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| Dressed to Kill | 
| Category: Movie
Buy New: $7.49
Avg. Customer Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 25654
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 105 minutes
ASIN: B000IZ2YH4
Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 1980
Release Date: November 20, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Slick thriller! Erotic and scary! April 26, 2001
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A very tense and intriguing story of bored housewife, Angie Dickinson, who takes a fatal plunge into an adulterous affair and ends up being slashed to death by a mysterious killer. The ensuing hunt for her stalker provides a gripping and well plotted film. Dressed to Kill first aired on cable back in 1981, and I only remember some of the racier scenes with Dickinson in various forms of undress in a shower, a taxi cab, a bed, and an elevator. When I finally sat through the whole film, I was impressed by De Palma's direction, with his Hitchcockian style, but also the clever twists which keep the viewer guessing right up to the end. The film still manages to deliver quite a few shocks more than 20 years after its release. Sexy? Yes! Scary? yes! Worth viewing? Absolutely!
 Mr. Nancy Allen's showcase April 23, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My wife--whose idea of a movie is song-and-dance-- and I viewed this film together recently. Unbelievably, she solved the "mystery" before the tape was half finished. That is worth a two star deduction. Caine did a truthful job with his actually small role. Angie Dickenson was a terrific slashee. But, I got the feeling that Mike and Angie weren't meant to be the stars. DRESSED TO KILL boiled down to a nearly full length showcase of Nancy Allen for husband-director De Palma. She is great to look at and handled her hooker role like a trouper. I'd recommend this film despite its' shortcomings. Who can forget that taxi ride and the kid's electronic genius?
 A great tribute to Hitchcock's Psycho April 15, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Brian DePalma has been known to be a devoted Hitchcock fan and here he shows it. This film is tribute to Hitchcock's PSYCHO but it does manage to stand on it's own. DRESSED TO KILL is about a bored housewife(Angie Dickinson) who spends one afternoon having casual sex with a stranger. After discovering a terrible secret in the stranger's house she leaves only to be then murdered in the elevator by a mysterious assailant. A prostitute (Nancy Allen)sees the woman dying and as result starts to track down the killer with the help of the victim's son only to be then pursued by the killer also. The film features great performances in particular from Michael Caine who plays the psychiatrist of the victim and from Angie Dickinson who though does not talk in the majority of the time she is in the film manages to convey a mix of emotions in a subtle and affecting way. It also features great camera work from DePalma who is able to use the camera to create a lot of suspense by use of double screens, close-ups and slow motion. The film is not concerned with the details of the story, it only cares about affecting you right down to your gut. It succeeds brilliantly! The ending is not a huge surprise but it's not a letdown. The two scenes that struck me as the most impressive were the murder in the elevator and the sequence in a museum. Hitch would have been proud.
One of The Best Movies I've Ever Seen March 17, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dressed to Kill is one of the greatest movies ever made, in my opinion. The Gallery scene, where the housewife pursues and gets pursued by a mysterious starnger is great and suspenseful. The elevator murder is one of the most memorable death scenes in movie history. And the part in the subway when the killer and a gang are pursuing a prostotute is tense in many directions. If you want a good horror film that not campy, stupid or just plain boring get Dressed to Kill.
Solid suspense/thriller, but Body Double's better. March 6, 2001
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I enjoy Brian De Palma's films so much. My favorites include Mission to Mars (easily the most underrated movie in years), Scarface, The Untouchables, and Body Double. My mentioning of Body Double leads me to Dressed to Kill, De Palma's first erotic thriller, which is a fairly bloody and suspenseful thriller. Let me explain the problems first. The movie begins a bit slowly and builds a bit with an initially interesting museum sequence that features De Palma doing another visually innovative technique. Unfortunately, he goes overkill as the sequence runs too long. However, things pick up again as so far the film's main character, played by Angie Dickinson, has a one night stand with a man, only to discover something shocking and leaves in a hurry. Then the suspense picks up to truly heart-pounding limits as she's murdered in an elevator by a woman known as Bobbi. De Palma lets things slip by, however, as the movie strays a bit after that. The film's already run around a half-hour (with a 105 minute running time), and so far it's pretty good due to the elevator sequence. But afterward, the film begins to lose some footing when it doesn't focus as much on the murder and it's never sure as to which character is the main focus. Is it Nancy Allen as the high-priced prostitute or Keith Gordon as the genius? Once again, the last 45 minutes are purely De Palma magic, as he manages to bring the suspense up to unbearable limits and finishes off strongly (even though the final twist is extremely predictable). My review of this movie is closer to 3.5 stars, and it does have its flaws, but it's still immensely watchable and entertaining if you can stand quite a bit of blood and nudity in the beginning. Body Double is a better film, overall, though, and it would be a great idea to watch both back-to-back (Dressed to Kill first, and then Double).
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