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Film: Dressed To Kill

"Oh Doctor, I'm so unhappy. I'm a woman trapped inside a man's body—
and you're not helping me to get out!"

— Voice of Bobbi on Elliott's answering machine

Dressed to Kill is a 1980 erotic crime thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma and starring Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson and Nancy Allen. It centers on the murder of a housewife, and the investigation headed by the witness to the murder, a young prostitute, and the housewife�s teenaged son.

The film was the target of some backlash from the gay and transgender communities, who felt that its portrayal of transgender people was misguided and transphobic. In addition, De Palma was accused of being misogynistic by feminist groups.

This film provides examples of:

Book Ends: The movie start and finished with a tense Hitchcockian shower scene. Both scenes turn out to be dream sequences.
Catapult Nightmare: The last scene when Liz wakes from her nightmare, followed by a Wake Up Fighting with Peter.
Creepy Crossdresser: Bobbi
Daydream Surprise: The opening and closing shower scenes are revealed to be dream sequences.
Dead Star Walking: Angie Dickinson is top-billed in the credits alongside Michael Caine, but gets brutally murdered less than halfway into the movie. It's appropriate, since Dressed To Kill is an overt homage to Hitchcock.
Elevator Action Sequence: Where the murder happens.
Erotic Dream: Angie is having one in the opening scene.
Fanservice: Gratuitous nudity in the shower scenes.
High Class Call Girl: Liz, but she is also a Hooker with a Heart of Gold.
Hot Mom: Angie
The Immodest Orgasm: Angie is having one in bed with her husband. Later she admits it was all faked.
Jerkass: Detective Marino
The Killer In Me
Mirror Scare: Mirror shot with the killer in Liz' nightmare scene.
Nerd: Peter
Nerds Love Tough Schoolwork: Peter embracing his science project.
Police Are Useless: The subway marshal not seeing things and leaving the car before trouble starts.
Psycho Psychologist: Dr. Elliott should really not be practicing.
Psycho Strings: Kicks in right after Liz picks up the murder weapon from the elevator floor.
Split Personality: Dr. Elliott and his alter-ego Bobbi.
Stocking Filler: Nancy Allen in black stockings and garters. HOT!!!
Twist Ending: Dr. Elliott, or rather Bobbi being the razor blade killer.