LIFE & CULTURE

Netflix’s Daring New Thriller ‘Fatal Affair’ Is A Modern Take On ‘Fatal Attraction’

An homage to the '80s classic

We love a Netflix thriller, and its latest, Fatal Affair, is set to be your new obsession.

The series describes, “Ellie (Nia Long) tries to mend her marriage with her husband, Marcus (Stephen Bishop), after a brief encounter with an old friend, David (Omar Epps), only to find that David is more dangerous and unstable than she’d realised.

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Many might consider it an homage to the 1987 classic Fatal Attraction, starring Glenn Close and Michael Douglas. In Fatal Attraction, Dan Gallagher (Douglas) is a married man who starts and regrets a casual affair with Alex (Close), an unhinged book editor. When Alex becomes obsessed with Dan, he must save himself and his family from her dogged pursuits. 

Fittingly, director Peter Sullivan, who was behind the 2018 film Secret Obsession, is also on board. 

It drops on July 16. 

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