Inner Sanctum (1991 film)


Inner Sanctum is a 1991 crime drama erotic thriller film which stars Tanya Roberts, Margaux Hemingway, Joseph Bottoms and Valerie Wildman. This film is written by Mark Thomas McGee and directed by Fred Olen Ray.
The film was made for $650,000 and was very successful, leading to Ray making a series of erotic thrillers.
"I didn't really know what an erotic thriller was when I did Inner Sanctum," admitted Ray later. "I watched Wild Orchid -fast-forwarded through it, actually-to see what was expected of me."

Plot

Jennifer Reed, an heiress of a huge fortune, believes that her husband Baxter, an insurance agent from Los Angeles, is unfaithful to her. Unable to reconcile with it, she takes a full pack of sleeping pills and falls down the stairs.
A few weeks later, Jennifer moves in a wheelchair and becomes jealous of her husband even more so because Baxter does not spend a lot of time with her and is involved in helping nurse Lynn Foster. She had previously been responsible for taking care of the patient at home, where a mysterious death occurred. Then Lynn married the widower, but he also died under mysterious circumstances.
Jennifer tries to romance with her colleague Anna Rawlins, who, however, does not reciprocate his feelings. Moreover, Baxter suspects that he wants to get rid of his wife. Jennifer discovers that someone has started following her, and her neighbor suspects Lynn. In addition, Mrs. Reed's death is worth one million dollars in insurance policy; these money will not be paid in the case of suicide, only murder.

Cast

The film's success led to a sequel Inner Sanctum II in 1994, also directed by Ray, and starring Michael Nouri, Tracy Brooks Swope, Sandahl Bergman, David Warner, and Margaux Hemingway.