Psycho women on film: Name the female stars of each of these crazy films from 1992: a. Basic Instinct b. Single White Female c. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

The year 1992 was a landmark for a particular brand of psychological thriller, one centered on a dangerously unstable female antagonist. In the blockbuster erotic thriller *Basic Instinct*, Sharon Stone delivered a star-making performance as the enigmatic and seductive crime novelist Catherine Tramell. As the prime suspect in a brutal ice-pick murder, her character's brilliant manipulation and ambiguity left audiences guessing long after the credits rolled.

That same year, *Single White Female* tapped into urban anxieties with Jennifer Jason Leigh’s chilling portrayal of Hedy, the roommate whose obsession escalates into violent identity theft. And in *The Hand That Rocks the Cradle*, Rebecca De Mornay terrified audiences as Peyton Flanders, a woman who poses as the perfect nanny to enact a cold, calculated revenge on the family she blames for her own tragic loss. All three films were major box office