David is a Senior Editor at Collider focused primarily on Lists. His professional journey began in the mid-2010s as a Marketing specialist before embarking on his writing career in the 2020s. At ...

The femme fatale has been a stock character across film genres. The term is defined as a seductive or alluring woman who either causes distress or disaster for any man who becomes involved with her.

Few film archetypes have been more adored or debated than the femme fatale - beautiful, seductive, dangerous and cunning, like Barbara Stanwyck in "Double Indemnity"... (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "DOUBLE ...