Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

  • Director: Brian De Palma
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: July 25, 1980
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Vestida para matar
  • "Dressed to Kill" is a crime thriller written and directed by Brian Russell De Palma , starring Maurice Joseph Micklewhite , Angie Dickinson , Nancy Anne Allen , Dennis Franz and others. The film was released in the United States on July 25, 1980.
    The film tells about the murder of a middle-aged woman Kate. The prostitute Blake who witnessed this scene was regarded as a murderer. In order to clear the charge, she went deep into the case to find out the truth. With the help of the deceased’s son, she found that Kate’s psychiatrist Eliot had Major suspicion.

    Details

    • Release date July 25, 1980
    • Filming locations Philadelphia Museum of Art - 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies Filmways Pictures, Cinema 77 Films, American International Pictures (AIP)

    Box office

    Budget

    $6,500,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $31,899,000

    Gross worldwide

    $31,899,000

    Movie reviews

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    • By Archibald 2022-01-09 08:01:49

      Dressed to Kill

      Plot summary:
      A middle-aged beautiful woman is taking a shower, and her husband is shaving outside the bathroom. Suddenly a killer holding a razor rushes out, and Katie wakes up from her dream. Katie's remarried life bored her, her husband Mike was cold and indifferent, and her son Peter was a scientific genius, busy participating in science competitions all day long. Katie came to her psychiatrist Eliot and told him her distress. She was worried about her charm and even teased Eliot, who...

    • By Karson 2022-01-09 08:01:49

      A professional and experienced fan

      This tribute to the master of suspense Hitchcock still has many highlights. Although the real murderer can be guessed about halfway through it, it does not detract from the excellent quality of the film.

      The two bathing scenes at the beginning and the end echoed perfectly. The warm and calm soundtrack at the beginning and the coloring meant that the strong shower scene impact was not inferior to Lars von Trier's "Antichrist"; as for the terrifying ending. It made me stunned for a...

    • By Bernadette 2022-01-09 08:01:49

      A Brief Comment on "Razor's Edge"

      The most famous sentence about MJ is probably "I have been imitated and never surpassed", and if this sentence is applied to the great people in other fields, it will also be the truth, otherwise those people will not be called true. It's awesome. In the film industry, there are too many examples of "imitating" or "paying tribute" to great gods. Although incidents that ruin the classics happen from time to time, there are also many successful people who have created new ideas and created new...

    • By Christelle 2022-01-09 08:01:49

      A Brief Comment on "Razor's Edge"

      The most famous sentence about MJ is probably "I have been imitated and never surpassed", and if this sentence is applied to the great people in other fields, it will also be the truth, otherwise those people will not be called true. It's awesome. In the film industry, there are too many examples of "imitating" or "paying tribute" to great gods. Although incidents that ruin the classics happen from time to time, there are also many successful people who have created new ideas and created new...

    • By Coleman 2022-01-09 08:01:49

      Saoby's Doom

      Angie Dickinson’s breasts are really pink. Why are European and American women’s breasts so pink? Middle-aged old women are desperate and dissatisfied to seduce psychologists. They do everything possible to seduce strange men in art galleries. They have sex with strangers under the eyes of the driver in the taxi avenue. After they are dry, they don’t know where they lost their underwear, and they leave a note to think about. I did it again and again. I even forgot about Nassau Bi when I got...

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    • By Rogelio 2023-05-17 02:12:16

      Brian De Palma used his excellent scheduling ability to present several classic scenes, the erotic teasing of the museum, the closed murder in the elevator, the crazy chase in the subway, the shudder in the lunatic asylum, and the first and last appearances. Dream murder, of course, the overall effect of the film is still not as good as a single scene, and the tribute to Hitchcock is more...

    • By Amber 2023-03-13 11:49:40

      The language of the shots is first-rate, the beginning and end of the dreamy bathroom, the double murder of the subway, and the murder elevator. Shicheng hopes to be fat, but it has another flavor. It's a shame that the characters aren't interesting enough, and the actors lack tension (not to mention Kane's sleepy acting). If you go back to the golden age, Parma's achievements are not limited to...

    • By Kaia 2023-01-14 08:55:07

      It's a powerful, thrilling masterpiece that awakens sexual desire. Most of the atmosphere is carried away by the soundtrack, which is a...

    • By Morris 2022-10-01 23:33:39

      A parody and tribute to The Psycho, of course the Hitchcock technique cannot be imitated because it is unique and built on Hitchcockian form and content, but the cleverness of Parma , is used in chase scenes and added horror, but the first 30 points of the killer appear incongruous and full of redundant details, or annoying, and simply fail. The soundtrack is a little weaker, and the thriller still uses such a gentle...

    • By Allie 2022-09-12 03:18:13

      The atmosphere is too...

    Movie plot

    The middle-aged beautiful woman Kate was taking a shower. Her husband Mike was shaving outside the bathroom. Suddenly a killer holding a razor rushed out and Kate woke up from her dream. Kate's remarried life bored her, her husband Mike was cold and indifferent, and his son Peter was a scientific genius, busy participating in science competitions all day long. Kate came to her psychiatrist Eliot and told him her distress. She was...
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    Background creation

    Just as Alfred Hitchcock called the "Master of Suspense", it is no exaggeration to call Brian DePalma the "Master of Horror". Palma may not have reached the height of Alfred Hitchcock's artistic achievements, but everything he did, including imitation and fascination with Alfred Hitchcock, did not prevent him from comparing with Alfred Hitchcock. Palma's focus is the same as that of Alfred Hitchcock: the precise movement of the camera,...
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    Movie quotes

    • Liz Blake: Thank god, straight fucks are still in style!

    • Doctor Robert Elliott: Doctor, I am not paranoid. Bobbi was making threats over the phone. She said she's going to hurt me. My patient was slashed to death. And now my razor is gone. Now you don't have to be a detective to figure it out, do you?

    • Liz Blake: Do you want to fuck me?

      Doctor Robert Elliott: Oh, yes.

      Liz Blake: Then why don't you?

      Doctor Robert Elliott: Because I'm a doctor and...

      Liz Blake: Fucked a lot of doctors.

      Doctor Robert Elliott: ...and I'm married.

      Liz Blake: Fucked a lot of them, too.