The Black Widow

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Desire has always been horror's favorite trapdoor, and few predators are more efficient than the woman men can't stop pursuing. The genre turns seduction into a hunt, casting the femme fatale as an apex predator who weaponizes attraction and leaves her admirers ruined — or devoured. This is a list for films built around a predatory woman who lures men to their destruction, where wanting her is the fatal mistake.