FilmRPsychological Slasher Gothic

Dressed to Kill1980

Name: Dressed to Kill
Genre: Psychological, Slasher, Gothic
Released: 1980-07-25
Rating: 7.1

“The latest fashion in murder.”

Directed by Brian De Palma

7.1

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 7.0Rotten Tomatoes 83%Metacritic 74TMDB 7.0

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On the charts

#3·Top Horror Movies of 1980 #23·Top Slasher Films #31·Top Horror Movies of the 1980s

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Year

1980

Runtime

105 min

Box Office

Budget

$6,500,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$31,899,000

Domestic

$31,899,000

🏆 1 win & 10 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

A chance encounter leaves a woman dead and a street-smart New Yorker as the sole witness to the killer's identity — and the next target on their list. Caught between a suspicious detective and a razor-wielding pursuer, she must stay one step ahead of both. Brian De Palma crafts a visually operatic thriller soaked in Hitchcockian tension, where nothing about anyone is quite what it seems. Paranoia seeps into every gilded surface and shadowed corridor.

Content: Graphic Violence, Sharp-Weapon Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity, Depictions Of Assault