With two marquee stars dispatched by cross-dressers wielding knives in close quarters, the Psycho parallels are obvious. Dressed to Kill has a denouement that was obvious too, but critics brushed it aside, as De Palma demonstrated as he often does, that visual style can carry the day and more than make up for a lotContinue reading “Dressed to Kill”
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Death Ship
Isn’t the captain supposed to go down with the ship? Not here. He survives, and according to the poster, “would be better off dead” for doing so. Death Ship, needless to say, is a weird disaster film / supernatural horror-hybrid that is set on the high seas (and by the looks of the insane premise, “high”Continue reading “Death Ship”