Commentary by director Paul Verhoeven and director of photography Jan De Bont
Production notes
"Blonde Poison" - Documentary On the Making of the Film
"Cleaning Up Basic Instinct" a Montage Comparing the TV Version to the Theatrical Version
Commentary with Feminist Critic Camille Paglia
Photo Gallery
Storyboard Comparisons
Includes Scenes Director Was Forced To Cut
Moving Picture Menu
Scene Selections

A former rock star, Johnny Boz, is brutally killed during sex, and the case is assigned to detective Nick Curran of the SFPD. During the investigation, Nick meets Catherine Tramell, a crime novelist who was Boz's girlfriend when he died. Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman, and though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz, he is unable to find any evidence. Later, when Nilsen, Nick's rival in the police, is killed, Nick suspects of Catherine's involvement in it. He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her, but as their relationship progresses, the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine's guilt.