Dressed to Kill

Pros: Angie Dickinson, Script, Direction, Photography, Score
Cons: For Mature Audiences, not appropriate for children

Dressed to Kill (1980)

This refers to the unrated version VHS tape.

Angie Dickinson stars in this thriller from director Brian De Palma that earned him comparisons with Alfred Hitchcock, master of suspense. I can confirm that De...

Pros: Photography is stunning
Cons: Is this another Hitchcock rip-off? (Brian, how COULD you?) The battle of the censors

Now this is a movie that may not appeal to everyone. For anyone who would prefer NOT to deal with sex and its implications, you had better just move on. This movie is both shocking and borderline offensive, to some. But then, if you are shocked or...

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The title of this review is a sick joke. But that's fine, because the title of this movie, so coyly cliche thriller in its moniker, is an even sicker joke. The more you watch the movie, the more you understand the horrible pun nestled within it. Mmm, I ...

Pros: Still a stylish, well acted nail biting suspenseful thriller.
Cons: Somewhat dated. There's more style than substance.

Here's the film that was as shocking and controversial as the more recent The Basic Instinct --with the added plus that it's actually an excellent and well-made film. Dressed to Kill is still very capable of delivering the shocks, surprises and twists...