There aren't many erotic thrillers starring the likes of Bill Murray, but thankfully the Lost in Translation actor doesn't do anything involving his naked body in this undeniably cheesy and yet endlessly entertaining '90s flick. Wild Things is not a "good" film, by any standards, but it does have some undeniably sexy scenes featuring Denise Richards and Neve Campbell, who - in the film's most famous scene - make-out in a pool with their tops off. So, yeah. The plot, which features a guidance counsellor who is accused by two students of rape, makes no sense, the characters are awful, and yet there's an inherently fun energy that echoes across the span of the entire movie; Wild Things straddles the line between knowingly bad and actually bad, but it's that notion that makes it all the more watchable.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
