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-->-- Dr. '''Dr. Emil Breton
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* AmateurSleuth: Grace.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Philip.]]
* BedlamHouse
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Philip.]]
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: Dr. Breton and Dominique.
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* SlasherMovie
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Danielle.]]
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* [[spoiler:MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Dominique's death induces Danielle to try to keep her alive by periodically becoming her sister in her mind, à la Norman Bates.]]
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* [[spoiler:MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Dominique's MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: [[spoiler:Dominique's death induces Danielle to try to keep her alive by periodically becoming her sister in her mind, à la Norman Bates.]]
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A cult psychological thriller/horror film from 1973, directed by BrianDePalma. It was the first of his films in the thriller-horror vein, and featured MargotKidder in an early starring role as well as De Palma regular character actor William Finley, who would go on the following year to star as the Phantom in his CultClassic horror rock musical ''Film/{{Phantom Of The Paradise}}''.
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A cult psychological thriller/horror film from 1973, directed by BrianDePalma.Creator/BrianDePalma. It was the first of his films in the thriller-horror vein, and featured MargotKidder in an early starring role as well as De Palma regular character actor William Finley, who would go on the following year to star as the Phantom in his CultClassic horror rock musical ''Film/{{Phantom Of The Paradise}}''.
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The plot concerns a murder, witnessed by a reporter from a neighboring apartment window, committed by a young model who, it becomes apparent, was born one half of a set of conjoined twins. The film is, in part, a homage to the works of AlfredHitchcock, and in particular borrows from and references ''RearWindow'' and ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
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The plot concerns a murder, witnessed by a reporter from a neighboring apartment window, committed by a young model who, it becomes apparent, was born one half of a set of conjoined twins. The film is, in part, a homage to the works of AlfredHitchcock, Creator/AlfredHitchcock, and in particular borrows from and references ''RearWindow'' and ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
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* DownerEndingDownerEnding: Or ''maybe'' BittersweetEnding, if you assume that [[spoiler: Dr. Breton deserved to die, and that Danielle/Dominique will be arrested for murder.]] Still, even at best, [[spoiler: Grace remembers nothing of the murder she was investigating, courtesy of Dr. Breton's hypnosis...and the private detective is left watching the couch holding the body, somehow ''still'' [[CompletelyMissingThePoint thinking it'll lead to something big]].]]
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* TragicDream: Dr. Breton hopes to cure and remarry Danielle.
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* LoveMakesYouEvilLoveMakesYouEvil: Dr. Breton and Dominique.
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* JewishMother: Grace's mother, while seemingly not Jewish, constantly pesters Grace about settling down with a man of respectable profession.
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* JewishMother: Grace's mother, while seemingly not Jewish, constantly pesters Grace he about settling down with a man of respectable profession.
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* {{Yandere}}: Dominique for Danielle.
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* {{Yandere}}: Dominique for Danielle.Dominique.
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* BerserkButton: For Dominique, [[spoiler: any men getting intimate with Danielle.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Danielle seems gentle and sweet, but [[spoiler: suffers from trauma-induced SplitPersonality, one of her personalities a violent murderess.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Danielle seems gentle and sweet, but [[spoiler: suffers from trauma-induced SplitPersonality, one of her personalities a violent murderess.]]
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* BerserkButton: For Dominique, [[spoiler: any men man getting intimate with Danielle.]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Danielle seems gentle and sweet, but[[spoiler: suffers [[spoiler:suffers from trauma-induced SplitPersonality, one of her personalities a violent murderess.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Danielle seems gentle and sweet, but
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* ChekhovsGun: The psychiatric ward.
* ChekhovsGunman: Dr. Breton.
* CompellingVoice: Dr. Breton, [[spoiler: hypnotizing Grace.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Dr. Breton.
* CompellingVoice: Dr. Breton, [[spoiler: hypnotizing Grace.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The psychiatric ward.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Dr.Breton.
Breton is at first just a face in the audience of the opening sequence game show.
* CompellingVoice: Dr.Breton, [[spoiler: hypnotizing Breton uses a deep, calm voice while he[[spoiler:hypnotizes Grace.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Dr.
* CompellingVoice: Dr.
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* MindRape: [[spoiler: Dr. Breton on Grace.]]
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* MindRape: [[spoiler: Dr.[[spoiler:Dr. Breton on Grace.]]
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Danielle, as "Dominique", murders Philip and then Dr. Breton to keep them away from Danielle.]]
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Danielle, [[spoiler:Danielle, as "Dominique", murders Philip and then Dr. Breton to keep them away from Danielle.]]
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* SecretChaser: Grace, [[spoiler: unfortunately for her and others.]]
* SlasherMovie: A little bit.
