Graphic Desires 2023

When reclusive Franklin cheats on his partner with a mysterious girl he meets on a dating app, it becomes the start of a deadly obsession.

Review

One of the earliest films featuring the name Scott Jeffrey, that we reviewed here on Nerdly, was Darker Shades of Elise, a film Jeffrey produced back in 2017 and a film that didn’t really reflect where the rest of the actor turned director/producer’s oeuvre would head. But now Proportion Productions are back, only this time not with a low-budget monster movie, terrifying slasher film or brilliant metaphorical horror. No, with Graphic Desires the company bring us back to another time, the 90s post-Basic Instinct, with another erotic thriller.

Graphic Desires tells the story of the reclusive Franklin (David Wayman), a designer who works from home doing freelance work, who cheats on his partner with a mysterious girl he meets on a new dating app called Smasher. However, this relationship becomes the start of a deadly obsession.

First off, Graphic Desires is a great title, reflecting both the profession of Franklin AND the graphic acts that he has planned for his latest obsession, Atlanta (May Kelly), the woman he meets on Smasher. After all, when his best friend Brandon describes the app as ‘sex on tap’ you know Franklin isn’t looking for a new long-term partner! Although given he already lives with his girlfriend you know Franklin is being a very naughty boy… The title also reflects the film’s sex scenes too, which pushed the envelope of what I expected!