Oct 091980
A prostitute (Nancy Allen) and the son of a murder victim team up to find the murderer. The key is in the files of the victim’s psychologist (Michael Caine).
Quick Review: Brian De Palma rips off Psycho in this lackluster thriller. Angie Dickinson steps into the Janet Leigh role and the rest is by the numbers. There is no tension, no surprises, and Nancy Allen sounds like she is reading her lines while Dennis Franz is doing a cartoon cop’s voice. De Palma does get the sexual scenes right. Angie Dickenson looks great in the shower (the best scene in the film) and Allen is as diverting to the audience as she is to the psychologist when she strips. But a little erotica is not enough. The body count is low for a Slasher, and two of the killings are dreams, but the razor murders are just enough to put it in the sub-genre.