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RE: Film Review: 'Dressed to Kill' (1980): Ersatz Hitchcock, Done Right
Holy cow, do I love me some Dressed to Kill! This was my first Brian De Palma film, and I encountered it well before I encountered much Hitchcock, so that first go 'round I missed an awful lot of the homages. I just remember thinking, "Holy cow, is that Lewis from Robocop playing a hooker?" and from there on... :D
I actually learned about Dressed to Kill from a documentary called Terror in the Aisles years before I got to see the movie. I learned a lot of stuff about horror from Terror in the Aisles. Such a great documentary. :)
I loved the trip down memory lane you took me on with this article, Jane. Keep up the awesome work! :)
I had a feeling you would really like this one! It has a lot of giallo influences as well -- Allen in her black lace undies, plus being stalked by a relentless killer in sunglasses and black leather gloves!
I saw Obsession (1976) on tv in the late 70s, years before I saw Vertigo, so I had no idea at the time that I was watching a cock-eyed Hitchcock reboot.
I really hope that one day I get to sit down and watch a movie with you. I think we could have some great fun pillaging each other's collections and showing off the gems. :)
That would be awesome! Although, I fear you wouldn't be impressed by my 12-year-old plasma screen and late 80s sound system.
Milady, you underestimate me. I watch LaserDiscs on a 10-year old plasma screen using a late-2000's sound system. It takes so very, very little to impress me... :D
Lol, then it's a date!
Haha! You two :>)
Same here, a good movie is ( still ) a good movie for me on a small screen ( although I prefer it to be bigger than a phone / tablet screen ) with mediocre sound.
I loved this film and Body Double. I have seen them a long time ago, on TV, when I was pretty young. Back then I probably only knew Hitchcock's The Birds. It was also about a decade before I discovered giallo movies as well as a decade before Don't Look Now became one of my all time favorites.
Thank you for bringing back memories, albeit flashes :>)
Excellent! Pick you up around, say, 9-ish? And don't worry, I'll have you home before the sun comes up. Don't want to explain what I'm doing driving around with a human-size plug of ashes in my front seat. ;)
Lol!
I agree with the 'Keep up the awesome work!' part. Not sure if it was my first de Palma film, that might have been Scarface but it sure could have been the first ( home alone, on my parents TV ).
Terror in the Aisles sounds amazing! Thanks for the recommendation @modernzorker :>)