Dressed to Kill (1980)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Duration: 105 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Stars: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen
IMDb score:
7,0 (57.159)
Releasedate: 25 July 1980
Dressed to Kill plot
"The Latest Fashion In Murder."
Popular therapist Dr. Manhattan's Robert Elliot experiences the most frightening moments of his life when a psychotic killer attacks the women in his life with a razor stolen from his practice. Elliot is determined to find the killer before more victims fall. During his quest, however, he steps into a dark world and finds himself in a deadly labyrinth of obsession and deception, where innocent erotic fantasies can turn into deadly sexual nightmares.
Actors and actresses
Liz Blake
Doctor Robert Elliott
Peter Miller
Kate Miller
Detective Marino
Dr. Levy
Warren Lockman
Betty Luce
Cleveland Sam
Cleaning Woman
Reviews & comments
Aapje81
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- 2261 messages
- 5273 votes
With this film, De Palma has borrowed a lot from Hitchcock. There are regular references to Psycho and Vertigo but De Palma has a little less style, goes a little further in his scenes and in his screenplay he is just a little less convincing.
The low point for me was that, just like in Psycho , De Palma has the murderer's motives explained again by a psychologist.
However, this does not detract from the fact that De Palma does show with this tribute to his great example that he can make a fascinating film. However, it is nowhere original, but so many worse tributes have been made that the Palma deserves compliments for a number of strong moments.
However, I would rather put the original on again.
Average.
Ps Now on display on AMC.
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Alathir
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- 2162 messages
- 1657 votes
My exploration of Brian De Palma's films continues. And unfortunately I was a little less fond of this. The best part is now the first half hour and the final part is also pretty the shower scene that turns out to be a dream. Also nice that you don't need dialogue for a good ending. Nothing more is said in the last 5 minutes. De Palma lets the images speak for themselves. Words were no longer necessary.
I found the story a bit less interesting this time, but in the end it is nicely put together again. What I also appreciate about De Palma is that it is not filmed so poorly when there is female beauty. Although the use of a stand-in is a bit bland. Angie Robinson should still be seen at 50 years old, although it is probably a choice of her own and you have to respect that. I really liked her piece . After that, the atmosphere fades a bit because the film partly takes a different path. The twists at the end are of high quality, it just takes a bit too long before we finally get there.
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