{"id":70179,"date":"2021-03-07T12:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T19:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70179"},"modified":"2021-03-10T20:35:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T03:35:13","slug":"dressed-to-kill-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70179","title":{"rendered":"Dressed to Kill (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Someone&#8217;s trying to kill me, and I need help!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Poster-189x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-70180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Poster-189x300.png 189w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Poster-645x1024.png 645w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Poster-81x128.png 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Poster-170x270.png 170w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Poster.png 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA sexually frustrated housewife (Angie Dickinson) who has just met with her psychiatrist (Michael Caine) is seduced by a man (Ken Baker) she meets at a museum, then brutally murdered in the elevator as she&#8217;s leaving his apartment. A call girl (Nancy Allen) who briefly witnessed Dickinson&#8217;s bloodied body is harassed by a detective (Dennis Franz) who considers her a prime suspect, so Allen &#8212; who is now herself being pursued by the mysterious killer &#8212; enlists the help of Dickinson&#8217;s grieving son (Keith Gordon) in determining which of Caine&#8217;s clients may have been responsible for the murder.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amateur Sleuths<\/li>\n<li>Angie Dickinson Films<\/li>\n<li>Brian De Palma Films<\/li>\n<li>Gender Bending<\/li>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>Michael Caine Films<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Allen Films<\/li>\n<li>Prostitutes and Gigolos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that &#8220;almost every character in Brian De Palma&#8217;s erotic thriller has a split personality&#8221;, with &#8220;the person on the outside&#8230; not like the person on the inside.&#8221; He notes that he thinks &#8220;this is De Palma&#8217;s best film, one in which [he doesn&#8217;t] mind being manipulated&#8221; given that &#8220;watching De Palma at work turns out to be a lot of fun.&#8221; Peary points out that &#8220;De Palma does everything with an audience in mind; there&#8217;s a great deal of titillation, subtlety, and shocks;&#8221; in addition, the &#8220;characters are all offbeat and have senses of humor, and all have energy&#8221;. He writes that the &#8220;dialogue is sharp, but [the] film&#8217;s best scenes are visual, relying on editing or a mobile camera, as is the long Hitchcock-like sequence in the museum.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum2-1024x452.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"283\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum2-1024x452.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum2-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum2-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum2-768x339.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum2-1536x677.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum2-604x266.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum2.png 1712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He concedes that &#8220;De Palma does, as usual, borrow from Hitchcock, stylistically and thematically&#8221; and &#8220;even has two scenes with women in the shower&#8221;. [As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/dressed-to-kill-1980.htm\">Richard Scheib of Moria<\/a> puts it so bluntly in his review, &#8220;<em>Dressed to Kill<\/em> is Brian De Palma\u2019s homage to <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5177\"><em>Psycho<\/em><\/a>. It is clear and obvious and there is no doubt about it.&#8221;] Peary adds that &#8220;typical of De Palma, the violence is strong, and there&#8217;s a dirty-trick ending,&#8221; and he points out that De Palma makes &#8220;good use of New York locales&#8221;. What Peary fails to mention is the highly questionable use of a &#8220;troubled transvestite&#8221; as the killer; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2020\/jul\/25\/brian-de-palma-dressed-to-kill-psycho\">click here to read a recent analysis of the film<\/a> from that standpoint (but be forewarned that spoilers abound). And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfweekly.com\/culture\/new-on-video-an-open-letter-to-brian-de-palmas-transphobic-dressed-to-kill\/\">click here<\/a> to read an even more forthright denouncement of the film, written to the movie itself rather than to De Palma. <\/p>\n<p>Most memorable-while-darkly-amusing scene: Dickinson casually riffling through her new lover&#8217;s drawers and finding documentation of something truly <em>horrific<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nancy Allen as Liz<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Allen2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Allen2-1024x442.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Allen2-1024x442.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Allen2-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Allen2-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Allen2-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Allen2-1536x663.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Allen2-604x261.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Allen2.png 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Angie Dickinson as Kate<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Dickinson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Dickinson-1024x442.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Dickinson-1024x442.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Dickinson-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Dickinson-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Dickinson-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Dickinson-1536x663.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Dickinson-604x261.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Dickinson.png 1818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Michael Caine as Dr. Elliott<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Caine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Caine-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Caine-1024x439.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Caine-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Caine-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Caine-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Caine-1536x659.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Caine-604x259.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Caine.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Keith Gordon as Peter<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Gordon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Gordon-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Gordon-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Gordon-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Gordon-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Gordon-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Gordon-1536x650.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Gordon-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Gordon.png 1826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The spectacularly filmed &#8220;museum sequence&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum-1024x437.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum-1024x437.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum-1536x656.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Museum.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Clever, atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Cinematography-1024x445.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"278\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Cinematography-1024x445.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Cinematography-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Cinematography-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Cinematography-768x334.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Cinematography-1536x668.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Cinematography-604x263.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Cinematography.png 1810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Diopter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Diopter-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Diopter-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Diopter-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Diopter-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Diopter-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Diopter-1536x650.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Diopter-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Diopter.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Many freaky moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Elevator.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Elevator-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Elevator-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Elevator-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Elevator-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Elevator-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Elevator-1536x652.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Elevator-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Elevator.png 1835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Shoe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Shoe-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Shoe-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Shoe-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Shoe-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Shoe-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Shoe-1536x653.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Shoe-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dressed-to-Kill-Shoe.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pino Donaggio&#8217;s score <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, once, for the masterful direction. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080661\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=40\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/dressed-to-kill\/review\/2030113491\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/dressed-to-kill-1980.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Someone&#8217;s trying to kill me, and I need help!&#8221; Synopsis: A sexually frustrated housewife (Angie Dickinson) who has just met with her psychiatrist 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