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* SlasherMovie: A little bit.
* [[spoiler: SplitPersonality: Danielle.]]
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* SecretChaser: Grace, [[spoiler: unfortunately [[spoiler:unfortunately for her and others.]]
*SlasherMovie: A little bit.
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* StalkingIsLove: Danielle eventually submits to Dr. Breton's attention, and [[spoiler: embraces him lovingly after his death.]]
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* StalkerWithACrush: Dr. Breton for his ex-wife Danielle.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Dr. Breton for follows his ex-wife Danielle.Danielle a year after their divorce, demanding she come home with him and standing outside her apartment at night.
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A cult psychological thriller/horror film from 1973, directed by BrianDePalma. It was the first of his films in the thriller-horror vein, and featured MargotKidder in an early starring role as well as De Palma regular character actor William Finley, who would go on the following year to star as The Phantom in his CultClassic horror rock musical ''Film/{{Phantom Of The Paradise}}''.
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A cult psychological thriller/horror film from 1973, directed by BrianDePalma. It was the first of his films in the thriller-horror vein, and featured MargotKidder in an early starring role as well as De Palma regular character actor William Finley, who would go on the following year to star as The the Phantom in his CultClassic horror rock musical ''Film/{{Phantom Of The Paradise}}''.
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* TheWoobie: Dominique and Danielle.
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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: The psychiatric ward.
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A cult psychological thriller/horror film from 1973, directed by BrianDePalma. It was the first of his films in the thriller-horror vein, and featured MargotKidder in an early starring role as well as De Palma regular character actor William Finley, who would go on the following year to star as The Phantom in his CultClassic musical ''Film/{{Phantom Of The Paradise}}''.
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A cult psychological thriller/horror film from 1973, directed by BrianDePalma. It was the first of his films in the thriller-horror vein, and featured MargotKidder in an early starring role as well as De Palma regular character actor William Finley, who would go on the following year to star as The Phantom in his CultClassic horror rock musical ''Film/{{Phantom Of The Paradise}}''.
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* DiscretionShot: During Grace's hallucination nightmare, when Dr. Breton operates with the cleaverc.
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* DiscretionShot: During Grace's hallucination nightmare, when Dr. Breton operates with the cleaverc.cleaver.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Danielle, as "Dominique", murders Philip and tben Dr. Breton to keep them from Danielle.]]
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Danielle, as "Dominique", murders Philip and tben then Dr. Breton to keep them away from Danielle.]]
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Danielle, as "Dominique", murders Dr. Breton to keep him away from Danielle.]]
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Danielle, as "Dominique", murders Philip and tben Dr. Breton to keep him away them from Danielle.]]
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* Yandere: Dominique for Danielle.
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* Yandere: {{Yandere}}: Dominique for Danielle.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[Danielle, as "Dominique", murders Dr. Breton to keep him away from Danielle.]]
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[Danielle, [[spoiler: Danielle, as "Dominique", murders Dr. Breton to keep him away from Danielle.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Grace is left hypnotized and having witnessed a vicious murder, Dr. Breton is killed by his wife, Danielle is alone and convicted of murder, and Philip's body is left unclaimed.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Grace is left hypnotized and having witnessed a vicious murder, Dr. Breton is killed by his wife, Danielle is alone and convicted of murder, and Philip's body is left unclaimed.]]
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* PsychoticLoveTriangle: In an unusual form. Dr. Breton is mad for Danielle, and Dominique is obsessive over her sister. Of course, Dominique [[spoiler: now exists in Danielle's mind only as another personality.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Relax.]]
->''"There was no body because there was no murder. Repeat."''
-->-- Dr. Emil Breton
A cult psychological thriller/horror film from 1973, directed by BrianDePalma. It was the first of his films in the thriller-horror vein, and featured MargotKidder in an early starring role as well as De Palma regular character actor William Finley, who would go on the following year to star as The Phantom in his CultClassic musical ''Film/{{Phantom Of The Paradise}}''.
The plot concerns a murder, witnessed by a reporter from a neighboring apartment window, committed by a young model who, it becomes apparent, was born one half of a set of conjoined twins. The film is, in part, a homage to the works of AlfredHitchcock, and in particular borrows from and references ''RearWindow'' and ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AmateurSleuth: Grace.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Philip.]]
* BedlamHouse
* BernardHerrmann: composed the score.
* BerserkButton: For Dominique, [[spoiler: any men getting intimate with Danielle.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Danielle seems gentle and sweet, but [[spoiler: suffers from trauma-induced SplitPersonality, one of her personalities a violent murderess.]]
