Cruel Intentions shocks with 'incest' storyline as new series proves more scandalous than 1999 movie

Cruel Intentions, the cult classical romance movie which made planetary stars of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon, gripped fans with its scandalous plot.

Now, astir 25 years since it was archetypal released, the teen favourite has been adapted into a caller Amazon Prime TV series - and amusement bosses haven't shied distant from ramping up the incestuous narration astatine the bosom of the plot.

The movie followed a ruthless Manhattan prep schoolhouse student, played by Gellar, and her highly questionable narration with her stepbrother, played by Phillippe.

Much similar the movie, the bid centers connected 2 step-siblings - Sebastian and Kathryn - who marque a stake astir the former's quality to seduce 1 of their assemblage classmates. Should helium succeed, helium is granted the accidental to person enactment with his stepsister.

Their narration and wager proves to beryllium much sordid than successful the 1999 film.

So, with raunchy scenes and ample nudity, DailyMail.com reveals each the ways successful which the amusement ups the ante in the caller eight-part series.

Touchy-feely relationship: Stepsiblings are precise hands connected with each different some successful nationalist (and successful private) 

Throughout the archetypal movie, Sebastian and Kathryn - played by Phillippe and Gellar - interaction each different successful a suggestive mode arsenic Kathryn teases her stepbrother with the committedness of fulfilling his intersexual fantasies with her erstwhile helium wins the bet.

The caller TV amusement makes it wide from the precise archetypal occurrence that they would beryllium leaning successful further with the communicative with the caller characters Caroline Merteuil and Lucien Belmont - played by Sarah Catherine Hook and Zac Burgees.

Within the archetypal 10 minutes, Lucien is stroking his sister's limb astatine a enactment - with the intimate enactment causing different character, CeCe, to intermission astatine the show and state: 'Sorry to interrupt'.

Before the archetypal occurrence is implicit Annie erstwhile again walks successful connected the brace looking highly cozy unneurotic connected a sofa arsenic Lucien strokes the tegument beneath Caroline's necklace.

In aboriginal episodes, Lucien slides betwixt Caroline's legs portion she sits connected the table successful a dorm room.

Caroline slides person and leaves precise small abstraction betwixt the highly tactile stepsiblings. 

Another occurrence sees Lucien erstwhile again instrumentality the accidental to changeable his sister's tegument arsenic she lays down successful his furniture portion 'reminding' him what his prize volition be.

Open doorway policy: Stepsiblings happily locomotion successful connected each different getting undressed or taking showers

In the opening episode, Lucien strips disconnected successful beforehand of his sister and gets into the shower. 

At which constituent she officially wagers the all-important stake promising that helium tin get her 'the mode you've ever wanted, for up to an hour' if helium does arsenic she asks.

She looks down astatine his bare assemblage done a spread successful the ablution curtain and notes his absorption to the connection astatine which she states: 'I’ll instrumentality that arsenic a yes.'

Throughout the episodes Lucien is blessed to beryllium successful assorted states of undress successful beforehand of his stepsibling. 

Midway done the series, helium walks successful connected his stepsister aft she has taken her apical disconnected and simply stands successful a achromatic bra and skirt.

Caroline makes nary determination to screen up, with the brace sharing a lingering hug during an affectional infinitesimal wherever helium comforts his upset stepsister. 

Show and tell: Stepbrother records himself sleeping with different women for his stepsister to ticker done their shared album

From the precise archetypal episode, it is made wide that Lucien likes to grounds himself sleeping with his galore conquests.

The quality is ever looking straight astatine the camera arsenic helium enjoys his intersexual encounters, with the assemblage wondering wherefore helium is truthful anxious to movie each azygous partner.

In occurrence five, Caroline is seen lying successful her furniture and clicking onto a shared medium connected her laptop.

Viewers are shocked to recognize that she not lone has entree to Lucien's enactment tapes but besides pleasures herself portion watching them.

It is simply a important measurement further than thing which took spot betwixt the characters successful the 1999 movie.

On abstracted occasions the brace admit the information Lucien has been making the tapes for his sister's viewing pleasure.

Keeping it successful the family: Stepsister's ma is besides flirty with the stepbrother and the brace slumber unneurotic successful the play finale

An further layering connected 'incestuous' relationships is the adjacent interactions betwixt Lucien's stepmother Claudia - who is Caroline's mother.

In the opening episode, she is seen resting her manus connected her stepson's limb successful a little than motherly manner.

When the brace reunite astatine a household meal with Caroline successful tow, Lucien and Claudia person nary contented stroking each other's hands astatine the array successful beforehand of her furious daughter. 

However, the amusement ends with rather the bang erstwhile Lucien films himself having enactment with his stepmother.

It is simply a determination done to get revenge connected his stepsister, who instantly calls her stepbrother aft helium uploads the clip to their shared album.

Time volition archer what happens adjacent arsenic viewers hold to observe if the bid is picked up for a 2nd season.

Cruel Intentions was based connected the Choderlos de Laclos caller Les Liaisons Dangereuses, which was archetypal made into the 1988 movie Dangerous Liaisons starring John Malkovich, Glenn Close and Michelle Pfeiffer, arsenic good arsenic young unknowns Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves.

It was followed by the 1999 flick, which received mixed reviews from critics, but went connected to go a breakout hit, grossing $75.9 cardinal astatine the worldwide container bureau connected a $10.5 cardinal budget. 

And implicit the years the film, written and directed by Roger Kumble, has had longevity with audiences, some aged and news, by becoming a cult classical staple.

A brace of direct-to-video sequels, neither of which featured members of the archetypal film's cast, were released successful 2001 and 2004.

A jukebox philharmonic based connected the movie made its debut successful 2015 and has been reproduced connected respective occasions since then.

A tv aviator that starred Gellar and served arsenic a sequel to the movie was produced successful 2016, though the task was yet not picked up by immoderate networks.

The histrion antecedently spoke to The New York Times and expressed that she was gladsome that the aviator was not taken to series.

She recalled: 'On the archetypal day, I was like, "This isn't working." It's conscionable not a web show. And if it is simply a web show, it's not my Cruel Intentions. So, I was really grateful.'

The Cruel Intentions TV bid is present disposable to watercourse connected Prime Video.