Fatal Attraction (1987) — Screenplay
A married man's brief affair spirals into terror as his obsessive lover stalks him and threatens his family's safety.
- Written by
- James Dearden
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Length
- 127 pages
Study this screenplay for its masterful escalation of tension through deceptively simple domestic staging, turning everyday spaces into traps. Dearden's tight, cause-and-effect plotting and economical dialogue keep the thriller engine running without melodrama, making it a textbook example of character-driven suspense.
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