Movie
1990
Bad Influence is a 1990 American psychological thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson starring Rob Lowe and James Spader. Spader stars as a meek yuppie who crosses paths with a mysterious stranger (Lowe) and is gradually encouraged to explore his dark side. Bad Influence was the first film for which David Koepp received sole screenplay credit.
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Many of the Hollywood “high concept” thrillers in early 1990s featured a villain in the form of seemingly ordinary person that manages to wreak havoc in protagonist’s life through manipulation. Curtis Hanson was specialist for such films and also one of the more willing to build on the concept’s Hitchcockian roots. The first such film was 1990 thriller *Bad Influence*. The protagonist, played by James Spader, is Mic…More