* CarryingACake: Grace, finding the birthday cake during the investigation of Danielle's apartment, proudly bears it out to the detectives as proof of the existence of Danielle's twin, only trips and drops the cake onto the unimpressed detective's shoes.
* DecoyProtagonist
* DiscretionShot: During Grace's hallucination nightmare, when Dr. Breton operates with the cleaverc.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Grace is left hypnotized and having witnessed a vicious murder, Dr. Breton is killed by his wife, Danielle is alone and convicted of murder, and Philip's body is left unclaimed.]]
* EpiphanyTherapy: Averted.
* EvilTwin
* LoveTriangle
* ManipulativeBastard: Dr. Breton.
* MeatgrinderSurgery: The hallucination nightmare scene.
* MindRape: [[spoiler: Dr. Breton on Grace.]]
* MoodWhiplash
[[spoiler: MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Dominique's death induces Danielle to try to keep her alive by periodically becoming her sister in her mind, à la Norman Bates.]]
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Rare ([[spoiler: and deadly]]) female version - Dominique is jealous and protective towards Danielle.
* MysteriousWatcher: For the first half of the film, Dr. Breton.
* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Danielle]] during the murder.
* NosyNeighbour: Grace, with good cause.
* PoliceAreUseless: The detectives are reluctant to even investigate the murder, preferring to argue with and belittle Grace in the lobby of the apartment building while Danielle and Dr. Breton are cleaning up the evidence above.
* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Breton.
* RearWindowWitness: Grace, and subsequent RearWindowInvestigation.
* SecretChaser: Grace, [[spoiler: unfortunately for her and others.]]
* SlasherMovie: A little bit.
* [[spoiler: SplitPersonality: Danielle.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: Dr. Breton for his ex-wife Danielle.
* TheCassandra: Grace.
* TheWoobie: Dominique and Danielle.
* Yandere: Dominique for Danielle.
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->''"There was no body because there was no murder. Repeat."''
-->-- Dr. Emil Breton
A cult psychological thriller/horror film from 1973, directed by BrianDePalma. It was the first of his films in the thriller-horror vein, and featured MargotKidder in an early starring role as well as De Palma regular character actor William Finley, who would go on the following year to star as The Phantom in his CultClassic musical ''Film/{{Phantom Of The Paradise}}''.
The plot concerns a murder, witnessed by a reporter from a neighboring apartment window, committed by a young model who, it becomes apparent, was born one half of a set of conjoined twins. The film is, in part, a homage to the works of AlfredHitchcock, and in particular borrows from and references ''RearWindow'' and ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AmateurSleuth: Grace.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Philip.]]
* BedlamHouse
* BernardHerrmann: composed the score.
* BerserkButton: For Dominique, [[spoiler: any men getting intimate with Danielle.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Danielle seems gentle and sweet, but [[spoiler: suffers from trauma-induced SplitPersonality, one of her personalities a violent murderess.]]
* CarryingACake: Grace, finding the birthday cake during the investigation of Danielle's apartment, proudly bears it out to the detectives as proof of the existence of Danielle's twin, only trips and drops the cake onto the unimpressed detective's shoes.
* DecoyProtagonist
* DiscretionShot: During Grace's hallucination nightmare, when Dr. Breton operates with the cleaverc.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Grace is left hypnotized and having witnessed a vicious murder, Dr. Breton is killed by his wife, Danielle is alone and convicted of murder, and Philip's body is left unclaimed.]]
* EpiphanyTherapy: Averted.
* EvilTwin
* LoveTriangle
* ManipulativeBastard: Dr. Breton.
* MeatgrinderSurgery: The hallucination nightmare scene.
* MindRape: [[spoiler: Dr. Breton on Grace.]]
* MoodWhiplash
[[spoiler: MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Dominique's death induces Danielle to try to keep her alive by periodically becoming her sister in her mind, à la Norman Bates.]]
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Rare ([[spoiler: and deadly]]) female version - Dominique is jealous and protective towards Danielle.
* MysteriousWatcher: For the first half of the film, Dr. Breton.
* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Danielle]] during the murder.
* NosyNeighbour: Grace, with good cause.
* PoliceAreUseless: The detectives are reluctant to even investigate the murder, preferring to argue with and belittle Grace in the lobby of the apartment building while Danielle and Dr. Breton are cleaning up the evidence above.
* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Breton.
* RearWindowWitness: Grace, and subsequent RearWindowInvestigation.
* SecretChaser: Grace, [[spoiler: unfortunately for her and others.]]
* SlasherMovie: A little bit.
* [[spoiler: SplitPersonality: Danielle.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: Dr. Breton for his ex-wife Danielle.
* TheCassandra: Grace.
* TheWoobie: Dominique and Danielle.
* Yandere: Dominique for Danielle.
