 For these reasons many of the pioneers of the erotic thriller film, such as Axis Films International and Prism, left the market in frustration or went out of business entirely.Brian De Palma helped usher in the erotic thriller as a genre with "Dressed to Kill" (1980), followed by Adrian Lyne with "9 ½ Weeks" (1986) and, a year later, the Hollywood blockbuster "Fatal Attraction" (1987).He later followed these with "Lolita" (1997) and "Unfaithful" (2002) while continuing to direct high-profile mainstream films for established Hollywood studios.