Angie Dickinson, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Brandon Maggart
A transsexual murders one of his psychiatrist's patients, and now he's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001
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February 23, 2009Its' psychological dramatics allow it to do little more than cruise around as an artsy exploitation film filled with sex and gore. It always looks good, and DePalma excels at laying lots of nice detailed personal touches on us and creating suspense by stringing together a number ...( read more)
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March 22, 2008For those of you that don't remember Brian DePalma when he was first starting out in big name features, let me tell you that he loved to rip off Alfred Hitchcock. Dressed to Kill is a prime example of what Hitchcock might have done if he had the R rating at his disposal.
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January 14, 2008This is a strange, strange movie. Is it Brian De Palma's attempt to lend artistic value to camp? A poorly-acted surrealist homage to Hitchcock? Or an attempt at a transsexual thriller? All I know is that I was really digging it up until the shitty ass ending. It goes on FOREVER. ...( read more)
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December 7, 2007It really annoys me when you get smart-ass cinephile types dismissing De Palma's work as mere Hitchcock pastiche, just to display the little knowledge they've acquired. At his best, De Palma just uses Hitchcock as a jumping-off point for his own style of suspense virtuosity, whic...( read more)
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June 19, 2009A bizarre and perversly erotic thriller. De Palma shocks us right off the bat and keeps us guessing until the end. I suppose this is the kind of film Hitchcock would have made if the censors allowed him. Michael Caine helps elevate the sleazy material and the cinematograhy is cle...( read more)
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March 15, 2009I thought this was very creepy & chilling. Sure i know the similarities to psycho,but I don't really see it as a hack job. It had a whole different feel to me then psycho. De palma gets a lot of hack flack w/the whole hitchcock tie in but if u were going to do suspense thriller/h...( read more)
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March 26, 2008Why hasn't nobody write in here?
I think it's a real classic since I didn't know that Brian DePalma rips it off from Hitchcock's movie, I don't have any authority to say anything...
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