Secret Sins (1995)

Question: What do these movies — Mortal Thoughts (1991), Basic Instinct (1992), Animal Instincts (1992), Body of Influence (1993), Indecent Proposal (1993), Sliver (1993), Disclosure (1994), The Last Seduction (1994), Jade (1995), Private Obsession (1995), and Diabolique (1996) — have in common? Answer: They’re all erotic crime dramas that were released during the 1990s. And smack dab in the middle of that decade came the provocative pic Secret Sins (1995), not to be confused with the French flick Secret Things (2002). Also known as Melissa, the movie stars Baywatch beauty Nicole Eggert as Melissa Anderson. She’s an attractive ingénue lured to New York City with dreams of becoming a model/actress. But when she hears the wolf at the door, Ms. Anderson reluctantly becomes an exotic dancer in a strip club. While there, she (and we) encounter Amanda (Brette Taylor), Jack (Tony Sirico), Lena (Michelle Trachtenberg), Rick (Victor Slezak), Steven (Johnny LaSpada) and the be-thonged buns on Colleen (Denise Faye). If that’s not sexy enough, Ms. Faye also flaunts her deep cleavage. In addition to making some hard-earned cash as a pole dancer, Melissa finds herself in a sinister love triangle that puts her heart and her life in peril. Rumor has it that this flick was ditched by the director midway through and thrown together by producers, but that doesn’t bother Mr. Skin since Ms. Eggert flashes her flesh. Not only does she don a red sequined brassiere on stage, she bounces her big nude boobs to add thrills to this thriller!