 As the writer of "Basic Instinct" (1992), "Sliver" (1993), "Jade" (1995), "Showgirls" (1995), and other successful studio pictures, Joe Eszterhas established a clear style for his erotic thrillers that rarely deviated from a successful formula.He subsequently penned sequels for both "Basic Instinct" and "Showgirls".Actor-producer-director Andrew Stevens was instrumental in establishing the erotic thriller as a non-theatrical genre when "Night Eyes" (1990), the film he co-wrote and starred in, turned a one million dollar production budget into thirty million in DTV sales.