| | | A Brian De Palma film.
Features: DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Uncut, French, Spanish, Subtitled, Unrated
Writer/director Brian De Palma "maintains a fever pitch from start to finish" (Leonard Maltin) with this "steamily libidinous and extremely bloody thriller" (Newsweek)! Starring Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen (in a Golden Globe-nominated performance), this taut psycho-sexual chiller is a razor-sharp tale of passion, madness and murder that's as "scary as the devil [with] suspense to spare" (Playboy)! Fashionable Manhattan therapist Dr. Robert Elliott (Caine) faces the most terrifying moment of his life, when a psychotic killer begins attacking the women in his life (Dickinson & Allen)--with a straight razor stolen from his office. Desperate to find the murderer before anyone else is hurt, Elliott is soon drawn into a dark and disturbing world of chilling desires. As the doctor edges closer to the terrible truth, he finds himself lost in a provocative and deadly maze of obsession, deviance and deceit--where the most harmless erotic fantasies...can become the most deadly sexual nightmares!
"Contemporary thriller...with a tense Hitchcockian flare." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
"High-tension melodrama...a fever pitch from start to finish." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Slick, well-produced..." The Motion Picture Guide
"A sustained work of terror--elegant sensual, erotic, bloody! DePalma never lets up!" Los Angeles Times
Editor's Note
In this film that combines lute slick premises with lute gore, a lonely wife follows her shrink's advice and seeks comfort in a stranger. After a seductive, dangerous encounter, the wife meets a homicidal maniac. The victim's son and the prostitute who discovers the body team up to track down the killer, a tall blonde woman with a trenchcoat and a razorblade.
Plot Summary
In this film that combines Hitchcock's slick premises with modern-day gore, a lonely wife follows her shrink's advice and seeks comfort in a stranger. After a seductive, dangerous encounter, the wife meets a homicidal maniac. The prostitute who discovers the body and the victim's son must track the killer, a tall blonde "woman" with a trenchcoat and a razorblade.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | French Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | Scene Selection | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | English 5.1 Surround & Mono | | French Mono | | Animated Photo Gallery | | Menu-Based Advertising Gallery | | Collectible Booklet | | "Unrated", "R Rated" And "TV Rated" Comparison Featurette | | Dressed To Kill Slashing Featurette | | "An Appreciation By Keith Gordon" Featurette | | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16x9 TVs | | Unrated Version Option | | "Making Of..." Documentary Including Interviews With Brian De Palma, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz And More |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 5/6/2003 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1980 | | Catalog ID: 101025 | | UPC: 00027616865526 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Golden Globe (1980) | | | Nancy Allen, Nominee, New Star Of The Year |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...[An] erotic and provocative thriller..." 12/14/1989 p.23New York Times
"...A witty, romantic, psychological horror film....The performers are excellent..." 07/25/1980 p.C10 New York Times
Included in the New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1980" 12/28/1980 p.II:15 |
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