Body Double (1984)

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• Veronique K

  
  i laughed my ass off when i saw the scene where the dude steals the worn panty from the chanel paperbag in the garbage can...definitely bonerifici. lol. it was a classic WTF moment. you were wondering whether this is a cheesy porn or really an artsy work by director like de palma..… More
  i laughed my ass off when i saw the scene where the dude steals the worn panty from the chanel paperbag in the garbage can...definitely bonerifici. lol. it was a classic WTF moment. you were wondering whether this is a cheesy porn or really an artsy work by director like de palma.. HITCHCOKIAN PORN.

• AJ V

  
  I loved this thriller, it's got a great mystery, and keeps you guessing till the end. It's very cool, and I highly recommend it.

• Conner R

  
  It's a movie that really can't be described, it's more of an experience rather than a movie. It is incredibly campy, perverted and flat out weird, but I love every minute of it. It's kind of like Brian De Palma combined Vertigo and Rear Window into one plot and… More
  It's a movie that really can't be described, it's more of an experience rather than a movie. It is incredibly campy, perverted and flat out weird, but I love every minute of it. It's kind of like Brian De Palma combined Vertigo and Rear Window into one plot and made James Stewart into an even more pathetic character who has a severe case of claustrophobia. My favorite parts though are the amazing Frankie Goes To Hollywood music video that comes out of nowhere and Melanie Griffith. She is by far one of my favorite female characters of all time, Holly does Hollywood is priceless. I think you have to be a fan of De Palma and truly understand him in order to fully appreciate this treasure.

• Greg S

  
  A claustrophobic actor witnesses a murder while peeping at a beautiful woman through a telescope. This eroticized Hitchcock ripoff/tribute is fun at first, but the longer it goes on the more obvious it becomes just how wide the gulf between Brian de Palma and the Master really is.

• Pierluigi P

  
  DePalma rips-off Hitchcock once again, this time makes an uneven but enjoyable mixture between Vertigo and Rear window. a fun ride of eroticism, suspense and satire. great soundtrack by Pino Donaggio.

• El Hombre I

  
  The story goes that De Palma got extraordinarily sick of his buddies Spielberg and Lucas making the big bucks, and of Coppola and Scorsese being revered as cinematic auteurs, and that his response was a big "fuck you" to Hollywood in the shape of Body Double. DePalma was… More
  The story goes that De Palma got extraordinarily sick of his buddies Spielberg and Lucas making the big bucks, and of Coppola and Scorsese being revered as cinematic auteurs, and that his response was a big "fuck you" to Hollywood in the shape of Body Double. DePalma was now like the guy who showed up to the party with the good weed. To call Body Double excessive would be a nearly irresponsible understatement. To label it a combo-remake of Vertigo and Rear Window is merely to state the obvious. To call it my favorite guilty pleasure, ever, is stating fact. <a href="http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/?action=view¤t=BodyDouble.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/BodyDouble.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

• Chris G

  
  This is what would happen if Vertigo and Rear Window had a baby and it went into the porn industry.

• Lady D

  
  A very odd cheesy film from the 80's which somehow held my attention, it was possibly a bit better than I'd expected.

• Dean M

  
  This Brian De Palma thriller is often gruesome, disgusting, and exploitative. Craig Weeson is first-rate as a young actor who witnesses a brutal murder, and Melanie Griffith is often hilarious and sexy as the porno star who holds the key to the crime.

• Stephen M

  
  I like De Palma, so I can forgive him a lot, but I'm kind of with his detractors here. This ultra-sleazy fusion of "Rear Window" and "Vertigo" is hugely inferior to "Dressed to Kill", "Blow Out" and even "Raising Cain". A silly… More
  I like De Palma, so I can forgive him a lot, but I'm kind of with his detractors here. This ultra-sleazy fusion of "Rear Window" and "Vertigo" is hugely inferior to "Dressed to Kill", "Blow Out" and even "Raising Cain". A silly voyeuristic thriller, it features a murder plot so audacious - and so reliant on the unpredictable manipulation of a third party - that it would surely never have been attempted. Rather than squirming uncomfortably with passive complicity at the hero's voyeurism, you'll probably be laughing out loud at the hapless dullard. Some poor make-up work gives the game away from the outset, but the promise of a 'Scooby-Doo' ending might keep you watching.

• Lafe F

  
  Another great murder suspense thriller from Brian DePalma! This one was quite interesting, with a Hollywood theme, and some great plot twists throughout.

• Mike T

  
  Okay, come on. Sleazy Hitchcock ripoff has little to offer except for good cinematography and editing. The protagonist is horrendously acted and dreadfully stupid, and the movie carries the most brutal of '80s vibes.

• Andre T

  
  In my oppinion, this is one of Brian De Palma's best movie, and the most "Hitchcockian" of all.Starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, and Gregg Henry, in fact, the film is an homage to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, Rear Window, and Dial M for Murder. The beautiful… More
  In my oppinion, this is one of Brian De Palma's best movie, and the most "Hitchcockian" of all.Starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, and Gregg Henry, in fact, the film is an homage to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, Rear Window, and Dial M for Murder. The beautiful original musical score was composed by Pino Donaggio, and the cinematography is an exercise of good film making.For me is a cult movie, since i watched first time in time of its release in 1984.Real pleasure to rewatch it today.

• Marcus W

  
  In the novel, American Psycho, Patrick is obsessed with this film and continually rents it out, and it's easy to see why. This, part-Hitchcock, part-Giallo, part-Scooby Doo, and part something else entirely is so completely different to anything else that it's almost… More
  In the novel, American Psycho, Patrick is obsessed with this film and continually rents it out, and it's easy to see why. This, part-Hitchcock, part-Giallo, part-Scooby Doo, and part something else entirely is so completely different to anything else that it's almost impossible to categorise. De Palma once again shows off his photography skills, and the plot will have you guessing right to the end. Complete fucking genius. To say more is to ruin it.

• Kevin L

  
  A very creppy movie.Better shut your blinds,lol

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