1980 · thriller
Dressed to Kill
Directed by Brian De Palma1h 45m1980
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.
Our read: Dressed to Kill (1980) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, extreme thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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