimer (a friend of Roger Corman) introduced Pescia to Corman and she subsequently got the role after many rounds of auditions. Due to the success of the film on cable, Pescia attracted multiple acting opportunities.

During pre-production, director Kristine Peterson revised Barr's script with Thom Babbes, who had written Peterson's previous film, Deadly Dreams and together they added the BDSM elements and pushed the sex scenes to be more erotic than the ones in Fatal Attraction.

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