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This was a good little eighties classy thriller. It was quite gritty. It was certainly not smooth and slick. The camera work was fantastic. Nancy Allen was excellent in this, such a charismatic actress. The acting is brilliant. There were some amazingly well shot scenes. Some scenes felt slow and uneventful though. The exciting moments are well done. Nothing too scary sadly. Interesting story. I did enjoy this film although I don’t think that it is very special, somewhat forgettable?

One of director De Palma's early efforts. A fairly functional thriller that clearly draws inspiration from the classic Psycho. Above all, for the performances, it's never too late to discover it

Huge DePalma fan, but no matter how much he tries to emulate Hitchcock here, his perversions tend to overtake the material. Where Hitchcock shined was in not showing as much. Also, it's quite predictable. There are some well written characters and great performances, but it takes much too long for the plot to get going. Also, the film has a never-ending cycle of false endings. It's definitely one of DePalma's inferior entries.

From the director of Scarface, Carlito's Way, Carrie, The Untouchables and Mission Impossible just to name a few, Brian De Palma is known for erotic thrillers and this one is just one of them. Known for it to be referencing the **** of Psycho which I loved. A sexually frustrated housewife Kate Miller played by Angie ****, is attending therapy sessions with Dr. Robert Elliott played by Michael Caine. During an appointment, she attempts to seduce him, but he rejects her advances, stating his unwillingness to jeopardize his happy marriage. She has planned to spend the day with her son Peter, an inventor, but he's busy with his research. She then goes alone to the Museum where she and the stranger stalk each other. In his apartment while the man is asleep, she awakens and leaves him a note and finds a document indicating that he has contracted with both syphilis and gonorrhea. Shocked to find out, she leaves the apartment and went in the elevators where a blonde woman in dark sunglasses slashes her to death. Liz Blake, the prostitute played by Nancy Allen, discovers it and subsequently becomes both the prime suspect and the killer's next target. Back when I have seen this film where Fifty Shades of Grey is in cinemas where I watch my films filled with eroticness whereas this one ripped off Psycho in the creative way and it does have a LGBT theme to it if you haven't seen it already or you have. The film is scary as an erotic psychological film. I'm surprised how underused Michael Caine is in it but at least I can get over like I always do. I said before in my old review that there are scenes where Angie **** doesn't talk much, it's like me being very quiet while watching it. The soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal. What else can I say about the soundtrack? It's all early 80's and the way it's composed it makes the film more enjoyable. Now I haven't seen Blow Out with John Travolta. Do know that two casts from Dressed to Kill and it is directed by Brian De Palma but I'll be doing so in the near future. So that is Dressed to Kill (Not to be confused with the Sherlock Holmes film.) I enjoyed it for the thrills and diverse twists and turns and it's soundtrack. Definitely will give you nightmares whilst you saw this review.

Com um ritmo perfeito, temos um "Psicose" feito pelo Depalma, com sequências absurdas de tão bem dirigidas, como a perseguição na galeria, ou as tomadas de cima. Há também menção a filmes como "Janela indiscreta". Mas o grande barato mesmo é falar sobre transexualidade usando figuras como um profissional da saúde mental, um garoto aspirante a cientista, uma prostituta. São tipos que, de alguma forma, sintetizam visões demasiadamente fortes sobre o tema. Apensar do didatismo no final e do qual fácil seja esse plot, o roteiro consegue ser natural e real, numa história que sabe muito bem qual caminho seguir mesmo com a quebra de expectativas. Direção praticamente perfeita.

Beautifully shot mystery thriller with a great cast. Sadly the screenplay is average and the pacing is very slow (especially in 2022!). Nonetheless a great watch for genre fans.

This is the best "Psycho"-remake you could possibly get! Seriously though, it features problematic tropes and a lame twist. Still, the style, atmosphere, score, acting and directing of this rock!

Dressed To Kill is like watching Psycho (which is inspired the movie) and Carrie (one of De Palma's previous film) at the same time, from the music, cinematography, tense, and of course the story is exactly like Psycho with more freedom of nudity and violence, and the most impressive thing on the movie is that when everytime they build the tense with no dialogue, just a music score in the background, following the person for a pretty long time and it's just really moving you, you're into it, and then oddly it's still get you, it's a terrifying movie with a fantastic performance by all the cast, Dressed To Kill is a hell of a movie and it's definitely one of, if not De Palma's best.

Well I hope like Brian De Palma or you really not gonna like this movie. OK, I shouldn't said that but let's be honest, it's Dressed to Kill. It's about the psycho killer killing women with the razor, he cuts their throats and skins and it shocks you to death. If you like that you're gonna love this film if not it's a bit of a bore. There's are scenes where Angie **** doesn't talk much, it's like me being very quiet, that's always nice and also the soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal. I love the soundtrack. The film does have a shocking ending however I do not have the time to go into that right now, but yeah the film is worth checking out if you're a Brian De Palma fan.