''In Too Deep'' is a 1989 erotic thriller film.

Production

The film was raised through private investment including the producers own money. Two weeks into the five-week shoot a major investor pulled out but they managed to complete the film.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p132-133 It was shot under the title ''Mack the Knife''. John Tatoulis later stated:

I was interested in two things in ''In Too Deep'': one was the corruption of innocents and the other was the strengths and weaknesses of sexuality. And I wanted to set it in an urban landscape. What I was really keen to do was create a mood and a feel through a variety of ways. I believe that film is like a tapestry and all the components that go to making the texture of that tapestry are all important: sound, pictures, editing, performances, direction. If one doesn't work, then the final tapestry won't have the texture the director had in his or her mind to start with. If a film doesn't have a feeling, a feeling that has a texture to it, then it's lacking. So that was something I was very keen to explore: how do I give this film a feeling of claustrophobia, a feeling of heat, a feeling of menace and vulnerability.John Tatoulis interview 20 May 1997
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Release

Despite the film's low budget it managed to be widely seen around the world on video.

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In Too Deep
at Oz Movies 1980s erotic thriller films 1989 films Australian erotic thriller films Films directed by John Tatoulis Films produced by Colin South Films produced by John Tatoulis 1980s English-language films 1980s Australian films {{erotic-thriller-film-stub