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Scissors

Frank De Felitta

A year before Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone delivered one of her most unusual performances in this cult curio of early-’90s pulp cinema.

DIRECTOR
Frank De Felitta
YEAR
1991
COUNTRY
U.S.
RUNTIME
105 minutes
FORMAT
35mm

A year before Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone delivered one of her most unusual performances in this cult curio of early-’90s pulp cinema. After a violent elevator encounter, the sexually repressed Angela Anderson (Stone) is lured to a mysterious high-rise loft—only to find herself framed for murder. Her attacker lies dead on the bed, a raven screams accusations, and the rooms are filled with warped mementos from her psyche. Based on a story by legendary casting director Joyce Selznick—developed nearly a decade after her death—Scissors gradually sheds its thriller skin to become something altogether stranger: a dream-logic chamber piece of dolls, doubles, and mental breakage.

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