Fatal Attraction Climax

Fatal Attraction (1987) Referring to Fatal Attraction as a “thrilling” film would be using a severe understatement, for I believe that it is one of the most suspenseful films I have seen in my lifetime. I truly cannot think of another movie that actually caused my heart to start pounding while I was watching it. There are multiple scenes before the climax that effectively build tons of tension, including the one where Dan is in his car listening to Alex’s tape, unaware that she is following him to his house. There are also scenes, besides the climax, that release some of the tension like a small volcano, but the film does not release all of it in order to save tension for the larger eruption. The best example of this is the scene where Dan tries to strangle Alex in her apartment after learning about what happened to Beth and Ellen. This scene occurs a few minutes before the climax, yet I still felt anxious until the end, and the climax was still the most suspenseful part of the film. Additionally, all of these scenes occurred in the presence of extremely unnerving music, and that definitely helped accelerate the heart rates for almost everyone in the audience.

In fact, most of the film’s second half portrays her as this intelligent monster who hates the very concept of a family. She constantly harasses Dan on the phone to try to bring him back into her life, she stoops to killing the pet rabbit and abducting Ellen in attempts to destroy the family, and she even vomits after merely watching Dan’s family having a pleasant evening. That last example clearly emphasizes her sheer hatred of family values, establishing her as an enemy of the public in the